Commercial Kitchen Equipment Service Technician

Commercial Kitchen Equipment Tech

Location: EWR Airport

Compensation: $35- $45 per hour

Reports to: Facilities Manager

On the Go has elevated the dining and retail experience for travelers by bringing together world-class hospitality, award-winning dining concepts, and forward-thinking technology. With more than 300 unique dining and retail locations across North America's busiest airports, we're fueled by a passion for creating exceptional guest experiences—made possible every day by our incredible Crewmembers. At On the Go, people truly come first. We invest in our teams, and foster growth in an exciting, fast-paced environment where everyone can shine.

How we work is just as meaningful as what we accomplish. Our Values—Care, Continuous Improvement, Quality, and Teamwork—guide the way we show up for our guests and for each other. We're committed to fostering an inclusive, safe, and uplifting workplace where people feel respected, empowered, and encouraged to bring their full selves to work.

Why This Job Is a Big Deal!

An OTG Commercial Kitchen Service 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 making sure cooking appliances work properly. Other duties include monitoring truck stock and ensuring necessary supplies make it from the warehouse to the kitchen. A Commercial Kitchen Service Technician will also keep a log of repairs and services needed, installs new kitchen equipment, maintains a neat and orderly workstation, and provides excellent customer service for restaurant professionals.

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 re-assemble equipment to perform trouble shooting, preventive maintenance, and repair
• Operate hand tools, power tools, gauges, and measuring equipment to perform service of unit.
• Lift, carry, pull, and push components and/or equipment to test, setup, or maintain equipment.
• Give and take written and verbal instructions.
• Complete documents to verify work performed.
• Work flexible hours as required.

Qualifications and Requirements

• High school or equivalent
• Burn and fire watch certificates a Plus
• 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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.