Kitchen Appliance Technician

Hiring Preference: The Kalispel Tribe of Indians is an Equal opportunity employer. Consistent with federal law, the Kalispel Tribe of Indians applies Indian preference in employment. It is the policy of the Kalispel Tribe of Indians to give preference in hiring, promotions, and transfers into vacant positions to qualified applicants in the following order: 1) Kalispel Tribal Members; 2) Descendant or Spouse of an enrolled Kalispel Tribal Member; 3) enrolled members of other Indian Tribes; 4) all other applicants. At-Will Employment: Employment with the Kalispel Tribe of Indians is at-will and can be terminated with or without cause, and with or without notice, at any time, either at the option of the employee or the Kalispel Tribe of Indians. Drug Testing: The Kalispel Tribe of Indians is a drug free work place. All applicants are subject to drug testing at the time of hire and at unannounced times during employment. Background Investigation: All candidates and employees may be subject to a background investigation.

Kalispel Hospitality
It is our expectation that anyone who works for the Kalispel Tribe of Indians lives by and operates out of the following behaviors and beliefs:

CORE PURPOSE
We Make People Feel Special. Deliver Kalispel hospitality, find a path to YES, and provide a warm smile and greeting.

CORE VALUES
We Take Pride In Everything We Do. Proudly represent the Kalispel Tribe, anticipate guest needs, and take ownership and put others first.
Everyone is Welcome Here. Respect and honor all guests, use sincere “thank you” and “goodbye,” and use guest name whenever possible.
We Choose Excellence Every Day. Help each other achieve greatness, be genuine, attentive, and flexible, and know the property and amenities.

Summary of Functions

Perform skilled mechanical maintenance duties in the installation, inspection, repair, maintenance and alteration of Casino food venue equipment and appliances.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensures compliance with the Kalispel Tribe of Indians- Internal Controls, and Northern Quest Policies and Procedures.

• Ensure quality of facility meets all set standards.
• Responsible for repairing and maintaining physical structure of establishment.
• Install, diagnose, inspect, repair, maintain service on a wide variety of kitchen appliances and exhaust hoods.

• Install, diagnose, inspect, repair, maintain and service a wide variety of heating, ventilation and air condition equipment and systems.
• Repair and maintain low-pressure hot water systems, minor plumping and filtration systems.
• Replace fans, belts, motors, gaskets, filters, and compressors, and lubricate parts.
• Adjust and install switches, gauges, thermostats, valves, tubing transformers, pressure regulators controllers, and other parts as needed.
• De-scale tubing cut and tread pipe to make pipe and electrical connections.
• Add refrigerants and oil, and test for defective parts.
• Determine requirements for parts, materials, supplies, tools, and equipment; establish cost of repairs and equipment replacement.
• Operate specialized machinery, equipment and tools utilized in the repair and maintenance of commercial appliances and equipment.
• Able to work with HVAC contractor and ready their blueprints to make sure we get the equipment needed.
• Maintain tools, equipment and supplies in a safe and orderly condition.
• Responsible for maintaining a consistent, regular good attendance record.
• This job description does not list all of the duties of this position. You may be instructed by management to perform other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Education

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).

Experience

• Prefer 2 years Commercial appliance service.

Skills

• Must be computer literate with working knowledge of Microsoft programs and other computer software.
• Ability to diagnose defects and install, repair and maintain food venue areas, kitchen appliances and equipment.
• Ability to read and work from blueprints, shop drawings and sketches.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction
• Standard practices of the HVAC trade and theory of HVAC systems.
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with public department heads, associates and the public
• Skill in identifying and resolving problems under pressure conditions.

Other Requirements

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Tribal Work Permit.
• HVAC Certification
• Washington or Idaho State Driver’s License (Must be in possession while operating a Tribal Vehicle).
• EPA Refrigerants Certification, Gas License, appliance trade schooling a plus.
• Available and willing to work nights, weekends and holidays as required.

Physical Demands

• Requires the ability to lift and/or move objects weighing up to 75 pounds.
• Constantly requires the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and to make fine discrimination in sound.

• Constantly requires verbally expressing or exchanging ideas of important instructions accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Constantly requires working with fingers rather than the whole hand or arm.
• Constantly requires repetitive movement of the wrists, hands and/or fingers.
• Often requires walking or moving about to accomplish tasks.
• Occasionally requires standing and/or sitting for sustained periods of time.
• Occasionally requires ascending or descending stairs or ramps using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
• Occasionally requires raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally.
• Occasionally requires stooping which entails the use of the lower extremities and back muscles.  Infrequently requires crouching.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

 Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to tobacco smoke, moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles.  The worker is frequently subject to inside environmental conditions, which provide protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes, and is occasionally subject to outside environmental conditions and to wet and/or humid conditions.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.