Refrigeration Technician

OTG • Newark, NJ

4d • $35 - $50 • Onsite

About The Position

An OTG Refrigeration Technician troubleshoots and fixes restaurant equipment. In this career, you repair a kitchen appliance and perform regular maintenance. Responsibilities include communicating with other food industry professionals and ensuring cooking appliances operate properly. A Commercial Kitchen Service Technician will also keep a lot of repairs and needed services, install new kitchen equipment, maintain a neat and orderly workstation, and provide excellent customer service to restaurant professionals.

Requirements

• High school or equivalent
• Knowledge and experience with plumbing, electrical and copper work as it pertains to the new installation
• Diagnostic ability as demonstrated through a minimum of 2 years’ experience and/or training in commercial cooking equipment such as fryers, grills
• Ability to competently use a variety of meters, measuring instruments, torches, and hand tools.
• Ability to effectively communicate with the customer.
• Ability to work independently, under pressure, and without close supervision; willing and able to consistently work the schedule required by job demands.
• Ability to exert up to 100 pounds of force (pulling, pushing, lifting, carrying, etc.) regularly and up to 50 pounds of force frequently.
• Ability to stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, stand, walk, twist, grasp to perform essential job functions.
• Ability to tolerate environmental conditions consisting of extreme heat, cold, noise, vibration, fumes, dust, and poor ventilation.

Nice To Haves

• Burn and fire watch certificates a Plus

Responsibilities

• Install new commercial kitchen equipment to include dishwashers, conveyers, ovens, stoves, kettles, fryers, steamers, and ice machines.
• Diagnose commercial cooking equipment performance through observation, testing, and setup.
• Disassemble and reassemble equipment to perform troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, and repair.
• Operate hand tools, power tools, gauges, and measuring equipment to perform service on the unit.
• Lift, carry, pull, and push components and/or equipment to test, set up, or maintain equipment.
• Give and take written and verbal instructions.
• Complete documents to verify work performed.
• Work flexible hours as required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED