Chemical Service Technician

About the role

Bargreen Ellingson is looking for a Chemical Service Technician to join our Portland branch. This role is responsible for providing quality service to customers with various types of commercial appliances, including dish machines, laundry equipment, and other leased or serviced equipment at restaurants, hotels, schools, and other facilities.

Responsibilities

• Manage a given territory with exceptional service to customer accounts.
• Install and maintain chemical dispensers at restaurants, laundry, grocery, and healthcare facilities.
• Install and maintain dish machines, from under-counter to conveyor units, at restaurant, grocery, and healthcare facilities.
• Conduct routine and thorough preventative maintenance visits to ensure equipment functions properly.
• Respond to and resolve emergency service calls during business hours and after hours/weekends when on call (rotating on-call schedule required).
• Create and maintain positive relationships with customers, territory sales reps, suppliers, and co-workers.
• Work with management to provide necessary training for employees.
• Adhere to safety and security guidelines, report accidents or incidents immediately, and follow company policies and procedures.
• Demonstrate outstanding relationship-building skills with a high degree of responsiveness and integrity.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Valid state driver’s license with a clean driving record.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Work schedule may include nights, weekends, holidays, and long hours with mandatory overtime and on-call status.
• Regular attendance is necessary.
• Ability to perform basic arithmetic (add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure).
• Desire to succeed in a high-growth, fast-paced environment.
• Ability to apply common-sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• 2 years of warewash, laundry, or similar experience highly desired.
• Familiarity with smartphones, tablets, and email.
• Ability to drive a company work truck or vehicle and maintain an acceptable driving record.
• Able to follow safety standards that vary from site to site.
• Ability to read and interpret wiring diagrams.
• Overall mechanical aptitude.

Physical Requirements

• Regularly required to stand, walk, use hands and arms to finger, handle, feel, or carry, and reach with hands and arms.
• Occasionally required to sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Frequently required to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Constant use of a hand truck to lift, move, and place items.
• Must be able to safely tolerate heat or other inclement weather.
• Regularly required to talk or hear, read, and identify numbers for accurate order filling and receiving of material.
• Apply sound reasoning and logic to perform daily tasks.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefit program, including medical and dental insurance, retirement match, vacation, paid holidays, and sick leave (as mandated by local laws) for full-time employees.
• Part-time employees receive retirement match and sick leave (as mandated by local laws).

Note: Benefits and eligibility may vary depending on location, position, and hours worked. A full summary of benefits will be provided upon hire.

Pay

$20–$26 per hour, depending on experience.