Commercial Refrigeration Technician

Weis Markets • Hillsborough, PA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Commercial Refrigeration Technician responds to service requests and repairs supermarket refrigeration systems, HVAC, cardboard balers, checkout counters, lighting, humidifiers, and other equipment. The role covers assigned locations throughout the Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey and requires onsite work and travel. The technician documents work through service reports, timesheets, expense reports, and purchase records, and stays in contact with Sunbury dispatch by telephone and voicemail to receive service calls.

The technician performs preventive maintenance, keeps the workplace and service van neat, clean, and safe, and communicates with the Service Supervisor when further action is needed. The role includes determining service needs with store personnel, advising them on safe and effective equipment operation, and training new Service Technicians. The technician is expected to work and drive safely, respond to emergency breakdown calls whenever possible, maintain a professional image, follow food-safety and hygiene rules, and perform other duties as directed.

Work settings include a service truck, supermarket sales areas, refrigeration equipment rooms, and rooftops. The work involves substantial standing, bending, lifting, climbing, and reaching; occasional work in confined spaces; and exposure to refrigerant leaks, solvents, oils, brazing fumes, temperature extremes, noise, and dust. The position may require work outside normal hours for occasional emergencies.

Requirements

• Post-secondary technical training in a job-related discipline, or five years of experience maintaining commercial refrigeration systems.
• EPA certification (Type I and II) in proper refrigeration practices.
• Knowledge of refrigeration systems and service techniques, including troubleshooting, electrical work, and brazing.
• Proper use of hand tools, power tools, and diagnostic instruments common to the trade.
• Knowledge of MSDS and OSHA.
• Computer literacy.
• Good verbal, writing, and reading skills, including ability to read, interpret, and apply manufacturers’ instructions and communicate with store personnel.
• Valid driver’s license, good driving record, and ability to be insured.
• Ability to prioritize multiple demands and adjust priorities as conditions dictate.
• Good judgment, reliability, initiative, tact, integrity, dependability, and quick thinking.
• Ability to work on roofs, scaffolds, and ladders at medium heights, approximately 30 feet.
• Sensory ability to perform the responsibilities.
• Ability to lift up to 100 pounds occasionally.
• Ability to work in extreme weather and in heat, cold, noise, and dust typical of a supermarket.
• Ability to work under time pressure, without direct supervision, and outside normal working hours for occasional emergencies.

Responsibilities

• Respond to service requests and repair supermarket refrigeration systems, HVAC, cardboard balers, checkout counters, lighting, humidifiers, and other equipment.
• Complete service reports, timesheets, expense reports, purchase records, and other documentation of activities.
• Maintain contact with Sunbury dispatch by telephone and voicemail to receive service calls.
• Perform periodic preventive maintenance inspections and procedures.
• Keep the workplace, including the service van, neat, clean, and safe.
• Communicate with the Service Supervisor about the need for further action when appropriate.
• Interview store personnel to determine service needs and instruct them in safe, effective, and efficient equipment operation.
• Train new Service Technicians.
• Work and drive safely using appropriate safety gear and techniques.
• Respond to emergency breakdown calls whenever possible.
• Maintain a professional image and observe food-safety and hygiene rules.
• Perform other duties as directed by supervision and as required to carry out responsibilities.

Benefits

• Health plan
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Short-term disability
• Basic life and AD&D insurance
• Group whole life insurance with long-term care rider
• Voluntary insurance, including hospital indemnity, accident, and critical illness coverage
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Scholarship program
• Associate discount programs
• Auto and home insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Pet insurance
• Purchasing power
• ID theft protection
• Legal services
• Paid time off
• Sick pay subject to eligibility and position-specific criteria

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed