Commercial Refrigeration Technician

About the role

Location: 1002 Weis Remote Road. The position requires onsite presence and travel within the assigned territory covering locations throughout Maryland and Virginia, including Hagerstown, MD and Fredericksburg, VA.

Responsibilities

• Respond to service requests to repair supermarket refrigeration systems, HVAC, cardboard balers, checkout counters, lighting, humidifiers, and other miscellaneous equipment.
• Complete service reports, time sheets, expense reports, purchase records, etc. to document activities.
• Maintain contact with Sunbury dispatch via telephone and voice mail to receive new service calls.
• Perform periodic preventive maintenance inspections and procedures; maintain the workplace (including the service van) in a neat, clean, and safe condition.
• Communicate with the Service Supervisor to advise on the need for further action when appropriate.
• Interview store personnel to determine the need for service; instruct store personnel in proper operational techniques for safe, effective, and efficient operation of their equipment.
• Train new Service Techs.
• Work and drive safely, using appropriate safety gear and techniques.
• Respond to emergency breakdown calls whenever possible.
• Project a professional image to associates, customers, and others; observe all rules of food safety and hygiene.
• Perform other duties as directed by Supervision, and as required for the execution of the other responsibilities.

Principal Accountabilities

• Good judgment, reliability, initiative, tact, integrity, dependability, and quick thinking.
• Computer literate.
• Knowledge of MSDS and OSHA; EPA certified (Type I and II) in proper refrigeration practices.
• Capable of working on roofs, scaffolds, and ladders at medium heights (approximately 30’).
• Good verbal, writing, and reading skills, including the ability to read, interpret, and apply manufacturers’ instructions, and communicate with store personnel.
• Valid driver’s license with good driving record; must be insurable.
• Ability to prioritize multiple demands, and to adjust priorities as conditions dictate.
• Knowledge of refrigeration systems and service techniques, including troubleshooting, electrical, and brazing skills.
• Proper use of hand tools, power tools, and diagnostic instruments common to the trade.
• Proper food safety techniques for the supermarket industry.

People Responsibilities

• Directs the activities of trainees when applicable.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary technical training in job-related discipline. (OR) Five years of experience in maintenance of commercial refrigeration systems.

Physical Requirements

• Sensory ability to perform responsibilities.
• Ability to lift up to 100 pounds occasionally.
• Ability to work under extremes of weather, and under conditions of heat, cold, noise, and dust to the extent they are found in the typical supermarket.
• Ability to work under pressure of time, without direct supervision, and outside of normal working hours (for occasional emergencies).

Working Conditions

• Work environments include service truck, supermarket sales area, refrigeration equipment room, and rooftop.
• Substantial amounts of standing, bending, lifting, climbing, and reaching.
• Exposure to fumes from refrigerant leaks, solvents, oils, and brazing.
• Some work in confined spaces.
• Exposure to temperature extremes, noise, and dust.

Benefits

The hourly pay for this position starts at $30.00/hr. and is up to $44.00/hr.

Weis Markets offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package such as health plan, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, short term disability, basic life and AD&D, group whole life with long term care rider, and voluntary insurance such as hospital indemnity, accident and critical illness, 401(k) retirement