HVAC Technician

CBRE Group, Inc.; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE Group, Inc. in Ottawa is seeking an HVAC Technician to maintain mechanical and electrical equipment for commercial HVAC systems across facilities. You will perform proactive testing and regular preventive maintenance to ensure reliable operation.

You will read drawings and schematics, install and service equipment, coordinate with vendors, and document work orders. The role requires safe practices and the ability to respond to after-hours emergencies when needed.

Qualifications

• Reads and interprets mechanical drawings, blueprints, schematics, and code specifications.
• Ability to perform basic inspections and preventative maintenance on HVAC systems.
• Coordinate with vendors and subtrades for parts and logistics.

Responsibilities

• Reads and interprets mechanical drawings, blueprints, schematics, and code specifications;
• Performs basic inspections and preventative maintenance on HVAC and refrigeration systems and logs results; generates reports as required;
• Operates, maintains, services, repairs, installs, and replaces HVAC and refrigeration equipment across sites;
• Install wiring and cabling to connect components to power supply and calibrate related controls;
• Measure, cut, bend, thread and connect pipe to functional components;
• Works with vendors to organize work, subtrades, parts and material logistics;
• Prepare work estimates including material, rentals, labor;
• Schedule and coordinate work and deliver on expectations;
• Guides sub-contractors for projects needing specialist equipment;
• Operates DDC software, monitors and adjusts, follows up on alerts;
• Develop SOPs and documentation;
• Reviews heat and cooling requirements and recommends modifications;
• Uses work order system to manage and record work;
• Makes replacement recommendations for end-of-life or failed systems;
• Troubleshoots and performs corrective maintenance;
• Maintains tools and equipment for safe operation;
• Ensures safe seasonal start-ups and shutdowns of HVAC systems;
• Performs start-up and shutdown of major building equipment;
• Attends after-hours emergencies and planned shutdowns/start-ups;
• Participates in meetings;
• Inspects, operates, maintains, and repairs boilers, chillers, pumps, generators, etc.;
• Mitigates risk to raised floor operations;
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

HVAC knowledge

Reading blueprints

Electrical wiring

Troubleshooting

Tools

DDC software

Job description

Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) Local is a hard services-led, tailored facility management solution. We self-perform hard services while partnering with best-in-class soft service providers to offer custom facility and project management solutions to our clients. We focus on empowering our team with a high-level of downstream accountability, resulting in an agile and efficient service delivery.

In addition to our core facility and project management capabilities, our platform offers direct access to our Best-in-Class services including ESG, Security Consulting, Workplace Strategy, and Workplace Experience.

About the Role:

As a CBRE HVAC Technician, you will be responsible for maintaining mechanical and electrical equipment for commercial HVAC systems at facilities by conducting proactive performance testing and ongoing scheduled maintenance.

This job is part of the Engineering and Technical Services job function. They are responsible for providing support, preventive maintenance, and repairs on equipment and systems.

What You'll Do:

• Reads and interprets mechanical drawings, blueprints, schematics, and code specifications;
• Performs basic inspections and preventative maintenance on HVAC and refrigeration systems and logs results, generate reports as required;
• Operates, maintains, services, repairs, installs, and replaces HVAC and refrigeration equipment, components, and parts across all sites;
• Install wiring and cabling, to connect components and equipment to an electric power supply and calibrating related controls;
• Measure, cut, bend, thread and connect pipe to functional components and utilities;
• Works in conjunction with vendors to organize work, subtrades, parts and material logistics;
• Prepare work estimates including material, rentals, labor, etc. to do the job;
• Able to appropriately schedule and coordinate work and deliver on expectations;
• Collaborates on work activities and provides guidance to sub-contractors for projects where specialist equipment or knowledge is required;
• Operates DDC software, monitors and adjusts as needed and follows up on alerts and alarms;
• Develop SOPs and documentation where required;
• Reviews heat and cooling requirements; compares and recommends modifications to achieve optimal system effectiveness and efficiency;
• Utilizes a work order management system to manage and accurately record work effort;
• Makes recommendations on replacement of end of life or failed systems and materials;
• Conducts trouble shooting and corrective maintenance when required;
• Maintains assigned tools and equipment to ensure availability in a safe operating condition;
• Ensures safe seasonal start-ups and shutdowns of HVAC systems including cooling towers, pumps, AHU coils and associated controls;
• Performs the start-up and shutdown of major building equipment when required;
• As part of equipment startups and commissioning: start up, test, charge, adjust, calibrate, balance, measure, verify maintain and document systems Attends After Hours HVAC and refrigeration emergencies and planned shutdowns/start-ups;
• Participates in meetings as required;
• Inspect, operate, maintain, and repair mechanical systems including but not limited to boilers, chillers, HVAC equipment, pumps, generators, coolers, fridges, split units, heat pumps, roof top units, fluid coolers, uninterruptible power supplies, life safety system, etc., and ensure all equipment are operated in a safe and efficient manner and in compliance with all applicable government codes and regulations;
• Mitigate risk to raised floor operation by reacting to abnormal incidents, managing service support and communicating details to supervisor and client;
• Performs other duties as assigned.