HVAC/R TECHNICIAN - Saunders Staffing Agency

HVAC/R Ref Tech // Refrigeration & HVAC Technician // Comm. Refrigeration Technician

Technician Pay: $30-40/hr ($62,000-$83,000/year) + Potential Bonus Dependent on Market

Schedule: Exact hours differ by market, 7:00am-4:00pm is typical. Rotational on-call every 3-4 weeks. Occasional overnight travel may be necessary, depending on a candidate's market.

Experience Required: Employer is looking for a minimum of 2 years of technical experience with refrigeration, appliance repair, kitchen equipment, Commercial HVAC or relevant military service. RACK and HOTSIDE experience also required.

Preferred Experience: EPA Universal (or EPA I & II) and/or CFESA certification preferred.

Locations: The company will consider candidates within 40 miles of a given market.

Background Check: Yes

Drug Test: Yes

Driving Record/MVR Check: Yes

Benefits: Take home truck/van w/ gas card, Uniforms, Phone, Health, Life, Dental & Vision offered (Employees eligible on 1st of the month, after 60 days), 12 days PTO accrued after 30 days, 3 floating holidays, 48 hours for wellness/sickness.

Technician Duties:

• Inspect, repair, modify and install HVAC 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.
• Conduct regular preventive maintenance inspections of refrigeration units, isolated heating and ventilating units, including boilers, gas and electrically operated air-conditioning equipment, and make necessary adjustments or repairs, service and repair evaporative coolers.
• Repair or replace defective parts in units and equipment and their controls, including thermostats, automatic switches, fan controls, log switches, damper motors, louvers, relays, filters, controls, belts, compressors, heat exchangers, high limit controls, pressure controls, safety valves, and automatic gas valves.
• Operate a variety of hand and power tools, welder torch, vacuum pump, test equipment utilized in the trade and a motor vehicle; maintain equipment in effective and safe working condition; maintain parts and tool inventory.
• Repair and rebuild semi-hermetic reciprocating compressors and compressors for centrifugal refrigeration machines.
• Perform skilled electrical maintenance work in the repair, installation and alteration of HVAC equipment, components, timers, motors, and wiring systems as needed; connect motors to control panels.
• Lubricate and pack heating, ventilation, refrigeration, and air-conditioning motors, pumps, fans, and other equipment.
• Install and calibrate systems; install copper tubing and repair pipes and tubing as necessary; test joints and insulate pipes of refrigeration and air conditioning systems; flush boilers, descale tubing; rebuild pressure and temperature safety valves and water pumps.
• Install, rebuild, replace, or repair fans, motors, thermostats, fuses, filters, bearings, valves, controls, gaskets and other equipment as necessary.
• Maintain related records concerning time, labor, and materials; maintain log of tasks performed and write reports as required.