Kitchen Equipment Maintenance Technician

Americana Restaurants; Sharjah; On-site; AED 78,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

Americana Restaurants in the UAE is seeking a Maintenance Technician to perform corrective, reactive and planned preventive maintenance across all locations, including restaurants, offices and commissaries. You will service kitchen equipment, MEP systems and related facilities to ensure operations run smoothly.

The ideal candidate has 2–5 years of hands-on experience with kitchen equipment, MEP, and a solid understanding of UAE parts availability and regulatory requirements to support timely

Qualifications

• 2–5 years in restaurant maintenance or similar role.
• Hands-on experience with kitchen equipment and MEP.
• Good knowledge of UAE market for parts availability, regulations and vendor coordination.

Responsibilities

• Reactive/PPM: respond per SLA, gather spares within 24 hours, ensure work quality per Americana standards.
• Planned Preventive Maintenance: monitor external vendors or perform maintenance.
• Corrective Maintenance: visit stores monthly and conduct inspections.
• Cost Saving: minimize external vendor work by self-rectification; avoid unnecessary spare parts.
• Growth and Customer Focus: improve customer satisfaction in daily tasks.
• Personal Growth: pursue courses to improve skills and efficiency.

Skills

Kitchen Equipment

QSR experience

MEP knowledge

Education

Technical Diploma

Job description

The Maintenance Technician is responsible for the carrying out Corrective, Reactive and Planned Preventive Maintenance of Assets in all Restaurants, Offices and Commissaries, owned/leased etc. by Americana in UAE. He will have to look after Hard & Soft services for example MEP, Kitchen Equipment, Hood Servicing (Monitoring), Fire Protection Systems (Monitoring) etc. and to ensure all the locations occupied by Americana Group are efficiently maintained in a cost-effective manner and implement Americana Standards & Values.

• Proven experience as a Kitchen Equipment Technician or similar role in a commercial kitchen environment, preferably with previous experience in QSR or Hotel industry
• Extensive knowledge of various types of kitchen equipment, including fryers, ovens, broilers, grills, refrigerators, dishwashers, and ventilation systems, and their components, functions, and maintenance requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Reactive Complaint / PPM: Response Time: As per SLA (4, 12, 72 etc hours). Spares Gathering: within 24 hours. Work Quality: As per Americana Standard. Monitoring PO Jobs: As per PO terms, Mall/Brand Coordination.
• Planned Preventive Maintenance: Monitor (external vendor) and/or perform Planned Preventive Maintenance.
• Corrective Maintenance: Visit each store at least once monthly and conduced store inspection.
• Cost Saving: Minimize the jobs from External Vendors by rectifying them himself. Ensure the spares are not replaced unless necessary. Advises supervisor regarding major repairs / changes required.
• Growth and Customer Focus: Work towards improving customer satisfaction on daily tasks
• Personal Growth: Improve skills & efficiency by attending courses.

Education

• Technical Diploma preferred

Experience

• 2-5 years in restaurant and general maintenance
• Strong hands-on experience on Kitchen Equipment and MEP, plus have a very good knowledge of UAE market in terms of parts availability, authority regulations, malls/landlord requirements