Ammonia Refrigeration Technician

AMS Industries Inc; Woodridge (IL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

AMS Industries Inc in Woodridge, IL is looking for an Ammonia Refrigeration Technician to provide hands-on maintenance and repair for industrial refrigeration systems. You will manage repair and PM schedules, perform routine and emergency service, and coordinate with accounts across food & beverage, refrigerated storage, and pharmaceutical sectors.

You will report to the HVAC/R General Manager and uphold our safety culture, reliability, and customer focus in every service call.

Qualifications

• Experience with ammonia refrigeration systems preferred or willingness to train.
• Knowledge of commercial ventilation and control systems is beneficial.
• Safety training such as OSHA 30 or equivalent is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform routine and emergency refrigeration service and maintenance.
• Handle paperwork, documentation, and scheduling related to repairs and PMs.
• Support industrial accounts in food & beverage, pharmaceutical, and process industries.
• Maintain adherence to all safety policies and govern­ing requirements.

Skills

Ammonia refrigeration

Refrigeration repair

Customer relations

Education

UA-597 apprenticeship

Job description

Be the steady hand industrial clients count on. Out of our Woodridge, IL facility, you'll report to the HVAC/R General Manager and handle maintenance, repairs, retrofit projects, and troubleshooting, joining 1,000+ employees backed by the same extensive safety culture and customer focus that defines how AMS does business.

As an Ammonia Refrigeration Technician at AMS, you're the hands‑on expertise that keeps critical systems running for our industrial clients. You provide refrigeration repair and maintenance support to accounts in the food and beverage, refrigerated storage, pharmaceutical, and process industries, where downtime isn't an option.

You'll perform both routine and emergency service in industrial applications, drawing on journeyman‑level skill to manage everything that comes with the job: paperwork, documentation, customer relations, communication, and repair and PM schedules. It's a role that demands you juggle multiple priorities while keeping every system you touch operating safely and reliably.

Safety isn't a checkbox, you'll demonstrate a clear understanding of and adherence to all work safety policies, procedures, and governing requirements on every job. You're comfortable working unsupervised or with limited supervision, trusted to represent AMS in the field. As an employee‑owned company, the reliability you deliver is reliability you share in – Quality, Integrity, Reliability built into every service call.

What You'll Own

• Responsible for refrigeration repair and maintenance support to industrial accounts in the food and beverage, refrigerated storage, pharmaceutical, and process industries.
• Perform routine and emergency service in industrial applications.
• Manage multiple tasks and responsibilities as a journeyman service technician including paperwork, documentation, customer relations, communication, repair and PM schedules.
• Demonstrate an understanding and adherence to all work safety policies, procedures, and governing requirements.
• Ability to work unsupervised or with limited supervision as a service technician.

What You Bring

• Work experience in refrigeration service, preferably ammonia refrigeration systems. Will train the right candidate.
• Experience and working knowledge of commercial ventilation systems, unitary systems, heating systems, and controls.
• Willingness to participate in continuing education programs.
• Freon‑based refrigeration background.
• Completion of UA‑597 apprenticeship or equivalent.
• Prior safety training, such as OSHA 30, fall protection, or arc blast.