What are the responsibilities and job description for the Service Technician (with background in freon industrial refrigeration) position at Kemper Refrigeration Inc?
Service Technician (with background in freon industrial refrigeration)
Kemper Refrigeration - Watsonville, CA
Job Summary:
Kemper Refrigeration is a specialty refrigeration contracting company which is currently looking for a service technician to put on on call rotation for its Watsonville, CA office. This individual will perform maintenance and repairs on refrigeration systems for food processing plants.
Specific duties will come to include performing or learning to perform the following:
- Follow SOP’s, pump down procedures to perform system pump-downs.
- Follow all compliance and safety regulations, particularly as they pertain to lock out/tag out, line break procedures and all safety administration.
- Be self-sufficient in meeting all field safety requirements and Plant GMP requirements.
- Perform general maintenance to refrigeration systems, including addition and draining of oil at collection points, general maintenance of compressors.
- Work with superheat and non-condensable calculations.
- Work with compressor panel operations.
- Perform Level A inspections and conduct NH3 water testing.
- Remove/install compressors safely.
- Perform sensor/NH3 calibrations.
- Charge systems with refrigerant.
- Perform small valve change-outs.
- Perform a variety of trouble shooting functions.
- Read and understand electrical drawings (basic).
- Read and understand P&ID’s.
- Assist plant personnel with system start ups.
- Have working knowledge of Freon including being able to respond to call outs to work on Freon systems.
- Recover refrigerants.
- Perform filter and compressor change-outs on Freon systems.
Job Requirements:
- Must demonstrate a strong work ethic that is fully committed to providing dependable, efficient, accurate and safe service in a fast pace work environment.
- Strong desire to learn and ability to receive and follow instructions.
- Must have a clean driving record.
- 2 years in general refrigeration or 1 year working as a refrigeration service technician.
- Dependability and flexibility a must.
- Willingness to work overtime.
- Have or working towards EPA certification.
Job type: Full-time, hourly wage, profit sharing, paid vacation, paid holidays, 401K with company match, supplemental insurance, life insurance, tool allowance.
Compensation: DOE
- Equal Employment Opportunity: We are an equal opportunity employer. We consider applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, or the presence of a disability that would not prevent the performance of essential job duties with, or without, reasonable accommodation of any other protective status.