Chemical Service Technician

Bargreen Ellingson; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental insurance

Retirement match

Vacation

Paid holidays

Sick leave

Job summary

Bargreen Ellingson is seeking a Chemical Service Technician to join our Portland branch to service commercial appliances and dish machines for restaurants, hotels, schools, and other customers who lease equipment.

You will install and maintain chemical dispensers, perform preventative maintenance visits, and respond to on-call emergencies while building strong customer relationships and coordinating with sales reps and suppliers.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Two years warewash, laundry, or related experience preferred.
• Must have valid driver license with clean driving record.
• Ability to read and interpret wiring diagrams and maintenance procedures.

Responsibilities

• Manage territory with exceptional service to customer accounts.
• Install and maintain chemical dispensers at various facilities.
• Service dish machines from under counter to conveyor units.
• Perform routine preventative maintenance visits at customer sites.
• Respond to and resolve emergency service calls on call (on nights/weekends).
• Build positive relationships with customers, sales reps, and suppliers.
• Train employees as needed and follow safety guidelines.

Skills

Customer service

Relationship-building

On-call responsiveness

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Smartphone

Tablet

Email/communication tools

Job description

Description

Bargreen Ellingson is looking for a Chemical Service Technician to join our Portland branch. This role is responsible for providing quality service to our customers who have various types of commercial appliances that require service. This can include serving customers at restaurants with dish machines, or at hotels, schools and other customers who lease and service equipment with Bargreen Ellingson.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Manage their given territory with exceptional service to customer accounts.
• Install and maintain chemical dispensers at restaurants, laundry, grocery and health care facilities.
• Install and maintain dish machines from under counter to conveyor units at restaurant, grocery and health care facilities.
• Conduct routine and thorough preventative maintenance visits at customer accounts to ensure equipment is functioning properly.
• Respond to and resolve emergency service calls during business hours & after hours/weekends when on call. Rotating on-call schedule is required.
• Create and maintain positive relationships with key individuals (customers, territory sales reps, suppliers, and co-workers).
• Work with management to provide any necessary training for employees.
• Must be safety/security conscious, adhere to the guidelines in the Safety Manual, and report any accidents or incidents immediately.
• Be knowledgeable about and follow company policy and procedures.
• Outstanding relationship-building skills coupled with a high degree of responsiveness and integrity.
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Valid state driver license with clean driving record.
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Work schedule may include nights, weekends, holidays and long hours with mandatory overtime and on-call status.
• Regular attendance is necessary.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure.
• Desire to succeed in a high growth, fast-paced retail environment.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• 2-years warewash, laundry, or similar experience highly desired
• Familiarity with smart phones, tablets and email
• Ability to drive a company work truck or vehicle.
• Ability to maintain an acceptable driving record.
• Able to follow safety standards that vary from site to site
• Ability to read and interpret wiring diagrams
• Overall mechanical aptitude

Physical Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands and arms to finger, handle, feel, or carry; reach with hands and arms.
• Occasionally required to sit; climb or balance or stoop; kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Frequently required to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Constant use of hand truck to lift, move and place items.
• Must be able to safely tolerate heat or other inclement weather.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear; read and identify numbers for accurate order filling and receiving of material. Apply sound reasoning and logic performing daily tasks.

• Bargreen Ellingson offers a comprehensive benefit program, which includes medical and dental insurance, retirement match, vacation, paid holidays, and sick leave (as mandated by local laws) for all full-time employees.
• Benefits for part-time employees include retirement match and sick leave (as mandated by local laws).

Bargreen Ellingson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.