Refrigeration Technician - 2nd shift

Refrigeration Technician - 2nd shift

Crest Hill, IL, US, 60403

Rich’s, also known as Rich Products Corporation, is a family-owned food company dedicated to inspiring possibilities. Our products are used in homes, restaurants and bakeries around the world, and we provide creative solutions for food service, retail, and prepared foods. Working in 100 locations globally, with annual sales exceeding $4 billion, Rich’s is a global leader focusing on everything that family makes possible.

The Maintenance Technician’s role is to ensure continuous effective freezing and frozen storage of food products and ingredient materials, as well as cooling of the physical plant buildings, by operating, maintaining, and repairing all plant ammonia and nitrogen refrigeration systems and associated freezers, air conditioning, and chilled water systems. The scope includes operation, preventive maintenance, mechanical and electrical repair, and contributing to the company’s profit and well‑being by performing tasks safely, efficiently, and cost‑effectively.

• Keep logs and other information on operating results and problems.
• Analyze information to determine preventive maintenance plans.
• Troubleshoot problems and physically repair equipment.
• Use hand tools and specialty tools to maintain and repair equipment.
• Inspect equipment by sight and sound, reading gauges and other measuring devices to assure optimum operating condition.
• Read equipment manuals, blueprints, and other sources of information to build knowledge and assure appropriate operation and repair.
• Order parts and supplies to maintain or rebuild equipment.
• Maintain all work areas in a clean manner in line with Good Manufacturing Practices.
• Apply all safe work practices and personal safety equipment to assure safety of self and co‑workers.
• Apply GMP requirements for personal hygiene and housekeeping.
• Apply product safety and quality requirements associated with the process at assigned positions.
• Identify problems associated with assigned systems through data collection, downtime tracking, and personal inspection, and determine solutions within training.
• Develop and maintain a good working relationship with team coordinators, managers, and co‑workers.
• Cooperate and show commitment to team goals, attend team meetings, and assist in orienting or training other team members as requested.
• Use electrical, pipe fitting, pneumatics, and hydraulics skills to assist other maintenance technicians as needed.

Minimum 3 years of hands‑on experience maintaining an industrial ammonia refrigeration system, including vacuum systems, screw compressors, blast freezers, storage freezers, condensers, and chilled water cooling systems. Experience with nitrogen flash freezers and Reco or Frigoscandia brand freezers is highly desired. Electrical, pipe fitting, hydraulics, and pneumatics experience is also desired.

Basic business requirements: attendance, punctuality, good work habits, and personal hygiene. Basic education in communication, reading, and arithmetic (high school level). Specific technical training in the theory of ammonia refrigeration and nitrogen freezing systems, and in the mechanical and electrical maintenance of industrial‑sized refrigeration systems, is required. Proficiency in microprocessors, 110/120/220/480‑Volt 3‑phase AC electricity, pipe cutting, threading, fitting, conduit installation, wiring, pneumatics, and hydraulics is expected.

Thoroughly skilled in all aspects of the mechanical and electrical maintenance of industrial food freezing systems.

Annual Range/Hourly Rate: $28.00–$35.00. The actual amount may vary based on experience, skills, shift differential, and location.

Rich Products Corporation, its subsidiaries and affiliates (“Rich’s”) are committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity, standing up for fairness and maintaining a culture of belonging. We will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, military or veteran status, or any other federally or state‑legally protected class. The information collected by this application is solely to determine suitability for employment, verify identity, and maintain employment statistics.

• Competitive compensation
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Family planning support
• Associate resource groups
• Volunteer & community impact opportunities
• Holiday gatherings
• In‑house taste tests (we are a food company after all)!

We support our associates’ whole selves to help them balance work and life.