HVAC Installation Technician

Job Description

Job Description

JOB SUMMARY

Provide safe, accurate, timely, and high-quality installation of commercial HVAC materials, equipment, and systems based on project design documents (including plans and specifications), using standard industry practices, codes, and S&D processes. May train apprentices and summer helpers.

• Reporting Line: Reports to HVAC Supervisor / Foreman / Superintendent.

REQUIREMENTS

• Experience: Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in the commercial HVAC trade ( PREFERRED: Current HVAC journeyman’s license).
• Technical Training: HVAC training and basic manufacturer training, with an understanding of techniques used for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning service and installation.
• System Competency: Competent at installing refrigeration systems, air distribution systems, and equipment controls (including fundamentals of electrical wiring).
• Problem Solving: Able to analyze situations/issues and provide effective solutions.
• Education: High school diploma (relevant experience may be substituted for education).
• Mathematics: Intermediate arithmetic skills up to basic algebra.
• Schedule & Availability: Able to work mornings, afternoons, evenings, and weekends as needed. Hours may involve start times as early as 5:00 a.m. and may require afternoon/night shifts.
• Communication: Communicate effectively in English (aural, verbal, and written).
• Interpersonal Skills: Able to effectively manage conflict with clients, co-workers, and subordinates.
• Licensing & Driving: Safely operate a motor vehicle to travel among job sites. Must hold a valid driver’s license (not under suspension or limitation) and be insurable to operate motor vehicles.
• Physical Demands:
• • Must be able to stand, crouch, walk, bend, crawl, twist, push, pull, carry, climb (stairs & ladders), and grip tools (fine motor coordination).
  • Must be able to lift up to seventy-five (75) pounds, with or without assistance.
• Working Conditions:
• • Able to withstand temperature extremes and exposure to weather elements (rain, snow, etc.).
  • Able to withstand exposure to dust, fumes, heights, and confined spaces.
• Physical Abilities: Possess skills related to balance, agility, color differentiation, hearing, eye-hand coordination, flexibility, depth perception, peripheral vision, and manual dexterity.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Mechanical Systems:
• • Strong working knowledge of refrigerant piping installation and equipment startup.
  • Working knowledge of HVAC controls and electrical wiring.
  • Read and understand plans and specifications, including coordinated drawings.
• Application of Arithmetic & Algebraic Principles:
• • Add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole numbers, fractions, and decimals with or without a calculator.
  • Properly use standard rulers, metric rulers, and measuring tapes to take accurate measurements.
  • Solve algebraic equations to determine voltage, amperage, resistance, and power.
• Installation of Mechanical Systems to Maximize Efficiency:
• • Install and start up equipment, meet project deadlines, and perform basic troubleshooting.
  • Complete startup checklists, pre-functional checklists, system readiness checklists, etc.
  • Create daily job reports. When acting as a foreman, enter crew time into Field Man.
• Process Compliance & Production:
• • Create material lists directly from drawings.
  • Make operational decisions to effectively complete jobs on time, according to specifications/plans/codes, and in a LEAN manner.
  • Ensure deliveries, materials, tools, and equipment are available and properly staged for maximum efficiency according to LEAN practices.
  • Monitor progress of subcontractors, temporary labor, and crew to ensure work is completed in a timely, productive, accurate, and safe manner according to policy, procedures, codes, and standard work techniques.

Benefits Summary:
Premium Healthcare Options
Free Healthcare
Medical
Dental
Vision Discounts
Flexible Spending Accounts
Health Savings Accounts
Your Financial Future
401(k) Match
Company Paid Life Insurance
Company Paid Long Term Disability
Performance Bonus
Gainshare
Work/Life Balance
Paid Time Off
8 Annual Holidays
Engaging Team Activities
Health & Wellness Program
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled and veterans.

A third generation family-owned business, Shapiro & Duncan has been serving customers in DC, Maryland and Virginia since 1976. The company is known for their award-winning company culture and complex commercial, government and institutional design-build projects that require first-rate performance, work quality and customer service. We specialize in full service mechanical solutions which include engineering, coordination, prefabrication assembly, construction, service and maintenance.

A third generation family-owned business, Shapiro & Duncan has been serving customers in DC, Maryland and Virginia since 1976. The company is known for their award-winning company culture and complex commercial, government and institutional design-build projects that require first-rate performance, work quality and customer service. We specialize in full service mechanical solutions which include engineering, coordination, prefabrication assembly, construction, service and maintenance.