Hiring technicians, drivers and support staff

Build a career, not just a route.

Three generations of family ownership. Paid CFESA certification. Real growth paths for techs who want one.

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CONES Solutions service technicians outside the Moline branch
Service technicians at Moline.
1966Family-owned since
100%Paid CFESA certification
3Branch locations

Why this is different from the shop down the road

Most of this trade trains by ride-along and hopes it sticks. We built a structured program instead: over two years of material for technicians, sequenced from apprentice fundamentals through refrigeration, cooking, warewashing and controls, and it lives on our own staff system rather than in somebody's memory.

CFESA certification is paid for, not reimbursed if you pass. And the investment is not only technical: everyone here gets time and money put into what they are trying to become, which is a harder thing to advertise and an easier thing to notice once you work here.

If you have mechanical aptitude and no foodservice background, that is a starting point we have hired from before, not a disqualification.

The kind of work

Current openings are always on the careers site. These are the roles we hire for.

Field service technician

Refrigeration, cooking equipment, warewashing, ice. Company vehicle, stocked. EPA 608 required, CFESA paid for.

All three branches

Apprentice technician

For someone with mechanical aptitude and no foodservice background. Paired with a senior tech, certification paid.

All three branches

Inventory specialist

Quoting from model numbers, receiving, stock accuracy, and counter service for walk-in customers.

Moline

Sales specialist

Equipment, planned maintenance agreements and the quoting that goes with them.

All three branches

Accounting specialist

Billing, accounts payable and receivable, and the bookkeeping behind three branches.

Moline

Service coordinator

Dispatch, scheduling and the customer side of a service call.

Branch offices