A Day in the Life: As a Refrigeration Technician, you will be responsible for maintaining critical building infrastructure and refrigeration systems in a warehouse setting. Your role includes performing repairs and preventative maintenance on a wide range of equipment including ammonia refrigeration systems, forklifts, conveyors, and material handling devices. You’ll support safe food storage operations by following a maintenance control schedule, ensuring all equipment meets company and regulatory standards, and responding promptly to alarms and facility needs. You will document all maintenance activities and collaborate with team members to ensure the workplace remains organized, safe, and efficient.
For candidates who meet leadership qualifications, responsibilities may also include training technicians, directing team performance, and reviewing documentation prepared by team members.
What You Bring to the Table
Technical Experience and Safety Knowledge
- Direct experience with refrigeration operations, specifically ammonia systems, is central to this role.
- You are mechanically adept, understand warehouse vehicle maintenance, and follow established safety and food safety procedures.
- You’re capable of handling minor facility repairs and performing diagnostics across multiple systems.
Organizational and Physical Capability
- You maintain accurate logs, handle scheduled tasks responsibly, and adapt to a physically demanding environment that includes lifting up to 100 pounds, climbing ladders, and navigating confined or elevated spaces.
Communication and Collaboration
- You communicate clearly with your team and management, report unsafe conditions appropriately, and contribute to an orderly and contamination-free environment in accordance with the Food Safety Management System.
Core Requirements:
- Must be 18 years of age or older
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Operator Level I Certificate in Ammonia Refrigeration
- 2–5 years of equipment maintenance experience
- 2–5 years of refrigeration maintenance and operations experience
- 1 year of MHE (Material Handling Equipment) fleet experience
- Ability to follow work procedures, safety rules, and food safety standards
- Ability to read, understand, and follow instructions
- Ability to lift up to 100 pounds and work at elevated heights
- Appropriate coordination to safely operate tools and equipment
- Basic mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and carpentry knowledge
- Ability to perform basic math and write numeric and alphanumeric records
- Ability to pass Department of Transportation exam and mechanical aptitude test
- Ability to stand, walk, bend, crouch, stretch, and climb throughout the shift
- Ability to maintain legible, accurate documentation
Preferred Requirements (Leadership Capacity):
- Experience assigning tasks and delegating fairly across team members
- Ability to train new and current Refrigeration Technicians
- Competence in evaluating performance within a team or work group
- Ability to make sound decisions and communicate operational standards effectively
- Experience reviewing team documentation for accuracy and completeness
Why you will choose us:
Albertsons Companies Inc. has always been a people-oriented business, and thoughtful people practices remain a core element of our company’s philosophy. Our goal is to continue to bring people together around the joys of food and to inspire well-being and that starts with people like you bringing your unique self to our company and making it one person stronger and better!
We also provide a variety of benefits including:
- Inclusive work culture built on belonging
- Competitive Wages paid weekly
- Access to up to 50% of your earned wages before payday, via our partnership with Stream
- Leaders invested in your training, career growth & development.
- Health and welfare benefits for eligible employees (Medical, Dental, 401k and more!)
Our Values
- We value different perspectives.
- We are committed to a healthy future.
Starting rates will be no less than the local minimum wage and may vary based on criteria such as location, experience, and qualifications. Candidates with unique qualifications may be considered for compensation above this range. Benefits may include medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, sick pay, PTO/Vacation Pay or Flexible Time Off, paid holidays, bereavement pay, and retirement benefits (pension and/or 401k eligibility). [If applicable:] Associates in this position may be eligible for a quarterly bonus.
Albertsons Companies is at the forefront of the revolution in retail. Committed to innovation and fostering a culture of belonging, our team is united with a unique purpose: to bring people together around the joys of food and to inspire well-being. We want talented individuals to be part of this journey!
Locally great and nationally strong, Albertsons Companies (NYSE: ACI) is a leading food and drug retailer in the U.S. We operate over 2,200 stores, 1,732 pharmacies, 405 fuel centers, 22 distribution facilities, and 19 manufacturing plants across 34 states and the District of Columbia. Our well-known banners include Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, ACME, Shaw’s, Tom Thumb, United Supermarkets, United Express, Randalls, Albertson’s Market, Pavilions, Star Markets, Market Street, Carrs, Haggen, Lucky, Amigos, Andronico’s Community Markets, King’s, Balducci’s, and Albertson’s Market Street.
Our vision is to be a retail leader admired for national strength with deep local roots, offering an easy, fun, friendly, and inspiring experience, no matter how customers choose to shop with us. We celebrate the rich diversity of the communities we serve, and strive to create a workplace where everyone has equal access to opportunities and resources, and can fully contribute to their and our company’s success.
Bring your flavor
Building the future of food and well-being starts with you. Join our team and bring your best self to the table.
Disclaimer
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of work performed by the employees assigned to this job and are not the official job description for the position. All employees must comply with Company, Division, and Store policies and applicable laws. The responsibilities, duties, and skills of personnel may vary within store and/or from store to store and the official job description will be provided during the application process.
Albertsons is an Equal Opportunity Employer
This Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, or on any other basis prohibited by law. Consistent with applicable state and local law, the Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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