Kitchen Technician

HelloFresh; Aurora (IL); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

HelloFresh is seeking a Kitchen Technician in Aurora, Illinois, responsible for maintaining and repairing commercial cooking equipment. This role involves leading compliance with safety standards, performing routine inspections, and mentoring maintenance personnel. Offering a competitive salary and benefits, this position is ideal for candidates with experience in mechanical and electrical operations in a kitchen environment.

Benefits

Generous PTO, including sabbatical

401k with company match

Comprehensive health and wellness benefits

Up to 75% discount on meal subscriptions

Access to Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)

Qualifications

• 4-6 years of experience with commercial/industrial cooking and processing equipment.
• Ability to read and understand drawings, schematics, and diagrams.
• Expertise with gas valve troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventive maintenance and routine inspections.
• Lead and educate compliance with all safety and food safety standards.
• Document all work in the computerized maintenance management system.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Mechanical Operations

Electrical Operations

Safety Compliance

Education

Mechatronics associates degree or equivalent

Job description

Kitchen Technician

Shift-Sunday to Wednesday 4:00am to 2:20pm

Factor_ a brand of HelloFresh is seeking a Kitchen Technician. As a Kitchen Technician, you will work with the maintenance team to maintain and repair commercial and industrial cooking and food processing equipment to support operations uptime and improve reliability of our systems. This role is the resident expert in mechanical, electrical and/or kitchen equipment systems.

You will..

• Lead and educate compliance with all safety, food safety, and security standards.
• Perform preventive maintenance and routine inspections on assigned ovens, brasiers, grills, formers, mixers, and ancillary equipment as needed.
• Perform troubleshooting of assigned out of service equipment and correct issues, act as an escalation point for lower level technicians, and escalate to leadership and/or vendors as needed for additional troubleshooting.
• Document all work in the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) and ticketing systems as appropriate.
• Mentor all maintenance personnel in developing appropriate skill sets and knowledge of equipment specializing in mechanical, electrical, and hot side equipment.
• Lead root cause analysis of major downtime events.
• Act as a network resource for technical issues and lead network-wide root cause analysis.
• Develop maintenance personnel knowledge on intermediate to advanced troubleshooting and repair techniques for commercial/industrial cooking equipment.
• Audit maintenance personnel work and provide feedback to improve performance and quality.
• Audit vendor work to provide feedback to leadership on quality of work and SLA performance.
• Write and/or modify PMs to standardize across the network and increase effectiveness.
• Perform building project work as assigned.

You have..

• 4-6 years of experience with commercial/industrial cooking and processing equipment, including mechanical and electrical operations and/or small-system refrigeration repair and maintenance.
• Advanced understanding of machinery and equipment.
• Basic computer skills.
• Ability to read and understand drawings, schematics and diagrams.
• Experience with repairs and maintenance of different types of cooking/processing equipment to include combi ovens, gas and electric grills and cooking vessels, handheld and stand mixers, forming and packaging equipment, automated conveyance, metal detectors, and other types of commercial/industrial kitchen equipment.
• Ability to troubleshoot, diagnose, and repair low voltage controls, safety circuits, motors, heating elements, burners, blowers, heat exchangers, etc.
• Expertise with gas valve troubleshooting.
• Fire suppression safety training.
• Experience working with inputs, outputs, and PLC logic systems and ability to troubleshoot these systems.
• Ability to travel as necessary (up to 10%) for business purposes.
• Excellent follow through, judgment, and common sense. "Make it happen" attitude.
• Mechatronics associates degree or equivalent is preferred but not required.
• Must be able to read, write and speak English.

You’ll get…

• Competitive salary, 401k with company match that vests immediately upon participation, and company equity plan based on role
• Generous PTO, including sabbatical, and parental leave of up to 16 weeks
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits with options at $0 monthly, effective first day of employment
• Up to 75% discount on subscriptions to HelloFresh meal plans (HelloFresh, Green Chef, Everyplate, and Factor_)
• Access to 7 different Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) including those for BIPOC, women, veterans, parents, and LGBTQ+
• Inclusive, collaborative, and dynamic work environment within a fast-paced, mission-driven company that is disrupting the traditional food supply chain

This job description is intended to provide a general overview of the responsibilities. However, the Company reserves the right to adjust, modify, or reassign work tasks and responsibilities as needed to meet changing business needs, operational requirements, or other factors.

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Illinois Pay Range

$39.25—$39.25 USD