Chiller Service Technician

Johnson Controls, Inc.; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime options

Company vehicle

Structured onboarding

Career progression

HVAC tech exposure

Referral program

Safety & growth culture

Job summary

Johnson Controls in Sydney is seeking an experienced Chiller Technician to join our service team. You will maintain, service, commission, and optimise critical HVAC and chiller systems across commercial and industrial sites, delivering reliable performance with safety and quality at the forefront.

Join a global leader in building solutions and benefit from autonomous work, ongoing training, and clear career pathways into senior technical, project management, and sales roles while working with

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years' experience servicing industrial cooling, refrigeration, or HVAC systems.
• Strong fault-finding, maintenance, and repair experience.
• Mechanical and/or electrical trade qualifications.
• Experience working with chiller systems (screw, reciprocating, centrifugal).
• Ability to interpret technical drawings and electrical schematics.
• Current Australian Driver Licence.
• Ability to pass pre-employment medical and background checks.

Responsibilities

• Respond to breakdown service calls and minimise customer downtime
• Perform scheduled preventative and corrective maintenance
• Commission chiller and HVAC systems across customer sites
• Diagnose and rectify faults across reciprocating, screw, and centrifugal chiller systems
• Conduct overhauls, repairs, and performance assessments
• Complete service documentation and technical reports accurately
• Build strong relationships with customers and provide trusted technical advice
• Support customers with operational guidance and system optimisation

Skills

Fault finding

Maintenance & repair

Customer service

Communication skills

Interpreting drawings

Education

Mechanical/electrical trade qualifications

Tools

Chiller systems (screw, reciprocating, centrifugal)

Electrical schematics

Job description

Why Join Johnson Controls?

At JCI, we invest in our people and provide an environment where you can build a long-term career while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

What's on Offer?

• Competitive salary package with overtime opportunities RDO options and flexible work arrangements
• Company vehicle, tools, and technology provided
• Structured onboarding, technical training, and ongoing development
• Career pathways into Senior Technician, Project Management, BMS, Controls, and Sales roles
• Exposure to industry-leading HVAC and chiller technologies
• Employee referral program
• Supportive team culture focused on safety, collaboration, and professional growth

About the Opportunity

Due to continued growth, we are seeking an experienced Chiller Technician to join our Sydney Service Team. This is an exciting opportunity for a technically skilled professional who enjoys autonomy, complex troubleshooting, and working across a diverse customer base. You'll be responsible for maintaining, servicing, commissioning, and optimising critical HVAC and chiller systems across a range of commercial and industrial sites.

Key Responsibilities

• Respond to breakdown service calls and minimise customer downtime
• Perform scheduled preventative and corrective maintenance
• Commission chiller and HVAC systems across customer sites
• Diagnose and rectify faults across reciprocating, screw, and centrifugal chiller systems
• Conduct overhauls, repairs, and performance assessments
• Complete service documentation and technical reports accurately
• Build strong relationships with customers and provide trusted technical advice
• Support customers with operational guidance and system optimisation

About You

• Minimum 4 years' experience servicing industrial cooling, refrigeration, or HVAC systems
• Strong fault-finding, maintenance, and repair experience
• Mechanical and/or electrical trade qualifications
• Experience working with chiller systems, including screw, reciprocating, and centrifugal technologies
• Ability to interpret technical drawings and electrical schematics
• Strong communication and customer service skills
• Current Australian Driver Licence
• Ability to successfully complete pre-employment medical and background checks

Why Sydney Technicians Choose Johnson Controls

Our technicians work on some of Australia's most critical facilities and infrastructure, supported by world-class products, specialist technical expertise, and genuine career development opportunities. You'll join a team that values safety, innovation, diversity, and continuous improvement while providing the support needed to succeed both professionally and personally.

Company Overview

Join a Global Leader in Sustainable Building Solutions At Johnson Controls, we're shaping the future of intelligent, healthy, and sustainable buildings. As a global leader in thermal management, critical building systems, energy efficiency, and decarbonisation solutions, we help customers optimise energy use, reduce carbon emissions, and improve operational performance across key industries including data centres, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, advanced manufacturing, and higher education. With more than 140 years of innovation and industry leadership, Johnson Controls combines cutting‑edge technology, lifecycle services, and one of the industry's largest field service networks to deliver outstanding results for our customers worldwide.

Johnson Controls: Enhancing the Intelligence of Buildings Your buildings have a purpose. They are places for people to live or work. Facilities for learning or healing. Venues for entertainment and shopping. Sites for the specialized storage of tangible goods or mission‑critical data. Your buildings have a huge variety of functions; they are central to your mission.

This is where Johnson Controls comes in, helping drive the outcomes that matter most.

Through a full range of systems and digital solutions, we make your buildings smarter. A smarter building is safer, more comfortable, more efficient, and, ultimately, more sustainable. Most important, smarter buildings let you focus more intensely on your unique mission. Better for your people. Better for your bottom line. Better for the planet.

At Johnson Controls, we’ve been making buildings smarter since 1885, and our capabilities, depth of innovation experience, and global reach have been growing ever since. Today, we offer the world’s largest portfolio of building products, technologies, software, and services; we put that portfolio to work to transform the environments where people live, work, learn and play.