Kitchen Mechanic

Knott's Berry Farm
Buena Park, CA
Overview:

The Kitchen Mechanic repairs, maintains, and installs a variety of commercial food preparation and serving equipment. Thisincludes,butisnotlimitedto: commercial ovens, ranges, fryers, warmers, proofers, mixers, dishwashers, coolers, freezers, icemachines, and soft-serve ice cream equipment. The Kitchen Mechanic also orders supplies and spar parts as necessary toproperlymaintain the equipment under his care.

Salary Details: $32.22 / hr - $41.48 / hr based on overall experience

Responsibilities:

  • Troubleshoots, repairs and maintains a wide variety of commercial restaurant and food preparation equipment such asmixers, slicers, blenders, etc.
  • Repairs and maintains commercial ice makers and ice dispensers.
  • Repairs and maintains commercial dishwashing and ware washing equipment.
  • Repairs and maintains gas and electric grills, ovens, stoves, and ranges.
  • Repairs and maintains commercial soft-serve ice cream machines.
  • Repairs and maintains commercial gas and electric fryers.
  • Repairs and maintains commercial freezers, coolers, cold tables, and refrigerated display cases.
  • Orders and maintains a stock of repair parts as required to facilitate timely repair of kitchen equipment.
  • Maintains all assigned equipment in a safe and functional condition.
  • Completes a variety of maintenance related paperwork, including daily logs, work orders, requisitions, and quotes.
  • Provides technical specifications for the purchase of new and replacement commercial kitchen equipment.
  • Communicates the status of all kitchen equipment and components in both verbal and written formats to Maintenance and Foods management.
  • Reads and interprets equipment schematics for commercial kitchen and serving equipment.
  • Other duties may be assigned.

Qualifications:

  • HighSchool Diploma or GED required.
  • At least 5 years' experience in the repair and maintenance of commercial kitchen equipment.
  • At least 3 years' experience with the repair and maintenance of refrigeration equipment such as freezers, coolers, and ice making equipment.
  • At least 2 years' experience with the repair and maintenance of gas or electric cooking equipment such as ranges, ovens, grills, or fryers.
  • Basic electrical troubleshooting skills (including AC and DC motors and controls).
  • Ability to work nights, weekends and holiday periods to meet business needs.
  • Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
  • Ability to read, write, speak and understand English at a level sufficient to follow written policies and procedures; complete a variety of basic forms; and interact with guests including understanding and responding to specific questions.
Posted 2026-01-28

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