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About this Maintenance Technician role at gategroup

gategroup · Onsite · Vancouver, BC, CAN

We’re looking for motivated, engaged people to help make everyone’s journeys better.

Discover the Difference You Can Make at Gate Gourmet

Gate Gourmet, a gategroup company, is the world’s largest independent provider of catering and provisioning services for the airline industry.  For the past 70 years, we have served over 250 carriers in more than 30 countries. Gate Gourmet combines culinary expertise with the highest standards of food safety and production to deliver delicious, healthy, and affordable meals to over 270 million travelers around the globe.

Benefits of Joining the Gate Gourmet Team include:

  • Being part of a leading team in a dynamic global business

  • Opportunity for career growth & advancement

  • Training

  • Competitive wages

  • Health & Dental Benefits

  • Pension Plan

  • Free Parking

  • Subsidized Meals

  • Company wide corporate discounts such as Good Life Fitness, TELUS Mobility, Bell Mobility, Rogers and Dell Computers

Key responsibilities include:

  • Carrying out general repairs as required within and the exterior of the facility
  • Carrying out repairs on equipment, plumbing, electrical, refrigeration, motor controls, pump seals, and motor bearings
  • Welding and fabricating
  • Preventative maintenance
  • Monitoring and maintaining two high pressure boilers and 2 low pressure boilers
  • General upkeep of the facility in a 24/7 steam & refrigeration plant
  • Troubleshoot and repair industrial kitchen equipment

Qualifications:

  • Have a 5th or 4th Class Power Engineering certificate
  • Minimum 1 year experience as a maintenance tech working on electrical, refrigeration, plumbing, welding, commercial kitchen equipment, trouble shooting electrical faults and motor controls required

Job Specific Requirements:

  • Previous maintenance experience is an asset
  • Capable to Work Under pressure,
  • Knowledge of HACCP procedures,
  • Good communications skills, written, reading, speaking
  • Willing to work shift work 24 hours / 7days, team player
  • Needs to be mechanically inclined
  • Knowledge in Electrical, plumbing, welding, troubleshooting, refrigeration / HVAC is an asset

Our Employees Must Be Able to:

  • Work assigned schedule which may include multiple shifts, weekends and holidays
  • Work Overtime when required
  • Follow written specifications directions
  • Good communication skills reading/ writing
  • Complete paperwork
  • Communicate with Supervisors and co-workers
  • Follow directions
  • Work as a member of a team

Education Requirements:

  • High School Diploma or GED preferred
  • Must hold in good standing valid 4th or 5th class Power Engineering Certificate

Environmental Requirements:

  • Will be exposed to extreme temperature changes and noise
  • Must be able to lift, push, pull, move product, equipment and supplies up to seventy-five(75) pounds
  • Regularly stands, bends, lifts and moves intermittently during shifts of 8+ hours

Rate of Pay: CA$38.01 per hour (CA $3 per hour premium for candidates holding a valid 4th or 5th Class Power Engineering Certificate)

If you want to be part of a team that helps make travel and culinary memories, join us!

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How this Maintenance Technician salary compares

This role pays $56,927/yrin line with the typical range for Maintenance Technician roles.

$44,075 median $58,240 $79,335

Typical range $49,920–$69,503/yr, from 3,138 comparable Maintenance Technician listings on JobsRadar (pay annualized to USD). See Maintenance Technician salary insights →

About gategroup

gategroup is the global leader in airline catering, retail-on-board and hospitality products and services. gategroup provides passengers with superior culinary and retail experiences, leveraging innovation and advanced technology solutions. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, gategroup delivers operational excellence through the most extensive catering network in the aviation industry, serving passengers from over 200 operating units in over 60 countries/territories across all continents. We work in an exciting industry – fast-paced and ever-changing. Industry trends and customer expectations are constantly evolving and it is critical that we are agile, innovative and ready for change - an

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