Service Technician - Professional

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Are you motivated and eager to grow your career in refrigeration? Hussmann’s team of technicians maintain, diagnose, and repair HVAC/R in supermarkets, convenience stores, and cold storage facilities.

• Bi-annual bonuses based on performance
• Paid training and access to online training videos
• Paid drive time (including overtime)
• 22 days paid off – 10 days of vacation, 12 company holidays
• Company vehicle provided
• On-the-job, hands‑on training opportunities for technicians, electric and mechanical theory, and model‑based training
• Sign‑on bonus available

Performs maintenance, diagnosis, and repair of refrigeration, heating & air‑conditioning systems commonly installed in supermarkets, convenience stores and cold storage facilities. Operates independently with minimal direct supervision. Develops first‑line customer relations and identifies potential sales opportunities.

• Performs prescribed, routine maintenance procedures on supermarket refrigeration system and self‑contained temperature‑controlled merchandisers.
• Has enough system knowledge to match customer needs with potential sales opportunities and the ability to complete rapid/accurate diagnosis.
• Manages truck inventory: orders, receives, bills out, and maintains parts responsibly with a minimum of waste. Manages assigned vehicle within all company guidelines. Maintains a clean vehicle and performs required maintenance on time.
• Completes necessary documents and electronic communication in a thorough, accurate, professional and timely manner. Demonstrates the ability to utilize a hand‑held device to complete necessary paperwork and invoicing requirements.
• Utilizes mirror and flashlight to check all joints, installs PVC drain pipe with minimal supervision, sets and trims cases, installs and adjusts glass doors and frames, uses temperature sensors, brazes and soldering techniques, and determines proper coil layout in complex boxes.
• Accurately identifies pipe size and fittings by sight, performs system refrigerant and oil conversions, tests oil during conversion, and electropolishes a variety of metals and joint types.
• Identifies, troubleshoots, and correctly sizes thermostatic expansion valves.
• Keeps working knowledge of pressure regulators as they pertain to pressurized gases, refrigerant flow controls, TEV troubleshooting and replacement, and tracing complex schematic diagrams.
• Demonstrates understanding of low/high pressure oil systems, split condensing/low ambient controls, refrigerated equipment startup, EMS controls, CO2 refrigeration, new retail store refrigeration startup, air‑flow characteristics and testing, motor VFD’s, all system defrost types, recovery setup, torch setup, compressor operating parameters, conventional refrigeration system layout, and parallel rack system layout, and advanced wiring diagrams.
• Demonstrates working knowledge of gauge, scale, recovery, ECM, shaded pole, PSC, three‑phase motors, compressor operating parameters, oil differential pressure valves and oil level controls.
• Detects and repairs leaks on conventional systems and parallel racks, soldered with copper‑to‑brass and copper‑to‑steel, conducts compressor diagnosis and replacements, troubleshoots and repairs more complex service calls, and checks/adjusts oil management system and compressor oil level control.
• Serves as a mentor to other technicians and leads HVAC/R PM programs.
• Additional responsibilities as assigned.

Formal Education Requirement:

Required Level: High School Diploma/GED

Preferred Level: HVAC‑R Technical School Degree

Minimum Years Of Experience Necessary:

• External Candidates: 7 years in the field or 5 years with certification from a technical school
• Internal Candidates: 3 years as a certified technician with completion of OJT & skills assessment

• Must have a valid driver’s license and maintain a safe driving record according to the fleet policy.
• Must be physically able to walk distances, bench and crouch, climb ladders, work at high elevations and lift/carry objects up to fifty…