HVAC Technician - Austin Industrial Decatur, IL West

Austin Industries, Inc.; Decatur (IL); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401K matching ESOP

Job summary

Austin Industrial seeks an HVAC Technician to perform installs, repairs, and preventive maintenance across refrigeration, air conditioning, boilers, heat pumps, and related systems. The role involves reading blueprints, welding, and ensuring regulatory compliance.

Ideal candidates have 3–5 years of industrial HVAC experience, and the position offers comprehensive benefits and a path within a 100% ESOP-owned environment. On-site work across the district is required.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of HVAC systems and industrial equipment.
• Experience with preventive maintenance and repairs.
• Ability to read blueprints, piping schematics and wiring diagrams.
• Experience with brazing, soldering, pipefitting and welding.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, Plan, and Perform Preventive Maintenance of HVAC systems.
• Plan shutdowns for maintenance and repair pumps and related equipment.
• Read complex blueprints, piping, sketches, and wiring diagrams.
• Inspect and maintain mechanical systems, motors, compressors, pumps, and ducts.
• Install and repair heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and steam distribution equipment.
• Troubleshoot and modify HVAC systems to optimize performance.
• Maintain compliance with city, state, and EPA regulations.

Skills

HVAC systems

Preventive maintenance

Blueprint reading

Welding

Troubleshooting

Repairs

Job description

HVAC Technician

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

Education – no minimum education requirements.

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

We offer excellent benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, and a 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.

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