Journeyman Service Technician (Industrial ammonia refrigeration)

Kemper Northwest

Salt Lake City, UT

Pay: $100,000-$130,000/yr

Shift: Full time

**Service Technician (with ammonia industrial refrigeration background)**

Kemper Northwest – Greater Salt Lake area, UT.

**Job Summary:**

Kemper Northwest is a specialty refrigeration contracting company which is currently looking for a service technician based out of the Greater Salt Lake area in Utah and work in collaboration with the Caldwell, ID office. This individual will learn to 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

-Clean heat exchanger coils

-Perform Annual and Semi-Annual Compressor inspections and conduct NH3 water testing

-Perform industrial refrigeration repairs such as: shaft seal replacements, pump rebuilds, compressor and motor R&R

-Remove/install compressors safely

-Perform coupler alignments

-Perform sensor/NH3 calibrations

-Charge systems with refrigerant

-Collect vibration data from equipment

-Perform valve change-outs

-Perform a variety of trouble shooting functions and take initiative to reach out for assistance when necessary as it pertains to troubleshooting basical electrical, compressor panel systems, defrost systems, and auto-purgers

-Rebuild auto-purgers

-Read and understand electrical drawings (basic)

-Read and understand P&ID’s

-Assist plant personnel with system start ups

-Have working knowledge of anhydrous ammonia systems

-Recover refrigerants

**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

-Dependability and flexibility a must

-Willingness to work overtime

-Have or working towards EPA certification

-Respirator fit testing and clean shaved

**Job type:** Full-time, hourly wage, profit sharing, paid vacation, paid holidays, 401K with company match, supplemental insurance, life insurance.

**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.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $100,000.00 - $130,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Vision insurance

Application Question(s):

• This job requires industrial ammonia refrigeration experience. NOT HVAC. Do you have industrial ammonia refrigeration experience?

Work Location: In person