Ready to take on a Facilities Director role in Hampden and Auburn, Maine where your leadership directly protects food safety, operational continuity, and the success of an entire organization? ProSearch is partnering with a mission-driven organization to find an experienced leader with expertise in facilities management, industrial refrigeration, cold storage, freezer systems, food safety, preventive maintenance, OSHA compliance, and facility operations to lead critical infrastructure across two distribution centers.
This is more than a facilities leadership opening. It's a chance to become the strategic owner of the systems, people, and processes that keep operations running every day. You'll serve as the organization's leader for industrial refrigeration, cold storage infrastructure, preventive maintenance, facility operations, regulatory compliance, business continuity, and operational reliability, ensuring safe, audit-ready, temperature-controlled environments while protecting critical food distribution operations.
You'll have the ability to influence long-term facility strategy, strengthen infrastructure reliability, lead capital improvements, develop a high-performing team, and make a measurable impact on food safety, operational resilience, and organizational success.
This position is ideal for a Facilities Director, Facilities Manager, Maintenance Director, Facilities Operations Manager, Refrigeration Manager, Cold Storage Manager, or Distribution Center Facilities Leader who enjoys balancing strategic planning with hands-on operational leadership and wants to play a visible part in shaping the future of an organization.
Facilities Director
- Auburn, Maine
- Full-Time | Onsite
- $75,000 - $87,375 annually.
- Salary Range Disclaimer: The salary range for this role reflects the minimum and maximum compensation for the role. Offers are typically made between the range minimum and the range midpoint. Actual compensation will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, and expertise, as evaluated during the interview process. Compensation may also vary based on where a role is performed.
Why This Role Stands Out
Few facilities leadership jobs offer this combination of strategic influence, operational ownership, and mission impact. You’ll have the platform to:
- Own the reliability and performance of refrigeration, freezer, and cold-storage infrastructure critical to food safety
- Influence long-term facilities strategy, capital investments, and infrastructure planning
- Lead initiatives that improve operational reliability, business continuity, safety, and compliance
- Build and develop a talented facilities team while strengthening organizational capabilities
- Partner with senior leadership to drive operational excellence across multiple locations
- Leave a lasting impact through preventive maintenance excellence, modernization efforts, and facility improvements
- Join an organization that values collaboration, inclusion, accountability, and continuous improvement
- If you're motivated by solving complex operational challenges, developing people, and creating systems that stand the test of time, this is a chance to make your mark.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide strategic and operational leadership for facilities, grounds, and infrastructure across two distribution centers
- Serve as the subject matter expert for industrial refrigeration, freezer systems, coolers, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical systems
- Lead preventive maintenance programs to maximize equipment reliability, uptime, and operational performance
- Ensure uninterrupted cold-storage operations and rapid response to temperature deviations or equipment failures
- Maintain audit-ready facilities that support food safety, sanitation, and regulatory compliance requirements
- Lead OSHA compliance, fire and life safety programs, inspections, permits, and emergency preparedness initiatives
- Oversee facility security systems, access controls, alarm systems, and business continuity planning
- Develop long-term facilities, refrigeration, and cold-storage infrastructure strategies
- Manage capital projects, equipment upgrades, system replacements, and facility improvements
- Oversee operating budgets, capital budgets, vendor performance, utilities, and facility investments
- Build, develop, coach, and lead facilities staff while fostering a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement
- Partner with executive leadership to align facilities initiatives with organizational goals and operational priorities
Qualifications We're Looking For
- Significant experience in facilities management, facilities operations, maintenance leadership, or operations management
- Deep hands-on knowledge of industrial refrigeration, freezer systems, cold-storage infrastructure, and HVAC systems
- Experience supporting food distribution, cold storage, manufacturing, healthcare, logistics, or similarly regulated environments
- Strong background in preventive maintenance, facility reliability, and equipment lifecycle planning
- Knowledge of food safety standards, temperature monitoring systems, audit readiness, and corrective action processes
- Experience leading OSHA compliance, workplace safety programs, and emergency response planning
- Proven success managing operating and capital budgets
- Experience leading facility vendors, service providers, and contractor relationships
- Demonstrated ability to hire, develop, coach, and retain high-performing teams
- Strong communication, collaboration, problem-solving, and leadership skillsWhat Success Looks Like Within your first year, you will:
- Deliver safe, compliant, audit-ready facilities
- Improve refrigeration uptime and system reliability
- Strengthen preventive maintenance and vendor performance programs
- Lead successful capital improvement projects
- Enhance emergency preparedness and business continuity plans
- Build a high-performing facilities team focused on operational excellence and food safety
- Establish a long-term strategy for cold storage infrastructure and facility resilience
Ready to Apply?
This role is ideal for a facilities leader who wants the platform to influence strategy, strengthen critical infrastructure, protect food safety, and develop high-performing teams.
If you're looking for a chance to lead critical infrastructure, impact strategy, protect food safety, develop high-performing teams, and build a lasting operational legacy, we'd love to connect. Apply through ProSearch today to start a confidential conversation about this leadership opportunity.
Salary Range Disclaimer: The salary range for this role reflects the minimum and maximum compensation for the role. Offers are typically made between the range minimum and the range midpoint. Actual compensation will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, and expertise, as evaluated during the interview process. Compensation may also vary based on where a role is performed.
Pay: $75,000.00 - $87,375.00 per year
Application Question(s):
- How many years of experience do you have working in facilities?
Experience:
Ability to Commute:
- Auburn, ME 04211 (Required)
Work Location: In person
