Journeyman HVAC Service Technician

Experience Required

2

Minimum Education Required

High School Diploma

License(s) Required

2

Training Required/Provided

2

Expected Start Date

11/16/2026

Compensation

$62,000.00 - $104,000.00 / yearly

Hours Per Week

40

Number Of Positions

1

Shift

Day

Job Description

Job Title: Journeyman HVAC Service Technician

Company & Location

• Company: Comfort Solutions

• Location: Victor, MT (with occasional travel to our secondary location in Thompson Falls, Montana / Sanders County)

⏰ Schedule & Hours

• Hours: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM

• Days: Monday to Friday (Consistent hours with rare/occasional overtime requirements)

• Position Type: Full-Time Employee (FTE)

Compensation, Incentives & Perks

• Hourly Base Pay: $30.00 – $50.00 / hour ($62,400 – $104,000/year depending on experience).

• Total Earning Potential: Unlimited. Your income is tied directly to your drive. In addition to a highly competitive base salary, we offer a robust sales and service commission structure alongside a variety of year-round bonus opportunities.

• $2,500 Sign-On Incentive Bonus: Receive a total of $2,500 in additional compensation through the following scheduled payouts:

• $1,000 after 2 weeks of employment

• $750 after 3 months of employment

• $750 after 6 months of employment

• Year-Round Bonus Structure: Boost your take-home pay through our Google review rewards, maintenance plan enrollment bonuses, and additional seasonal company incentives.

• Company-Dispatched Vehicle: Access to a company-provided, fully stocked service vehicle with all fuel and maintenance covered by the company.

• Paid Time Off & Holidays: Full-time team members receive comprehensive paid time off (PTO) and paid holiday packages.

• Professional Growth & Training: We provide company-sponsored training and cover the upfront costs for required industry certifications, including NATE exams. We actively train and invest in team members who are serious about advancing their careers.

Primary Job Function

We are seeking an elite, highly knowledgeable Journeyman HVAC Service Technician who can independently diagnose, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain residential and commercial heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration equipment. In this senior service position, you will perform complex mechanical, electrical, and refrigeration diagnostics, preventative maintenance, system performance evaluations, and equipment repairs while maintaining strict workmanship and safety standards. You will also help train and develop junior technicians, communicate repair options to customers, and ensure each service call is completed accurately, efficiently, and professionally.

• Reports to: Office Manager / Owner

Key Responsibilities & Daily Duties

Advanced Service Diagnostics & Commercial Systems Mastery

• Technical Troubleshooting: Independently diagnose, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain residential, institutional, and commercial heating, cooling, ventilation, and refrigeration equipment.

• Refrigeration Diagnostics: Identify refrigerant-side problems, evaluate system pressures and temperatures, inspect refrigerant piping, and troubleshoot compressors, metering devices, evaporators, condensers, and related components.

• Commercial Systems Upkeep: Inspect, repair, modify, and rebuild advanced components, including semi-hermetic reciprocating compressors and compressors for centrifugal refrigeration machines.

• Electrical Diagnostics: Diagnose line and low-voltage electrical circuits, motors, capacitors, contactors, relays, transformers, control boards, thermostats, and other electrical components.

• Controls & Automation: Troubleshoot pneumatic controls, air compressors, digital controls, and automated HVAC operating systems.

• Hydronic & Boiler Diagnostics: Examine boiler operations using meters and pressure gauges. Perform boiler water quality tests and treatments, flushing, descaling, pump maintenance, and burner combustion adjustments.

• System Performance: Evaluate airflow, temperature differentials, refrigerant performance, electrical operation, and mechanical efficiency to determine the cause of equipment problems.

• Air Balancing: Utilize velometers, airflow hoods, and other testing instruments to evaluate airflow and identify distribution or balancing problems.

• Equipment Commissioning: Perform equipment start-ups, operational verification, calibration, and performance testing following repairs or equipment replacements.

• Advanced Troubleshooting: Read and interpret wiring diagrams, equipment schematics, technical manuals, and manufacturer diagnostic procedures.

• Code Compliance: Ensure service repairs and mechanical alterations comply with applicable mechanical, electrical, refrigeration, and safety requirements.

• Workmanship Standards: Perform accurate, lasting repairs while maintaining an exceptionally low callback ratio.

• Site Cleanliness: Maintain an exceptionally neat, footprint-and-fingerprint-free work area inside the customer's property.

Preventative Maintenance, Equipment Testing & Repair

• Residential Maintenance: Independently complete planned maintenance on furnaces, air conditioners, heat pumps, air handlers, and related residential HVAC equipment.

• Commercial Maintenance: Service and maintain commercial and light-commercial HVAC equipment, including associated controls, refrigeration components, and mechanical systems.

• Equipment Cleaning: Clean indoor and outdoor coils, blower assemblies, burners, filters, drains, and other components as required.

• Refrigeration Service: Perform approved refrigerant recovery, charging, leak testing, piping repairs, brazing, and other refrigeration service procedures.

• Electrical Testing: Use multimeters, electrical testing devices, gauges, and other diagnostic equipment to verify safe and efficient operation.

• Thermostats & Controls: Diagnose, configure, program, and repair thermostats and control systems.

• Component Replacement: Repair or replace failed motors, controls, pumps, compressors, valves, safety devices, and other mechanical or electrical components.

• Performance Analysis: Calculate or evaluate equipment efficiency, operating costs, and system performance when advising customers.

• Repair Verification: Test completed repairs under operating conditions and confirm the system functions properly before leaving the job.

• Emergency Service: Respond to occasional emergency service requirements as assigned.

Leadership, Training & Inventory Control

• Mentorship: Assist with field training, technical instruction, and career development of apprentice technicians, helpers, and less experienced service personnel.

• Technical Guidance: Provide assistance with complex diagnostic problems and help junior technicians develop proper testing and troubleshooting procedures.

• Training Development: Participate in company-sponsored technical training, industry certification programs, and NATE specialty development.

• Stock Management: Manage designated truck stock inventory to maintain a high first-time-fix rate.

• Equipment Care: Maintain, secure, and properly operate company tools, diagnostic instruments, service equipment, and vehicle inventory.

• Cost Efficiency: Partner with office staff to reduce unnecessary callbacks, wasted materials, and operational expenses.

Customer Communication & Strategic Sales

• Professional Communication: Clearly explain HVAC problems, diagnostic findings, maintenance needs, and repair options to homeowners, business managers, facilities engineers, and contractors.

• Flat-Rate Pricing Execution: Confidently utilize our flat-rate catalog to quote and explain diagnostic and repair charges before performing work.

• Maintenance Agreements: Explain, sell, and renew maintenance agreements while helping customers understand the benefits of preventative maintenance.

• Value-Added Options: Recommend appropriate comfort improvements, system accessories, and protective upgrades.

• Replacement Consultations: Recommend system replacement as a viable option to expensive repairs when units are over 10 years old or require repairs exceeding $275.00.

• Customer Experience: Maintain a professional appearance, communicate courteously, and protect customer property during every appointment.

• Financial Controls: Process, charge, and collect client payments for completed field services per company guidelines.

Administrative & Workflow Tracking

• Daily Reporting: Report directly to your first call of the day ready to work by your designated start time and check in with the office immediately after each service call to update your progress.

• Status Updates: Keep your status updated in our dispatch software during each service call to trigger automated customer notifications.

• Daily Documentation: Complete and submit detailed job notes, diagnostic findings, maintenance checklists, job packets, material logs, change orders, timecards, and inventory records neatly and accurately before leaving each job site.

• Service Coordination: Communicate equipment problems, required return visits, replacement parts, customer approvals, and scheduling concerns promptly.

• Quality Control: Verify that equipment is operating safely and properly, and that the customer understands the completed work before closing out each call.

️ Physical Demands & Work Environment

• Physical Capabilities: Ability to communicate effectively using speech, vision, and hearing. Must be able to stand, walk, bend, squat, crawl, climb, reach above the head, manipulate mechanical and electrical components with fine dexterity, and safely lift, carry, push, or pull equipment weighing up to 100 lbs.

• Working Conditions: Must be comfortable working in residential homes, commercial facilities, mechanical rooms, rooftops, attics, crawlspaces, and confined spaces, with exposure to outdoor weather, variable temperatures, moving machinery, electrical equipment, refrigerants, dust, fumes, and gases. Must safely use 28-foot extension ladders, 12-foot step ladders, and scissor/Genie lifts when required.

️ Job Requirements & Qualifications

• Experience: Minimum of 2 years of documented HVAC journeyman-level service experience, independently performing HVAC diagnostics, preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs on residential and commercial heating, cooling, and refrigeration systems.

• Technical Proficiency: Advanced understanding of refrigeration principles, electrical systems, HVAC controls, mechanical components, diagnostic procedures, and equipment operation.

• Refrigerant Certification: EPA refrigerant handling certification appropriate to assigned work; EPA Universal certification required for the advanced commercial refrigeration responsibilities described.

• Industry Certifications: NATE Core and applicable specialty certifications are valued. The company supports continued certification and technical development through company-sponsored training.

• Education: High School Diploma or G.E.D. Certificate.

• Language Skills: Strong written and verbal English language skills with the ability to communicate effectively with today's consumers and follow complex technical instructions.

• License: Valid driver's license with an insurable driving record (required to operate the company vehicle).

• Accountability: Subject to regular quarterly performance evaluations to review safety, callback metrics, technical progression, customer satisfaction, and service performance.

Is this a registered apprenticeship?

False

Place of Work

On-site

Requisition ID

SERVTECH

Job Type

Full Time

Application Email

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