Restaurant Service Technician

MPE Services is proud to be the local leading provider for heating & air conditioning, electrical, and plumbing services. We provide a wide variety of services to local residential and commercial clients in the North & Central Alabama areas as well as Southern Tennessee. When you need a plumber, electrician, or heating and air conditioning company you can rely on for quality services, all you must do is contact MPE Services

We are looking for an experienced Restaurant Service Technician to join our installation and repair team. As a Restaurant Service Technician, you will be responsible for processing and completing work orders, installing new refrigeration systems, troubleshooting mechanical failures, and performing equipment maintenance. You may also be required to advise on equipment upgrades and alternate cooling units.

To ensure success as a Restaurant Service Technician, you should have advanced knowledge of HVAC and refrigeration systems, good mechanical skills, and excellent troubleshooting skills. Ultimately, a top‑class restaurant service technician expertly installs, repairs, and maintains commercial cooking equipment i.e. convection ovens, conveyor‑ovens, fryers, grills, & more. This position has the opportunity to dispatch work from home, so you are not in the office everyday.

• 401(k)
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Diagnose commercial cooking equipment performance through observation, testing, and setup.
• Disassemble and re‑assemble equipment to perform troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, and repair.
• Able to read, understand and quote customer prices.
• Operate hand tools, power tools, gauges, and measuring equipment to perform service of unit.
• Lift, carry, pull, and push components and/or equipment to test, setup, or maintain equipment.
• Give and take written and verbal instructions.
• Complete documents to verify work performed.
• Operate a commercial vehicle and trailer.
• Work flexible hours as required as well as on‑call nights and weekends when assigned.
• Explain service charges and work performed to the customer.
• High school or equivalent
• EPA Certification
• Diagnostic ability as demonstrated through a minimum of 3 years’ experience and/or training in commercial cooking and refrigeration equipment such as fryers, grills, coolers, and ice machines.
• Driver’s License Required - Clean Driving Record
• Ability to competently use a variety of gauges, meters, measuring instruments, hoists, rigging equipment, torches, and hand tools.
• Ability to effectively communicate with the customer.
• Ability to work independently, under pressure, and without close supervision; willing and able to consistently work the schedule required by job demands.
• Ability to exert up to 100 pounds of force (pulling, pushing, lifting, carrying, etc.) regularly and up to 50 pounds of force frequently.
• Ability to climb and work from 8’ ladder, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, stand, walk, twist, grasp to perform essential job functions.
• Ability to safely operate a company motor vehicle as evidenced by past driving performance record and to adhere to all company safety requirements.
• Ability to tolerate environmental conditions consisting of extreme heat, cold, noise, vibration, fumes, dust, and poor ventilation.