Technician, Facility Services, Food Equipment

Walmart; Opelika (AL); On-site; USD 36,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) and stock purchase

Paid time off

Live Better U education benefit

Job summary

Walmart in Opelika, AL is seeking a skilled Maintenance Technician to perform preventive maintenance on food equipment, facilities, and fixtures. You will inspect, repair, and document issues, manage work orders, and coordinate with contractors to keep operations compliant and efficient.

Responsibilities include emergency response, safe operation of heavy machinery, and upholding OSHA and EPA regulations while supporting Walmart's mission and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Experience performing preventive maintenance on food equipment, facilities, and fixtures.
• Ability to inspect, repair, and document wear and tear; determine replacement needs.
• Knowledge of safety regulations and ability to ensure compliance.

Responsibilities

• Performs preventive maintenance on equipment and fixtures.
• Inspects, repairs, and documents issues; follows schedules.
• Manages work orders, parts, and contractor coordination; tracks costs.

Skills

Preventive maintenance

Troubleshooting

Blueprint reading

Safety compliance

Education

Vocational/technical certification

Tools

Hand tools

Power tools

Hoists and lifts

Blueprints & repair manuals

Job description

Position Summary... What you'll do...

• Performs routine preventive maintenance on food equipment, facilities, and fixtures by following established preventive maintenance schedules and guidelines.
• Inspects, cleans, and repairs equipment and fixtures.
• Observes and documents signs of wear and tear.
• Determines replacement needs to reduce ongoing and future repairs.
• Performs major and minor repairs on food equipment, facilities, and fixtures using multiple craft skills (for example, plumbing, electrical, carpentry, material handling equipment, food equipment).
• Inspects, operates, and tests equipment to diagnose issues.
• Dismantles machines or facilities to access and remove defective parts.
• Utilizes blueprints, repair manuals, or parts catalogs as necessary.
• Uses hand tools, power tools, hoists, and other equipment.
• Responds to emergency calls.
• Documents repair activities.
• Uses heavy machinery.
• Manages work orders, maintenance schedules, and contractors by completing required written and electronic information (for example, expense vouchers, weekly summaries, work orders, maintenance logs).
• Conducts price comparison of parts and travel-related costs.
• Orders parts and replacement equipment.
• Tracks orders.
• Records purchases and usage.
• Submits costs.
• Orders parts and replacement equipment.
• Tracks orders.
• Records purchases and usage.
• Submits warranty claims.
• Complies with Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Environmental Protection Agency regulations and guidelines and ensures work meets federal, state, and local regulations.
• Ensures contractors follow company quality standards and safety requirements, identify and report deficiencies, and support safe operations in varied work environments.
• Models compliance with company policies and procedures and supports the company’s mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by using the Open Door Policy.
• Participates in an on-call rotation to support business critical needs outside of standard business hours.
• During assigned on-call periods, responds in a timely manner to incidents or requests and supports issue resolution or appropriate escalation as needed.
• Operates, inspects, and maneuvers heavy machinery and powered equipment (for example, forklifts, material handling equipment, industrial machines, shop equipment, vehicles) in accordance with training, certification requirements, and safety procedures.
• Performs pre-operation safety checks and post-operation inspections to ensure equipment is safe, functional, and compliant with applicable standards.
• Identifies unsafe conditions, equipment malfunctions, or potential hazards and takes appropriate corrective action or escalates as required.
• Maintains company vehicles in accordance with company policies and procedures.
• Coordinates and transports vehicles for required maintenance, ensuring beforehand that alternate driving support is arranged.
• Safely operates motor vehicles and ensures that the vehicle has all required documents.
• Checks fuel and water levels, brake condition, signals, and lights.
• Submits maintenance invoices for payment.
• Verifies the coverage and validity of vehicle insurance.
• Wears company uniform and badge in accordance with company policies and procedures.
• Leads and participates in teams by using and sharing resources, information, and tools; determining customer needs and business priorities; coordinating and executing work assignments; providing advice, feedback, and support to ensure timelines and work quality are achieved; and modeling and helping others with how to adapt to change or new challenges.
• Develops, communicates, and implements processes and practices to meet business needs by collaborating with managers, co-workers, customers, and other business partners; analyzing and applying information from multiple sources; monitoring progress and results; and identifying and addressing improvement opportunities.
• Demonstrates, promotes, and supports compliance with company policies, procedures, and standards of ethics and integrity by explaining, guiding, and demonstrating how to apply these in executing business processes and practices; implementing related action plans; using the Open Door Policy; and assisting management with correcting ethical and compliance issues and problems.
• Respect the Individual: Embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas, and experiences; creates a workplace where associates feel seen, supported and connected through a culture of belonging; creates opportunities for all associates to thrive and perform; helps to attract the best talent.
• Respect the Individual: Works as a team; builds strong and trusting relationships; communicates with impact, energy, and positivity to motivate and influence.
• Respect the Individual: Strengthens the team by helping, developing and mentoring others; recognizes others’ contributions and accomplishments.
• Act with Integrity: Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance, models the Walmart values to support and foster our culture; holds oneself and others accountable; supports Walmart’s goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, members, and the world around us.
• Act with Integrity: Acts in a selfless manner and is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, fair, and transparent.
• Serve our Customers and Members: Delivers results while putting the customer first.
• Serve our Customers and Members: Makes decisions based on reliable information; balances short- and long-term priorities; and considers how own work impacts the team’s ability to deliver on our purpose for all stakeholders.
• Strive for Excellence: Displays curiosity and a desire to learn; takes calculated risks; and demonstrates courage and resilience.
• Strive for Excellence: Drives continuous improvements; is open to and uses new technologies? and skills; and supports others through change.

• At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet.
• Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage.
• Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance.
• Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
• Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
• You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
• The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment.
• It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.
• For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.
• Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities.
• Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates.
• Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.
• For Information About Benefits And Eligibility, See One.Walmart.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.

The hourly wage range for this position is $26.00 - $51.00* *The actual hourly rate will equal or exceed the required minimum wage applicable to the job location. Additional compensation in the form of premiums may be paid in amounts ranging from $0.35 per hour to $3.00 per hour in specific circumstances. Premiums may be based on schedule, facility, season, or specific work performed. Multiple premiums may apply if applicable criteria are met.

Minimum Qualifications

• Option 1: Vocational or technical certification and 2 years’ experience in plumbing, electrical, material handling equipment, or related area.
• Option 2: 4 years’ experience in plumbing, electrical, material handling equipment, or related area.
• License in a related trade in the city and/or state where the job is located.
• Valid state-issued driver’s license and ability to pass a motor vehicle report.
• Commercial driving record with no convictions for DUI, DWI, OUI within the last five (5) years.
• Commercial driving record with no more than two (2) moving violations in the last three (3) years.
• No preventable accidents while operating a commercial motor vehicle in the last three (3) years.
• No serious traffic violations, as defined by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, while operating a commercial motor vehicle in the last three (3) years.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in mechanical maintenance or construction-related field for commercial HVAC/R and building controls,
• Experience using word processing, spreadsheet, email, and presentation software (for example, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
• Prior work experience reading blueprints, schematics, and wiring diagrams.
• Prior work experience using hand tools, power tools, and testing equipment.

Primary Location... 2900 PEPPERELL PKWY, OPELIKA, AL 36801-6128, United States of America

Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.