Project Manager – Industrial Refrigeration

TEEMA

Houston, TX

Pay: $120,000-$160,000/yr

Shift: Full time

**Project Manager – Industrial Refrigeration**

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**Employment Type:** Full-Time

**Travel:** Occasional domestic and international travel

**About the Opportunity**

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We are seeking an experienced **Project Manager – Industrial Refrigeration** to lead complex ammonia refrigeration projects from award through engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, commissioning, and closeout.

This role is ideal for a hands-on project leader who understands industrial refrigeration systems, can manage customers and project teams, and is comfortable overseeing technical, commercial, schedule, cost, and safety requirements across multiple projects.

**What You’ll Do**

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• Manage projects from kickoff through commissioning and closeout.
• Serve as the primary customer contact and build strong client relationships.
• Manage scope, schedule, cost, forecasting, risk, and change control.
• Coordinate engineering, procurement, fabrication, shipping, field construction, and commissioning.
• Participate in **P&ID, HAZOP, and design reviews**.
• Resolve technical, schedule, commissioning, and warranty issues.
• Support supplier, subcontractor, and consultant negotiations.
• Mentor junior project engineers and project team members.
• Maintain project risk plans and communicate issues to management.
• Ensure compliance with quality, safety, and environmental requirements.
• Support proposals and project planning as needed.

**What You Bring**

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• Project management experience.
• **5+ years of industrial ammonia refrigeration experience.**
• Strong knowledge of **NH3 refrigeration systems**, piping, valves, compressors, vessels, and heat exchangers.
• Experience with **PSM** in ammonia refrigeration facilities.
• Ability to read P&IDs, flow diagrams, specifications, and refrigeration drawings.
• Familiarity with **IIAR standards**.
• Experience with food processing, poultry, beef, or cold-storage facilities.
• Strong job-site safety knowledge, including PPE, toolbox meetings, and inspections.
• Strong customer communication, problem-solving, and project leadership skills.

**Preferred:** Experience with Frick, Mayekawa, Howden, GEA, Evapco, RVS, Alfa Laval, Danfoss, Hansen, and NH3 detection systems.

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