Refrigeration Technician II

At our company, our mission starts with our people. Guided by our HEART values—Humility, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Trust—we strive to create a workplace where teammates feel valued, supported, and empowered to do their best work every day.  As a Refrigeration Technician II, you’ll perform scheduled preventive maintenance and on-demand repairs for refrigeration equipment and associated systems in hospital or clinic facilities. You’ll help maintain a safe environment and reliable equipment operation while following departmental, hospital, and regulatory requirements. You’ll also coordinate projects and provide technical direction to refrigeration technicians and vendors.

Responsibilities

Job Duties & Responsibilities
•    Inspect, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair refrigeration equipment and associated systems to support a safe environment for patients, staff, and visitors
•    Repair failed equipment according to established standards and within acceptable timeframes
•    Notify appropriate leadership, departmental personnel, and Service Response Center Operators of equipment shutdowns
•    Accurately document equipment problems, failures, and completed work in work orders
•    Report major equipment failures and malfunctions to management
•    Install and replace refrigeration equipment according to blueprints, specifications, diagrams, or other instructions
•    Assist with, oversee, or inspect repairs and modifications performed by contractors
•    Complete the Unit 200 Competency Checklist, including responses to fire alarms, Incident Management Team events, utility losses, and elevator emergencies, and effective communication with leadership
•    Apply troubleshooting and problem-solving skills to refrigeration maintenance and repairs
•    Demonstrate refrigeration knowledge and skills equivalent to those needed for certification from an appropriate vendor or refrigeration trade school
•    Ensure work meets customer needs and applicable code requirements and supports a safe environment
•    Keep rework due to negligence below 4%
•    Maintain cooperative working relationships with internal and external customers and complete tasks effectively while minimizing disruption
•    Meet hospital attendance and punctuality requirements, demonstrate respect for others, and maintain a positive attitude
•    Follow the departmental dress code and maintain a professional appearance
•    Communicate clearly and thoroughly with customers and coworkers and respond promptly to hospital communications
•    Provide complete documentation required by management and authorities having jurisdiction, including work order documentation
•    Follow the departmental communication plan to understand and respond appropriately to job performance requirements and employee expectations
•    Plan, organize, and coordinate projects and provide technical direction to refrigeration technicians and vendors
•    Manage inventory according to departmental inventory management and control requirements
•    Define preventive maintenance requirements and processes for new equipment and monitor the effectiveness of existing procedures
•    Maintain refrigeration equipment and procedure documentation manuals
•    Coordinate work schedules with other departments and shops
•    Demonstrate initiative, accept responsibility for decisions, remain open to new approaches, stay calm during crises, and willingly share knowledge
•    Participate in required hospital and departmental training
•    Perform other hospital duties within expectations established by management
 

Qualifications

Qualifications
•    High school diploma or equivalent required
•    5 years of experience as a refrigeration service-related technician required
•    Hospital experience preferred
•    Experience and certification in other mechanical systems preferred

**EPA certification highly desired
 

Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city’s Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years. 

Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children’s care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also created Texas Children’s Health Plan, the nation’s first HMO focused on children; Texas Children’s Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children’s Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children’s Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation. 

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