Refrigeration Technician — Commercial Kitchen & Cold Storage

Responsibilities

• Maintain all commercial refrigeration equipment across multiple restaurant outlets: walk-in coolers and freezers, reach-in refrigeration, bar bottle coolers, ice machines, blast chillers
• Conduct monthly refrigerant pressure checks and leak testing across all refrigeration units
• Service compressors, condensers, evaporators, and expansion valves — full refrigeration cycle competency required
• Maintain ice machine hygiene and output capacity — all-inclusives with multiple bars require significant ice production capacity
• Respond immediately to refrigeration failures in kitchen cold chain — a failed walk-in freezer during peak season represents significant food safety risk and inventory loss
• Coordinate with food and beverage management on refrigeration capacity planning for large events

Requirements

• EC0152 refrigerant handling certification — mandatory
• Commercial refrigeration experience in hotel or food service environment
• Full refrigeration cycle diagnostics: pressure readings, superheat/subcooling analysis
• Emergency response mindset for cold chain failures

Benefits

• IMSS, aguinaldo, paid vacation + premium
• Certification premium (EC0152-certified technicians earn MXN 2,000–4,000/month above base)
• Staff canteen
• Grocery vouchers MXN 1,000/month
• Specialized tools provided

Work environment

Multi-outlet all-inclusive resort kitchen and F&B operation. Commercial refrigeration specialist role with direct food safety and cold chain responsibility.

About the role

Commercial refrigeration in an all-inclusive kitchen is the most consequential HVAC/refrigeration work in hotel maintenance. A failing walk-in freezer at 2 a.m. on a Saturday in peak season — with 40,000 pesos of food at risk — requires someone who can diagnose the fault, assess whether it can be temporarily managed, and make a decision that protects the food supply. That responsibility is real and the pay reflects it.