Food Service Equipment Tech

Job Title : Food Service Equipment Tech

Location : Atlanta, Georgia

Regular / Temporary : Regular

Full / Part Time : Full-Time

Job ID : 291506

About Us

Overview

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do :

1. Students are our top priority.

2. We strive for excellence.

3. We thrive on diversity.

4. We celebrate collaboration.

5. We champion innovation.

6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.

7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.

8. We act ethically.

9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Job Summary

Responsible for performing various functions to keep Georgia Tech's dining program commercial kitchens running smoothly. Primarily responsible for maintaining, modifying, troubleshooting, and repairing a large inventory of electric, gas and refrigeration commercial food service equipment and appliances. This position will interact on a regular basis with : This position will interact on a regular basis primarily with staff and vendors associated with Tech Dining. This position typically will advise and counsel : This position will primarily advise and counsel dining staff and other facilities personnel. This position will supervise : NA

Responsibilities

Job Duty 1 -

Perform preventative maintenance on food service and refrigeration equipment as well as scheduled predictive maintenance checks following manufacturers' recommendation and / or as assigned by the supervisor.

Job Duty 2 -

Carry out installations of new equipment.

Job Duty 3 -

Perform repairs and maintenance duties on a wide variety of food service and refrigeration equipment such as walk-in freezers, industrial-sized steam cookers, refrigerators, ice machines, dishwashers, fryers, stoves, ovens, and grills.

Job Duty 4 -

Carry out periodic inspection, cleaning, and equipment servicing.

Job Duty 5 -

Interpret equipment manuals for proper training, care, and maintenance of equipment.

Job Duty 6 -

Attend quickly to emergency calls on equipment repair issues, as well as to after-hour work calls.

Job Duty 7 -

Perform other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Educational Requirements

High School Diploma / GED or Vocational School Diploma.

Required Experience

Three to four years of job-related experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Additional Preferred Qualifications

Current ServSafe Certification

Preferred Experience

Three or more years of job-related experience a plus.

Proposed Salary

$17.98 - $24.45 an hour

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

ABILITIES

Requires basic knowledge of refrigeration equipment, commercial ovens, commercial dishwashers, and commercial ice machines.

KNOWLEDGE

Requires basic knowledge of refrigeration equipment, commercial ovens, commercial dishwashers, and commercial ice machines.

SKILLS

This job requires the ability to read instruction manuals for specialty equipment and apply instructions to equipment on hand.

USG Core Values

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https : / / www.usg.edu / policymanual / section8 / C224 / #p8.2.18_personnel_conduct .

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https : / / www.usg.edu / policymanual / section6 / C2653 .

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The Institute is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and Institute policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and / or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Equal opportunity and decisions based on merit are fundamental values of the University System of Georgia (¿USG¿) and Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of an individual¿s race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

Other Information

This is not a supervisory position.

This position does not have any financial responsibilities.

This position will not be required to drive.

This role is not considered a position of trust.

This position does not require a purchasing card (P-Card).

This position will not travel

This position does not require security clearance.

Background Check

Successful candidate must be able to pass a background check. Please visit http : / / policylibrary.gatech.edu / employment / pre-employment-screening