Senior HVAC Technician

Job Description

Job Description

Company Summary

EchoStar builds solutions that help families and communities stay connected. We’ll launch your career and empower you to change lives.

 

Our brands include Boost Mobile, DISH TV, Gen Mobile, Hughes and Sling TV. We serve millions of customers with offerings ranging from satellite to streaming services and global to personal networking solutions.

Our Facilities team oversees the offices we call home. We ensure our teams can connect, collaborate and innovate in a space built to support success. From securing our campuses to making sure our events go off without a hitch, Facilities is the human face of our company’s well-oiled onsite operation.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

The Journeyman HVAC Technician is responsible for repairing, installing, replacing, and testing HVAC/R, and control circuits, equipment, and appliances and repair of environmental control systems.  Will have an in-depth knowledge of Refrigeration, Heating and Air Conditioning systems Including chillers, cooling towers, Computer Room Air Conditioner Units (DX and Chilled water) RTU’s, (DX and chilled water) and Air Handling Units. 

What Success Looks Like (Objectives):

• Other duties may be assigned.

• Assists workers engaged in installation, repair, and service of environmental control systems.

• Fabricate, assemble, and install ductwork and chassis parts. 

• Cuts, bends, fits, threads, and joins piping and tubing.

• Installs air and water filters.  Adjusts controls as necessary. 

• Connects, adjusts, and troubleshoots temperature controls systems.

• Lubricates fans, motors, and control units. Must be able to follow blueprints or engineering specifications.

• Other duties as required.  This list is not meant to be a comprehensive inventory of all duties and responsibilities assigned to this position. (Painting, Cleaning, Snow removal and general building maintenance as required)

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Skills, Experience and Requirements

Core Skills and Competencies (What you'll bring):

• • High school diploma or general education degree (GED).

  • 7 years of experience troubleshooting, servicing, repairing and/or replacing medium to large commercial HVAC (not residential) systems with minimal supervision. (5 years’ experience must be at Journeyman level.) (2 years must be at a 24/7 critical facility)

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• Current Journeyman HVAC Licenses in any state required. 

• EPA Certification/CFC Licenses required.

• Able to braze and solder all sizes of refrigerant piping.

Preferred Skills:

• Certified in stick welding (SMAW)

Good written and oral communication skills.  Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.  Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.  Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

• Ability to add, subtracts, multiply, and divides in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.  Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.  Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

• Must be able to read blueprints, Interpret product specifications, and drawings.

 

Ability to climb and crawl into tight and difficult spaces.

 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The ability to lift 50 lbs.

• The ability to stand for 3 hrs. at a time . The ability to walk and/or climb stairs and ladders.

• The ability perform fine manipulation with fingers and hands.

• The ability to sit for long periods of time or stand for long periods of time.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Non-temperature-controlled environment. Humid conditions, work near moving mechanical parts, work in high precarious places, near fumes, airborne particles, and outdoor weather conditions.

 

Visa sponsorship not available for this position

Benefits

We offer versatile health perks, including flexible spending accounts, HSA, a 401(k) Plan with company match, ESPP, career opportunities, and a flexible time away plan; all benefits can be viewed here: EchoStar Benefits.

 

The base pay range shown is a guideline. Individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, and competencies; compensation is based on the role's location and is subject to change based on work location. 

 

Candidates need to successfully complete a pre-employment screen, which may include a drug test and DMV check. Our company is committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace where every individual has the opportunity to succeed. We are dedicated to providing individuals with criminal or arrest records a fair chance of employment in accordance with local, state, and federal laws.

 

The posting will be active for a minimum of 3 days. The active posting will continue to extend by 3 days until the position is filled.

 

We pride ourselves on developing and promoting talent as an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. EchoStar will accommodate the sincerely held religious beliefs of employees if such accommodations are not undue hardships and are otherwise within the bounds of applicable law. All qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with local, state, and federal law. You may redact any information that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of school/graduation from your application documents before submission and throughout our application process.

EchoStar will provide reasonable accommodation to otherwise qualified job applicants and employees with known physical or mental disabilities, unless doing so poses an undue hardship on the Company, poses a direct threat of substantial harm to others, or is otherwise not required by law. EchoStar has a more detailed Accommodation Policy that applies to employees. EchoStar endeavors to make echostar.com and jobs.echostar.com accessible to users. Please contact View email address on ziprecruiter.com if you would like to discuss the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process. This contact information is for accommodation requests only; do not use this contact information to inquire about the status of applications.

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