HVAC Technician - Austin Industrial Decatur, IL Corn

Austin-Industrial; Decatur (IL); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

medical

dental

life and disability insurance

matching 401K plan

Job summary

Austin Industrial is seeking an HVAC Technician in Decatur, IL to perform installs, repairs, and preventive maintenance on a wide range of equipment including chillers, boilers, fans, and more. The role emphasizes safety, regulatory compliance, and cooperative work within the district.

This is a full-time on-site position offering benefits such as medical, dental, life and disability insurance, and a matched 401(k). Experience with industrial HVAC systems and reading blueprints is preferred.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of industrial HVAC experience including chillers.
• Experience planning and performing preventive maintenance.
• Ability to read complex blueprints, schematics, and wiring diagrams.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, plan, and perform preventive maintenance of HVAC systems.
• Plan shutdowns for maintenance and repair pumps and related equipment.
• Read blueprints, piping sketches, and wiring diagrams to guide work.
• Inspect, repair, maintain, and operate HVAC equipment and controls.
• Troubleshoot and modify HVAC systems while adhering to regulations.
• Order parts and manage vendor relationships as needed.

Skills

Industrial experience

Chillers experience

Preventive maintenance

Troubleshooting

Job description

HVAC Technician - Austin Industrial Decatur, IL Corn

Job Category: Craft

Requisition Number: HVACT033355

• Posted : August 20, 2026
• Full-Time

Locations

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Decatur, IL
Decatur, IL, USA

Description

The HVAC Technician is responsible for performing installs, repairs and maintenance to a variety of equipment including: refrigeration, air conditioning, electric motors, heating units, heat pumps, hermetic compressors, commercial furnaces, boilers, burners, intake and exhaust fans, economizers, humidifiers, capacity controls, semi-hermetic compressors, split systems, flame safeguard controls, air compressors, air driers, and packaged units throughout the district. Other duties may be assigned.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Analyze, Plan, and Perform Preventive Maintenance of HVAC System.
• Plan shutdowns for maintenance and repair pumps including chill water, heating water and condensation pumps.
• Perform brazing, soldering, pipefitting, welding, and fabrication.
• Read complex blueprints, piping, sketches, schematics, and wiring diagrams.
• Inspect, monitor, repair, maintain, and operate mechanical systems, motors, compressors, pumps, fans, ducts, pipes, thermostats, and switches.
• Install, maintain, and repair heating, ventilating, air conditioning, glycol, heating, hot water, and steam distribution equipment and systems to optimize performance and energy use.
• Troubleshoot, repair and make modifications to HVAC System.
• Adhere to all city, state, and federal regulatory statues.
• Maintain maintenance records as required by City, State, and EPA regulations.
• Order and maintain parts needed to repair and maintain HVAC Equipment.
• Manage relationship with all major vendor accounts.
• Properly maintain and safeguard district assets.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications Required for this Position:

Experience – 3-5 years of Industrial experience to include working on chillers.

Austin ("The Company") is an equal employment opportunity employer. The Company's policy prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also the Company's policy to comply with all federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

Benefits & Compensation

• medical
• dental
• life and disability insurance
• matching 401K plan

We are proud to be a 100% Employee-Owned Company (ESOP)! To learn more about our employee-ownership structure, please go to https://www.austin-ind.com/our-company/100-employee-owned .

Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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About Austin Industrial

Austin Industrial provides premier self-perform maintenance, construction, and soft craft service to leading industrial companies across the U.S. An industry leader for more than 60 years, we offer single-source solutions to our customers in the oil, gas, chemical, food, agriculture, power, and manufacturing industries.

This Company does not accept and will not consider unsolicited resumes or any other unsolicited candidate information submitted to the Company or any of its employee-owners by staffing agencies, search firms, or third-party recruiters in response to a posted vacancy. The Company will not pay any placement fee(s) without a written agreement to do so (i.e., payment must be required pursuant to the terms of a written agreement).

Any unsolicited resumes or candidate information submitted to this Company or any of its employee-owners becomes the property of the Company.

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3 - 5 years

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