HVAC Engineer

MD - Laurel, 9090 Whiskey Bottom Rd, Laurel, MD 20723, USA

Are you looking to catapult your career by driving high-impact transformation with household brands?

Do you crave an entrepreneurial, fast paced, and engaging growth assignment working with incredible people from across the globe?

At Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, we are excited to start a new chapter of accelerated growth as part of Froneri – a global pure-play ice cream leader. Come help us transform DGIC into the #1 ice cream brand! With nearly 100 years of winning experience in the U.S, a robust portfolio of powerhouse brands that consumers know and love such as Häagen-Dazs, Drumstick, Dreyer’s & Edy’s, and the backing and coaching of European-based ice cream experts, we know we have the winning recipe.

Headquartered in Walnut Creek, the Bay Area’s hub for up-and-coming food trends, our teams across our offices and factories are raising the bar on all things ice cream. We are investing in significant capital expansions to grow our Operations and Supply chain and are transforming how we work at every level to become agile, accelerate growth and elevate our quality. With a renewed focus on frozen treats, our tight-knit team of ambitious innovators are fully immersed in the business and encouraged to flex and make decisions quickly.

We are committed to pursuing every great idea and delivering the best ice cream experience for our consumers, when and where they want it.

Unleash your potential at Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream and discover what a sweet career we have in store for you.

Purpose of the job:

The HVAC Engineer is responsible for the design, performance, and reliability of HVAC and environmental control systems supporting ice cream production, hardening, packaging, cold storage, factory buildings, and support areas. This role ensures precise temperature and humidity control, regulatory compliance, and uninterrupted production in a cold-chain manufacturing environment.

Role and Activity

• Engineer, maintain, and optimize HVAC systems serving:
  • Mix rooms
  • Processing and freezing areas
  • Hardening tunnels
  • Cold storage and freezer warehouses
  • Packaging and ingredient rooms
  • Offices and Buildings
• Ensure proper temperature, humidity, air pressure, and airflow segregation between food-grade and non-food areas
• Support food safety and quality programs (GMP, SQF/BRC, FDA, USDA where applicable)
• Lead HVAC-related capital projects, retrofits, and expansions
• Partner with Maintenance, QA, Utilities, and Production teams to minimize downtime
• Develop PM programs and reliability strategies for HVAC assets
• Manage contractors, OEMs, and service providers
• Drive energy efficiency and sustainability initiatives in cold environments
• Represent The Froneri Way of working through the behaviors and characteristics in our Operating Model and Core Values
• Experienced with Ammonia-Glycol and Freon based cooling systems
• Other duties as assigned

Measurable Outcomes

• Reliability and Uptime
• Maintenance and Asset Health
• Energy and cost management

Levels of Responsibility

• Equipment Reliability

Behaviors And Core Values: Must consistently showcase the desired behaviors that represent our Core Values.

We Take Ownership

• Stay committed to responsibilities from start to finish
• Make sound decisions and get into the right level of detail
• Apply resources to initiatives that add growth, improve efficiencies, or reduce waste

We Do What Is Right

• Choose transparency over convenience, even if it means difficult conversations
• Set clear roles and responsibilities, enabling everyone to exercise appropriate initiative and judgment
• Speak up when you see something that does not align to our values and policies

We Seek to Improve

• Strive to continuously improve and innovate to exceed expectations
• Value feedback from others and encourage open dialogue to understand how we can improve
• Learn from both successes and failures

We Are Better Together

• Ensure decisions are based on what’s best for the whole business
• Practice inclusion by seeking diverse perspectives
• Treat everyone with fairness and respect

In this position, the employee will regularly work with and around others; in a wet and/or humid environment; in areas of high noise level; and around…