Manager, Refrigeration

Manager, Refrigeration

Key member of our management team responsible for the day to day operations of the refrigeration department.

Essential Job Duties:

• Provide a leadership role ensuring employee health and safety. Monitor and drive improvements in OSHA incident rates.
• Manage predictive, preventative and corrective maintenance efforts as required to improve constraint/critical equipment availability.
• Oversee department expense budget.
• Responsible for coaching, mentoring, motivating staff of Refrigeration Dept.
• Manage equipment related to freezers and temperature gauges.
• Support a smooth transition of new equipment or troubleshooting equipment to manufacturing.
• Analyze/trend maintenance costs, prioritize improvement activities.
• Conduct timely/competent root cause analyses. Recommend/implement innovative, efficient and effective corrective actions resulting in stable and capable processes.
• Perform personnel performance reviews.
• Support vendor negotiations, including purchasing of spare parts, equipment and service contracts.

Job Requirements:

• BS/BA in Science or Engineering, or technical field required.
• 5+ years of maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment and 2+ years of maintenance management experience.
• Must have demonstrated interpersonal and leadership skills to promote teamwork.
• Excellent supervision skills utilizing sound judgment, evaluation and critical thinking.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Medical manufacturing, cGMP experience preferred.
• Knowledge of freezers and cooling systems.

The estimated pay scale for the Manager, Refrigeration role based in Los Angeles, CA, is $124,000 - $135,000/per year. Additionally, the position is eligible to participate in up to 15% of the company bonus pool. We offer a wide variety of benefits including, but not limited to: Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, up to 5% 401(K) match and tuition reimbursement. Final compensation packages will ultimately depend on education, experience, skillset, knowledge, where the role is performed, internal equity and market data. We are committed to offering our employees opportunities for professional growth and career progression. Grifols is a global healthcare organization with employees in 30 countries focused on patient health and providing impactful results. Since our humble beginnings in 1909, Grifols has been a family company that prides itself on its family-like culture. Our company has more than tripled over the last 10 years, and you can grow with us!