Service Technician - Lead Professional

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. Build your career with industry leaders since 1906.

Why Hussmann?

• 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, electrical and mechanical theory, and model-based training
• Sign-on bonus available

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of service technicians based upon a specified geographic area or project/customer assignment to respond to the customer’s need for service and maintenance of equipment through maintenance, diagnosis, and repair of refrigeration, heating & air-conditioning systems commonly installed in supermarkets, convenience stores, and cold storage facilities.
• Development and maintenance of excellent customer relations.
• Fluent in applicable customer systems, business processes, administrative support, etc.
• Actively pursuing personal development & supporting technician growth and development.
• Intrinsically involved with screening, interviewing, and hiring new technicians.
• Under the direction of the Service Manager, perform surveys of new customer sites and assist in quoting service and maintenance.
• Assist with job quoting, staffing, estimating, understanding of project costing & drivers, etc.
• Implement pertinent training and provide opportunities for ongoing professional development for technicians.
• Coordinate technical support, guidance, and training to service technicians.
• Strong skills for conflict resolution, problem-solving, and prioritization among technicians, peers, leadership, customers, etc.
• Champion of change initiatives across the enterprise.
• Coaching and mentorship of newer team members to help ensure compliance with systems and processes.
• Perform prescribed, routine maintenance procedures on supermarket refrigeration systems and self-contained temperature-controlled merchandisers.
• Enough system knowledge to match customer needs with potential sales opportunities and ability to complete rapid/accurate diagnosis.
• Manage 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, performs required maintenance on time.
• Complete necessary documents and electronic communication in a thorough, accurate, professional, and timely manner. Demonstrate the ability to utilize hand-held devices to complete necessary paperwork and invoicing requirements.
• Ability to systematically utilize mirror and flashlight to check all joints, install PVC drain pipe with minimal supervision, set and trim cases, install and adjust glass doors and frames, use temperature sensors, use brazing and soldering techniques, and determine proper coil layout in complex boxes.
• Accurately identify pipe size and fittings by sight, perform system refrigerant and oil conversions, and test oil during conversion, and electric weld a variety of metals and joint types.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and correctly size thermostatic expansion valves. Working knowledge of pressure regulators as they pertain to pressurized gases, refrigerant flow controls, TEV troubleshooting and replacement, and tracing complex schematic diagrams.
• Demonstrate understanding of low/high-pressure oil systems, split condensing/low ambient controls, refrigerated equipment startup, EMS controls, 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. Understanding of CO2 refrigeration preferred.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of gauge, scale, recovery, ECM, shaded pole, PSC, three-phase motors, compressor operating parameters, oil differential pressure valves, and oil level controls.
• Detect and repair leaks on conventional systems and parallel racks, solder with copper-to-brass and copper to steel, conduct compressor diagnosis and replacements, troubleshoot and repair more complex service calls, check/adjust oil management system and compressor oil level control.
• Serve as a technical resource to other technicians and lead HVAC/R PM programs.
• Additional responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

• Formal Education Requirement: High School Diploma/GED (required), HVAC-R Technical School Degree (preferred).
• Minimum Years of Experience Necessary: 7 years in the field or 5 years with Certification from a Technical School (external candidates); 3 years as a Certified Technician with completion of OJT & Skills Assessment (internal candidates).
• Valid Driver’s License and safe driving record in accordance with the Fleet Policy.
• Physically able to walk distances, bench and crouch, climb ladders, work at high elevations, and lift/carry objects up to fifty pounds, repetitively and for an extended period.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, detail-oriented, and highly motivated.
• Strong mechanical aptitude.
• Able to work nights and/or weekends as required.
• Working knowledge of basic refrigeration and/or knowledge of commercial refrigeration and HVAC is preferred.
• Strong leadership skills, communication skills, and business acumen.
• EPA 608 Universal Certification.
• Superior decision-making ability and paperwork skills.
• Able to schedule work for other technicians.
• Able to correctly teach all the previously listed technical items.

Benefits

• Health Benefits – Medical, dental, vision, prescription plans, plus Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account options.
• Voluntary Benefits – Life, accident, critical illness, disability, legal, identity theft, and pet insurance.
• Hussmann Retirement Savings & Investment Plan – 401(k) plan with company matching contributions and immediate vesting.
• Paid Time-Off Benefits – Paid time off, stewardship, and parental leave.
• Educational Assistance – Tuition reimbursement for job-related courses after six months of service.
• Health Management and Wellbeing Programs – EAP, virtual health management, chronic condition, and tobacco cessation.

Available to eligible employees starting the first day of the month following their start date. Eligibility for each benefit may vary based on employment status.

About the Company

For over a century, Hussmann Corporation has been a global leader in commercial refrigeration equipment — delivering solutions that meet the demands of the modern food retailing industry. Headquartered in St. Louis, MO, Hussmann offers a diverse range of products and connected solutions designed to enhance operational efficiency, optimize visibility of merchandise, and keep food fresh. With a nationwide network of skilled technicians, Hussmann goes beyond manufacturing — a trusted partner, relentlessly driving customer success. Hussmann is a subsidiary of Panasonic USA.