Refrigeration Technician

Duties

• Service, maintain, repair, install and replace domestic and commercial refrigeration, air cooling equipment, absorption and centrifugal liquid chilling units, refrigerated laboratory equipment and their auxiliary components
• Run gas lines and other lines involved
• Install, service, maintain and repair controls and devices to include electric, pneumatic, electronic, thermostatic, pressure, flow switches, level controls, etc., on listed units and auxiliary components
• Dismantle units and auxiliary equipment; determine extent of repairs and replace worn or defective parts; determine, schedule and perform cleaning of units such as interiors of condensers, strainers, evaporators, interiors and exteriors of cooling water towers, etc.
• Perform routine schedule maintenance on units and their auxiliary components; lubricate specified points and make various adjustments
• Maintain logs and records as required and ensure proper amounts of gas and cooling agents are maintained
• Localize malfunctions, auxiliaries and controls and repair as necessary; refer repair problems for other trades to supervisor as necessary, i.e., loss of steam, water, air or electrical power
• Perform summer/winter changeover to include maintenance and repair of changeover valves, controls, and devices as required. Use associated tools and equipment required to install, service, maintain and repair and test refrigeration, cooling and related equipment
• Work with lead technician on complicated repairs or on construction of new or special units
• Direct the work of lower grade employees and apprentices as required
• Operate motor vehicle as required

Job Requirements

• Requires the use of advanced shop mathematics, together with the use of complicated drawings, specifications, charts, tables, handbook formulas, all varieties of adjustable measuring instruments and the use of broad training in a recognized trade or craft
• Equivalent to a complete accredited, indentured apprenticeship or equivalent to high school plus a 2-year technical college education
• Must have the Universal Refrigerant Certification
• 2 to 3 years of effective experience

Work Schedule

6:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Qualifications

• MINIMUM WORK EXPERIENCE: 2 to 3 years of effective experience

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Robust retirement plans
• Substantial paid time off which includes holidays, vacation and sick time
• A generous 75% tuition discount, available to employees as well as eligible spouses and children

Pay

For details on starting pay rate and progression, please see the above collective bargaining agreement.