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HVAC Service Technician - Commercial

Premistar

The Role

Overview

Install, maintain, and repair commercial HVAC and boiler systems.

Key Responsibilities

  • equipment installation
  • system testing
  • pipe fabrication
  • troubleshooting
  • work orders
  • customer consultation

Tasks

-Study blueprints, design specifications, and manufacturers' recommendations to ascertain the configuration of heating or cooling equipment components and to ensure the proper installation of components. -Inspect and test systems to verify system compliance with plans and specifications or to detect and locate malfunctions. -Follow standards, policies, and procedures, including safety procedures and the maintenance of a clean work area. -Connect pipes or tubing to equipment and to fuel, water, or refrigerant source, to form complete circuit. -Cut or drill holes in floors, walls, or roof to install equipment using power saws or drills. -Discuss heating-cooling system malfunctions with customers to isolate problems or verify resolution. -Adjust system controls to setting recommended by manufacturer to balance system. -Generate work orders that address deficiencies in need of correction. -Recommend, develop, or perform maintenance procedures such as cleaning, power-washing, vacuuming equipment, lubricate parts, or changing filters. -Communicate with internal team and customers, follow written and verbal instructions, interpret blueprints, diagrams, schematics, and written reference material, perform math, and diagnose and resolve problems. -Perform routine repairs to pump seals, bearing, etc. -Assemble, position and mount heating or cooling equipment, following blueprints. -Fabricate, assemble, or install duct work or chassis parts, using portable metal-working tools or welding equipment. -Record and report faults, deficiencies, and other unusual occurrences, as well as the time and materials expended on work orders. -Install, connect, and adjust thermostats, humidistats, and timers. -Install auxiliary components to heating-cooling equipment, such as expansion and discharge valves, air ducts, pipes, blowers, dampers, flues, and stokers, following blueprints. -Measure, cut, thread, or bend pipe/tubing using pipe fitter's tools. -Test pipe, tubing joints, or connections for leaks. -Determine customer concerns with HVAC and boiler systems. -Coordinate with repair and maintenance teams to assist in other work.

Requirements

  • physical strength
  • tool operation
  • hvac repairs
  • electrical codes
  • high school
  • 5 years

What You Bring

-Ability to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently. -Physically able to operate a variety of machinery and equipment including electronic and diagnostic tools, recovery equipment, hand and power tools, and various other HVAC equipment. -Knowledge of HVAC repairs, maintenance, and installation techniques, electrical circuits, wiring and operating principles of motors, and local electrical codes. -This position requires: stooping, kneeling, crouching, climbing, crawling, reaching, walking, lifting, grasping, feeling, repetitive motions, and moving or carrying objects or materials. -High school diploma or equivalent and 5 years of documentable HVAC level operation, maintenance and repair experience in the HVAC and refrigeration trade.

Benefits

-Career advancement opportunities. -Work-life balance.

The Company

About Premistar

-Evolved into a nationwide powerhouse through decades of strategic acquisitions. -Delivers commercial HVAC, plumbing, and building-controls services for critical facilities, including industrial, healthcare, education, and government sectors. -Its blend of capital, expertise, and local leadership roots each acquisition in community trust and technical rigor. -Unusual scale—combining nearly a century of heritage with modern consolidation to maintain local cultures within a national network.

Sector Specialisms

Commercial HVAC

Industrial HVAC

Building Automation

Plumbing

Refrigeration

Boiler Services

Sheet Metal Fabrication

Manufacturing Facilities

Food Processing Facilities

Hospitals

Computer Rooms

Hospitality Industry