What are the responsibilities and job description for the Equipment Startup Technician - Powers HVAC - Central Arkansas position at Powers?
At Powers, we specialize in helping our customers with any HVAC project or problem they have. We do this by providing the right equipment for the right application, setting it up to maximize both comfort and efficiency, making sure everything is operating the way it’s supposed to, and servicing all major HVAC equipment and controls. This is how we create Customers for Life!
Our Equipment Startup Technicians are responsible for the Startup, Verification, and Commissioning of HVAC systems utilizing knowledge of refrigeration, electrical, control systems, welding, and plumbing. As a Powers Equipment Startup technician, you are also responsible for excellent customer service.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Perform startup procedures on multiple manufacturers HVAC equipment.
- Maintain certifications required to meet factory certified startup requirements.
Skills and Qualifications
- Able to organize work and meet deadlines.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure.
- Read electrical schematics and mechanical blueprints.
- Read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operation and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
- Work individually or as a team to complete projects.
- Understands and has mastered the refrigeration cycles.
- Understands and has mastered refrigeration recovery, evacuation, and charging.
- Understands and has mastered the heating cycle.
- Understands and has mastered electron theory, how electricity travels, AC and DC
- Understands and has mastered currents, single phase circuits, three phase circuits, and series and parallel circuits.
- Understands and has mastered the fundamentals of temperature and humidity measurement and how it affects conditioned environments.
- Understands and has mastered all types of HVAC systems and how each component within the system operates in conjunction with the other components
- Understands and has mastered and how each component impacts the overall operations of the systems as a whole.
- Knowledge of Windows operating systems.
Qualifications
- Team player - A person who plays or works well as a member of a team or group.
- Must be Detail Oriented - Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task.
- Must be Reliable - The trait of being dependable and trustworthy.
- Must be Responsible - Ability to be held accountable or answerable for one’s conduct.
- Safety Aware
- EPA Universal Certification
- 3-10 years of commercial/industrial HVAC experience
Physical Demands
- Able to lift and carry 10-50 lbs. and up to 100 lbs. with assistance, sit, stand, walk, climb stairs, reach, repetitive hand motions, hear, speak, may experience prolonged and irregular hours, and work with frequent interruptions.
- Must be able to pass a background check, drug screening and have a clean driving record.
This is a Safety Sensitive position.
Powers requires pre-employment background checks and drug screenings.
Powers provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
