Kitchen technicians are responsible for maintaining, modifying, troubleshooting, and repairing a large inventory of electric and gas commercial kitchen equipment and appliances.
Job description of the role:
• Perform repairs and maintenance duties on a wide variety of kitchen and refrigeration equipment such as walk-in freezers, industrial-sized steam cookers, refrigerators, ice machines, washers, ovens, dryers, dishwashers, and water coolers.
• Carry out periodic inspection, cleaning, and equipment servicing
• Log into the work order management system to find, accept, and complete the work requests
• Carry out installation of new equipment; perform repairs on leaks; ensure settings o wiring controls; change equipment parts that have become old or defective
• Collaborate with other maintenance workers, company’s officials, and staff to effectively provide solutions to maintenance problems
• Attend quickly to emergency call on equipment repair issues, as well as to after work hour calls
• Perform other duties the supervisor may assign.
Requirements –
Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities – for Kitchen Technician Role
• Profound knowledge of how various types of kitchen and refrigeration equipment work
• Outstanding soldering and blazing skills, applying oxygen/propane
• Strong ability to read and comprehend wiring diagrams, and to follow manuals on operation and installation to successful complete tasks
• Strong ability to apply various types of equipment safely and efficiently, and to maintain and service them
• Exceptional ability to work independently without direct supervision and take responsibility for the repair of assigned equipment
• Strong ability to prioritize assigned tasks for increased job delivery
• Exceptional ability to properly investigate problems with food equipment, discover the issue, and correct it
• Ability to work in a team setting with other maintenance workers, and also with staff and members of the public
• Strong ability to quickly understand and carry out both written and oral instructions effectively
• Strong keyboarding and basic computer skills
• Possess refrigerant transition and recovery certification
• Repair and maintenance experience in the commercial kitchen or dinning service field
• Strong knowledge of plumbing repair and installation practice and procedure
• Strong knowledge of basic electrical practice, theory, and safety
• Strong knowledge of the fundamental of commercial refrigeration practice and theory
