Commissioning Technician

INNOVATIVE Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

INNOVATIVE Inc. is seeking a full-time Commissioning Technician with extensive experience in industrial refrigeration systems. The role involves leading the commissioning process, ensuring systems operate according to specifications, and managing a team of engineers and technicians. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in ammonia refrigeration and relevant certifications.

Benefits

Retirement plan with company match

Health insurance with 75% premium coverage

Vision insurance

Weekly pay

Competitive vacation & holiday pay

Disability coverage

Life insurance after one year

Employee referral incentives

Qualifications

• 10+ years of industrial refrigeration experience required.
• Universal EPA certification and RETA 1&2 certification preferred.
• Field experience in start-ups of ammonia and Freon systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead commissioning of industrial refrigeration systems.
• Manage safety and controls during commissioning processes.
• Provide training to customers on new plant operations.

Skills

Industrial refrigeration experience

Troubleshooting mechanical issues

Risk management

Leadership

Education

HVAC/R or Electrical schooling

Job description

Salary: $Dependent on experience per hour

Posted: 2025-05-19

Employee Type: full-time

Experience Required: 10+ Years

Education Required: HVAC/R or Electrical schooling preferred

Travel Required: Yes

Description:

Innovative Refrigeration Systems, Inc. is seeking to place a full-time Commissioning Technician. This position would be a part of our Engineering/Service departments but will report directly to the Vice President of Construction. A complete understanding of industrial ammonia refrigeration and electrical power and controls is a must to be successful in this role. This position will require someone with the ability to take full responsibility for the entire commissioning process from team and site safety, management of controls/PLC engineers, management of additional service technicians, refrigerant loading process, power initiation at 460Volt, voltages higher and lower, and all mechanical systems and their interfaces.

Innovative Refrigeration Systems, Inc. is a premier custom design build contractor for industrial refrigeration systems, providing design, fabrication, construction, commissioning, and service in-house.

Job Role: A Commissioning Technician is responsible for the setup, testing, and validation of ammonia refrigeration systems. Their role is critical to ensuring that these systems are installed and operate according to design specifications and safety standards.

Key Duties:

• Lead commissioning engineer responsible for new and retrofitted industrial refrigeration systems startup process in food, beverage, general industry, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, and refrigerated storage facilities ranging from 500 HP to 10,000 HP.
• Risk management for location when starting up plants with ammonia, CO2, and Freon refrigeration equipment commonly found in industrial applications.
• Demonstrate an understanding and adherence to all work safety policies, procedures, and governing requirements, ability to lead work with other engineers and technicians. Lead process and take full responsibility for the entire team’s success and customer satisfaction of each project.
• Initial commissioning of industrial screw compressors, industrial reciprocal compressors, recirculators, refrigerant pumps, chillers, evaporators, water-cooled condensers, air-cooled condensers, evaporative-cooled condensers, water pumps, dispersion tanks, process-freezers off all types, freeze dryers, plate freezers, and all customer processes attached to industrial refrigeration systems. You will work with electrical engineering teams and will be the lead engineer over entire commissioning process.
• Ability to provide training to customer of their new plant after commissioning processes are significantly completed.
• Meet with customer/owner and their team at the end of the project to successfully transfer plant operations from your control to customer/owner and transfer continued support to our in-house aftermarket team for continued customer success with systems operations

Requirements:

• Minimum of 10+ years of industrial refrigeration experience
• Field experience in start-ups of Carbon Dioxide cascade systems, single & multi-stage ammonia and Freon systems
• Universal EPA certification
• RETA 1&2 certification
• Commission refrigeration equipment and complete industrial/commercial systems
• Troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, and control system issues
• Failure analysis of mechanical parts and electrical components
• Minimize commissioning Issues and reduce start-up delays
• Must be willing to travel full-time on a 10 day on 4 day off rotational schedule based on team needs.
• Excellent physical condition as you will be required to climb ladders, wear a respirator, work 10 to 12-hour days, and occasional heavy lifting.
• The position requires a pre-employment drug screening, felony screening, and motor vehicle record screening
• Must be able to wear a respirator and pass a fit test

Preferences:

• Commissioning school training from Frick/Johnson Controls, GE, Bitzer and others

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a robust benefits package:

• Retirement plan;company matches dollar for dollar up to 15%
• Health insurance;company pays 75% of the premiums for employee/family
• Vision insurance
• Weekly pay
• Competitive vacation & holiday pay
• Short-term & long-term disability coverage
• Accidental death/dismemberment coverage after one year of employment
• Life insurance coverage after one year of employment
• Employee referral incentives

If you are driven to succeed and want to be part of a rapidly growing company at the forefront of the industry, apply today!