Commercial HVAC Service Technician

Description

• Inspects, repairs, modifies and installs heating and air conditioning and ventilation equipment, including refrigeration and air conditioning compressors, receivers, condensers, chillers, water cooling towers, forced-air converter units, pumps, automatic and hand valves, expansion valves and capillary tubes.
• Repairs and maintains furnace gas controls and motors, filters and condensing units; inspects, detects and repairs leaks; checks and replaces thermocouples and pilot generators; cleans and adjusts pilots.
• Observes and complies with relevant federal, state and local building codes; follows safe work practices and procedures; ensures proper safety precautions are observed.
• Lubricates and packs heating, ventilation, refrigeration and air conditioning motors, pumps, fans and other equipment.
• Follow up with customers for quality assurance purposes and ensure customers are 100% satisfied.
• Installs copper tubing and repairs pipes and tubing as necessary; tests joints and insulates pipes of refrigeration and air conditioning systems; flushes boilers, de-scales tubing and cuts and threads pipes; rebuilds pressure and temperature safety valves and water pumps.
• Diagnoses mechanical and electrical problems; repairs or replaces defective parts in units, equipment and controls.
• Repairs or replaces defective parts in units and equipment and their controls, including thermostats, electronic controllers, automatic switches, fan controls, log switches, damper motors, louvers, relays, filters, belts, compressors, heat exchangers, high-limit controls, pressure controls, safety valves and automatic gas valves.
• Installs, operates and maintains heating, air conditioning/refrigeration systems and energy systems; conducts regular preventive maintenance inspections of refrigeration units, heating and ventilating units, including boilers, gas and electrically operated air conditioning equipment and makes necessary adjustments or repairs.
• Tests and examines boiler operations, observing meter and pressure gauges; conducts boiler water quality tests and treatments; adjusts boiler burner combustion.
• On-call for emergency situations.
• Operates a variety of hand and power tools, vacuum pump and test equipment utilized in the trade; maintains equipment in effective and safe working condition.
• Completing paperwork for billing and submitting in a timely fashion.
• Installs, rebuilds, replaces or repairs fans, motors, thermostats, fuses, filters, bearings, valves, controls, gaskets and other equipment as necessary.
• Works from sketches, plans, drawings, blueprints and specifications.
• Receives work orders; prepares cost estimates for projects and orders materials in accordance with established procedures; provides direction to assigned personnel and participates in assigning work; inspects the work of outside contractors.

Requirements

• Must be able to lift at least 50 pounds at times.
• HVAC, Hydronic and/or plumbing licenses are a plus
• Prolonged periods of standing and walking.
• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Basic knowledge of direct digital controllers (DDC) and integrates Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) networking and RS-485 communication equipment.
• Universal Refrigerant License
• Must have a valid drivers license and clean driving record
• HVAC and brazing license
• Minimum 5 years commercial experience in plumbing, HVAC and refrigeration
• Must be able to be on call in 7-day rotations
• Frequently reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, and crouching.
• Requires lifting, positioning, pushing, and/or pulling.
• Must be able to access and navigate all areas of construction sites
• HVAC Journeyman License (highly preferred)
• OSHA 10 or 30
• Requires a consistent physical presence at the branch office to oversee shared services functions and employees, normally achieved by working standard business hours. Certain positions will require flexibility of working hours to meet the demands of the job and the direction of the manager.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance