Reporting to the Plant Engineering Manager, you will lead the safe, compliant, and reliable operation of plant utility systems, including boilers and steam, ammonia refrigeration, compressed air, process water and wastewater, natural gas distribution, and fire protection systems. You will oversee utility maintenance activities, team development, budgets, and reliability initiatives to maximize uptime, maintain regulatory compliance, and support continuous improvement across the facility.

A Taste of Your Responsibilities

• Lead the Utilities Maintenance team, including scheduling, coaching, development, and performance management.
• Oversee the reliability, compliance, and performance of utility systems including boilers, refrigeration, compressed air, wastewater, natural gas, and fire protection.
• Drive asset care strategies through preventive, predictive, and autonomous maintenance programs.
• Minimize utility-related downtime through maintenance best practices and system optimization.
• Manage maintenance budgets and support capital improvement planning.
• Ensure compliance with safety, food safety, quality, environmental, and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee Process Safety Management, Risk Management Plans, wastewater permits, refrigeration standards, and fire protection programs.
• Implement Reliability Center of Excellence standards and SAP Plant Maintenance work management processes.
• Monitor utility performance indicators, conduct audits, and lead continuous improvement efforts.
• Maintain utility documentation, inspections, testing records, and emergency response procedures.
• Supervise contractors and ensure safety, quality, and compliance expectations are met.

Ingredients Required for Your Success

• Bachelor’s degree required; Engineering degree preferred (Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Industrial, or related discipline).
• Minimum 5 years of maintenance experience; manufacturing utility maintenance experience preferred.
• Experience with boilers, steam systems, ammonia refrigeration, wastewater treatment, compressed air, and fire protection systems preferred.
• Knowledge of Process Safety Management, Risk Management Plans, Environmental Protection Agency, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, National Fire Protection Association, and related regulatory requirements.
• Experience with SAP Plant Maintenance preferred.
• Familiarity with predictive maintenance technologies such as vibration analysis, infrared thermography, and ultrasound monitoring.
• Understanding of programmable logic controllers and industrial control systems preferred.
• Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Demonstrated success leading teams, managing contractors, and improving equipment reliability and operational performance.

Physical Requirements

More information about essential tasks and the facility will be shared during the hiring process. This role may require you to be in our manufacturing facilities. When visiting these sites, the physical requirements below may apply: You may be required to walk around the facility, climb stairs/ladders, kneel, or perform repetitive tasks that require hand-eye coordination. You may be required to lift or carry materials that can vary in weight and size. This is a manufacturing environment with large, moving equipment. Noise levels can be high, and temperatures may vary.

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Compensation 

The annual salary listed above is the expected offering for this position. An employee’s actual annual salary will be based on but not limited to: location, relevant experience/level and skillset, while balancing internal Conagra employees’ equity. Conagra Brands will comply with applicable law regarding minimum salaries for exempt employees.

Our Benefits

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:

• Health: Comprehensive healthcare plans, wellness incentive program, mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursement

• Wealth: Great pay, bonus incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan

• Growth: Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on-demand learning and tuition reimbursement

• Balance: Paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) and volunteer opportunities

Our Company

At Conagra Brands, we have a rich heritage of making great food. We aspire to have the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in food. As a member of our 18,000+ person team across 40+ locations, you are empowered to reach your potential, make an impact and own your career. We're in the business of building champions – within our people and our iconic brands like Birds Eye®, Slim Jim® and Reddi-Wip®.

Our focus on innovation extends beyond making great food, it also reflects our commitment to embracing new solutions that positively impact our team, the communities we serve and the health of our planet. Foodies Welcome.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law. Reasonable accommodation may be made upon request.