Facilities Field Technician

About the role

As a Facilities Field Technician at Chipotle, you will maintain restaurants through preventative maintenance on all aspects of the restaurant, ensuring safe, efficient, and effective operations.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Facilities Manager by supervising facility aspects of restaurant management at the market level.
• Perform facility maintenance and repair through monthly site visits and analysis of restaurants.
• Formulate preventative maintenance schedules for cooking equipment, HVAC systems, sinks, plumbing, electrical circuits, and refrigeration units.
• Carry out set procedures for facilities that cease functioning, function improperly, or present health and safety threats.
• Train managers, crew, and staff on managing, maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing restaurant facilities; assess needs for additional training.
• Ensure consistent adherence to facility maintenance practices and procedures.
• Conduct detailed facility maintenance and repair seminars individually or in group settings.
• Provide comprehensive maintenance visit recaps to the Operations Team and Regional Facility Manager, highlighting strengths and areas of opportunity.
• Identify issues contributing to higher maintenance and repair (M & R) or capital reinvestment costs and communicate them to relevant teams.
• Guide restaurants on maintaining and updating facility records.
• Perform equipment and building repairs regularly, including emergencies and scheduled visits.
• Conduct new store turnover, 90-day, and one-year walks/punches with contractors and the Operations Team for all new restaurants.
• Serve as a liaison between restaurants, landlords, contractors, and vendors for facility repairs.
• Assist the Operations Team in investigating, analyzing, and escalating facilities issues to the Regional Facilities Manager.
• Represent facilities at operations management meetings and communicate updates to the Apprentice Facilities Manager and Regional Facilities Manager.
• Provide field support and communication to the Development Department for regional/market initiatives and needs.
• Assist with communicating contractor deficiencies on reinvestment or repair projects.
• Follow all Development Department guidelines.
• Complete other duties to advance projects or resolve business issues as needed.

Requirements

• Strong trade knowledge of carpentry, plumbing, electrical, commercial cooking equipment, appliance repair, and basic HVAC/refrigeration.
• Knowledge of rules and regulations governing facilities safety requirements.
• Ability to manage and coordinate multiple schedules while planning work to achieve timely results.
• Effective, clear, and patient communication and training skills for facility maintenance and repair concepts.
• Clean Motor Vehicle Report for travel between restaurants.
• Adherence to safe driving requirements as determined by law.

Qualifications

• B.A./B.S. in a related field or equivalent education and experience with two (2) years of formal or informal training in facility repair and maintenance.
• Experience with restaurant equipment, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, refrigeration, or appliance repair preferred.

Pay

A reasonable estimate of the current base pay range for this position is $23.55–$30.05 per hour. You are also eligible for annual cash bonuses and equity awards based on performance and other factors.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401k retirement plan.
• Sick leave and vacation time.
• Additional competitive total rewards package benefits.