Sr. Refrigeration Technician

Your next opportunity is now boarding: Join OTG as the Sr. Refrigeration Technician now and drive a new type of hospitality. Explore career opportunities in a unique hospitality environment with some of the industry's best compensation and benefits, including PTO, Healthcare, and a competitive 401k match. What is OTG? OTG has revolutionized the hospitality industry by pushing the boundaries of excellence. With more than 300 in-terminal dining and retail locations across 11 airports, OTG and its 5,000+ Crewmembers serve millions of travelers each year. Why OTG? By joining our team, you’ll discover endless opportunities to explore, learn, and realize your greatest potential in some of the most exciting hospitality environments around. Our people drive our experiences, so we offer our crewmembers some of the best compensation and benefits in the industry. We transform airport experiences. You drive it. Role and Responsibilities

Position Summary: An OTG Senior Refrigeration Technician troubleshoots and fixes c ommercial refrigeration systems and kitchen equipment. In this career, you repair walk-in coolers, freezers, ice machines, and other critical appliances and perform regular maintenance. Responsibilities include communicating with other food industry professionals and making sure cooking and refrigeration appliances work properly. A Senior Refrigeration 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. This role is expected to work independently, demonstrate leadership, and effectively communicate with team members, operations, and external vendors.

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 4–5 years’ experience and/or training in commercial refrigeration systems including walk-ins, reach-ins, and ice machines

• Ability to competently use a variety of meters, measuring instruments, torches, and hand tools

• EPA Universal Certification required

• HVACR experience and certifications preferred

• Commercial kitchen experience is also a plus

• Demonstrated ability to lead, train, or mentor junior technicians

• 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

Pay range: $25 - $40 per hour

OTG Concessions Management, LLC and its subsidiaries and affiliates are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability status, gender identity, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law.