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Journeyman Commercial Kitchen Installer (Travel Required)
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28 October 2026 (17 hours ago)
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25 January 2027
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1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
You already know the trade. Well pay you for knowing it.
Were growing the install division and looking for an experienced installer someone who can run a job without being walked through it.
$21$24/hour based on what you bring. Overtime available. Paid every other Friday. We have a defined pay ladder and we promote off it raises come with skill not with time served.
Daily per diem tax-free on your card the day you leave not reimbursed later. Your own hotel room single occupancy. Crews travel in a company vehicle you dont put miles on your own or pay for fuel.
How our jobs actually run
Youve worked places where the plans didnt show up and the truck wasnt stocked. Heres how it goes here.
Plans get pulled before the job. Daily inventory is checked against the install. Specs and submittals are reviewed against whats actually on site not assumed. The crew gets picked up and the days expectations get set before anyone touches a tool. Trucks are maintained on a schedule. Per diem is dispersed to the crew not chased down afterward. Status and job-site hours close out before the shift ends.
If that reads like basic competence good. It isnt universal and you already know that.
Travel is required. No exceptions.
Arizona and the surrounding Southwest mostly Nevada New Mexico and Southern California occasionally further. Monday through Friday roughly half the month with occasional weekend work. About 45 hours on travel weeks.
There is no local-only version of this job. If thats a dealbreaker wed rather not waste your time or ours.
Tired of outage work Six weeks on four weeks waiting no benefits no ladder. This is steady year-round W-2 401(k) with a 6% match and somewhere to go from here.
What youd run
Crews here are two to four people usually three. Youd travel with the same guys and own the job start to finish. Family-run outfit and it runs like one we hire people who stay.
Hoods and wall flashing. Walk-in panel systems doors seals. Cook lines set leveled anchored. Millwork casework booth and seating scribed to field conditions. Stainless field welds and polishing. Off placement drawings specs and rough-in dimensions. Punch list and turnover.
Restaurants and chain rollouts hotels and resorts casinos stadiums airports hospitals schools and universities fire stations military and government industrial dining design-build concepts. No two the same.
Is this you
- 3 years hands-on in construction or a skilled trade.
- You read drawings and work to tolerance without supervision.
- You can be away overnight MonFri about half of every month.
- Valid license clean record own hand tools.
All four or this isnt the one.
What were looking for:
Previous construction or trade experience is required. Commercial kitchen experience is not that part well teach you.
- 3 years in a finish trade commercial kitchen equipment walk-in refrigeration millwork and cabinetry casework and fixtures booth and seating stainless fabrication or commercial remodel.
- Confident with placement drawings specs and rough-in dimensions.
- Strong with hand and power tools; forklift and scissor lift.
- Has led a crew or been the person everyone asks.
- Valid license clean record insurable.
- Own basic hand tools we provide every large and specialty tool including welders plasma cutters and lifts.
- HS diploma or GED or equivalent military or practical experience.
- Lift 70 push 100 ladders and lifts active construction sites in any weather.
You dont need kitchen equipment on your resume. If youve run millwork casework fixture or commercial remodel crews the skills carry drawings tolerances scribing to field conditions finishing clean. Well teach you the equipment.
Pluses: forklift certification OSHA 10/30 MIG or TIG welding stainless fabrication Spanish/English bilingual.
Benefits:
401(k) with 6% company match. Health dental vision life HSA. PTO and 8 paid holidays. Forklift and lift certification you keep. We pay for your Level 1 Fingerprint Clearance Card. Benefits begin the 1st of the month after 60 days.
Who we are:
Building commercial kitchens since 2004. Licensed bonded and insured with multiple crews running year round. Part of the Arizona Restaurant Supply family ranked #26 among the 100 largest foodservice equipment dealers in the country by Foodservice Equipment & Supplies magazines 2026 Distribution Giants study and the only Arizona company on the list. Tucson showroom Tempe fabrication plant. We build the equipment and we install it.
This is a finish trade. It requires extreme attention to particulars and completion of projects down to the last detail. Day in and day out Innovative installers are expected to be better than the other companies that do similar work.
Our mission statement is simple. Be the Best. If you are the best join our team.
Applications reviewed daily.
Background check drug screen and MVD record check before start. Innovative Installations participates in E-Verify. After a job offer youll complete Form I-9 and standard onboarding paperwork including direct deposit setup.
Equal opportunity employer. All applicants considered without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability or veteran status.
A note on job scams: we will never ask you for payment bank details or your Social Security number as part of applying or interviewing. Those come only after a job offer through our normal onboarding never by email or text from a stranger.
Application questions:
- This position requires overnight travel MonFri about half of every month. Hotel and daily per diem covered. Can you commit to that
- How many years of hands-on construction trade or mechanical work do you have and doing what specifically
- Have you held a job before that required overnight travel Where and how long
- Do you have your own basic hand tools or would you need to get set up
- Reliable transportation to Tempe for early morning departures
- Valid drivers license no major violations in 3 years
- Anything that would prevent you passing a drug screen
About Company
Innovative Installations is the industry leader for commercial kitchen installations. Project coordination, equipment installation, custom fabrication and more across Arizona and nationwide.
