Kitchen Mechanic

Overview :

The Kitchen Mechanic repairs, maintains, and installs a variety of commercial food preparation and serving equipment. This includes, but is not limited to : commercial ovens, ranges, fryers, warmers, proofers, mixers, dishwashers, coolers, freezers, ice machines, and soft-serve ice cream equipment. The Kitchen Mechanic also orders supplies and spar parts as necessary to properly maintain the equipment under his care.

Salary Details : $32.22 / hr - $41.48 / hr based on overall experience

Responsibilities :

• Troubleshoots, repairs and maintains a wide variety of commercial restaurant and food preparation equipment such as mixers, slicers, blenders, etc.
• Repairs and maintains commercial ice makers and ice dispensers.
• Repairs and maintains commercial dishwashing and ware washing equipment.
• Repairs and maintains gas and electric grills, ovens, stoves, and ranges.
• Repairs and maintains commercial soft-serve ice cream machines.
• Repairs and maintains commercial gas and electric fryers.
• Repairs and maintains commercial freezers, coolers, cold tables, and refrigerated display cases.
• Orders and maintains a stock of repair parts as required to facilitate timely repair of kitchen equipment.
• Maintains all assigned equipment in a safe and functional condition.
• Completes a variety of maintenance related paperwork, including daily logs, work orders, requisitions, and quotes.
• Provides technical specifications for the purchase of new and replacement commercial kitchen equipment.
• Communicates the status of all kitchen equipment and components in both verbal and written formats to Maintenance and Foods management.
• Reads and interprets equipment schematics for commercial kitchen and serving equipment.
• Other duties may be assigned.

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