HVAC Technician Jobs

Auto Lift Serv; Iowa; Hybrid; USD 25,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental insurance

10 days PTO

Uniforms provided

Tools and service truck

Job summary

Auto Lift Services is seeking an HVAC Technician to cross-train into lift installation. You’ll install and service two- to four-post lifts, work across Ames, IA or Lakeland, FL, and start with paid training under experienced mentors.

Join a team that values HVAC experience and offers paid training on ALI certifications, health and dental, 10 days PTO, and paid training with a clear path to full journeyman pay within 12–18 months as you gain lift skills.

Qualifications

• HVAC background required.
• Willingness to cross-train into lift installation.
• Strong diagnostic mindset for troubleshooting.
• Ability to work in customer facilities and respect spaces.

Responsibilities

• Install and service automotive lifts across a regional service area.
• Operate two-post, four-post, mobile columns, and alignment systems.
• Ride with experienced tech during paid training.
• Lead a helper once up to speed and handle service calls.

Skills

HVAC knowledge

Electrical background

Diagnostic mindset

Customer-facing

Tools

Multimeter

Reading manuals

Job description

HVAC Jobs — Cross-Training to Lift Install | Auto Lift Services

HVAC Technician — Cross-Training to Lift Install

Locations: Ames, IA and Lakeland, FL

Pay: $18–$45/hr DOE (HVAC background = mid-$20s start)

Type: Full-time or Part-time · Health & dental, 10 days PTO, paid training

If you’re an HVAC technician wondering whether the trade you’re in is still the trade you want to be in — you’re not alone, and you’re not stuck. The diagnostic mindset, the electrical background, the willingness to be in a customer’s shop or attic solving weird problems — that’s exactly what makes a good automotive lift install & service tech. We hire HVAC techs into lift installation regularly, and it’s usually one of the smoothest cross-trainings we do. Or if you’re happy in HVAC and just want a better shop to work in — we do that too.

• 208, 220, 240, 480V single and three-phase electrical. Same voltages we’re wiring for lift installs.
• Reading manufacturer manuals. Every install and every service call starts with the manufacturer’s docs.
• Diagnostic mindset. An HVAC service call and a lift service call are the same shape: something’s not working right, the manual only tells you so much, you’ve got a multimeter and your head. The techs who love HVAC service usually love lift service too.
• Working in customer facilities. You already know how to walk into someone’s business, respect their space, and get the work done without turning it into a mess.

What’s Different About Lift Work

• No refrigerant certifications required (we won’t ask you to give up your EPA card, but you don’t need it here).
• Mechanical is different — hydraulic cylinders, cables, arm restraints, safety cams. We train you on the mechanical side.
• Field trips are usually one-day commercial visits, not overnight resi calls in an attic in July.
• Winters in Iowa: shop-based bench work when you’re not in the field. Florida: year-round field work.

The Role

Install and service automotive lifts across a regional service area. Two-post, four-post, mobile columns, scissor lifts, alignment systems. You’ll be:

• Riding along with an experienced tech for your first weeks of paid training.
• Doing installs solo or leading a helper once you’re up to speed.
• Running service calls when a customer’s lift is down.
• Handling customer conversations at the shop — what you found, what needs to happen, timing.
• Working a regional service area from either Ames, IA or Lakeland, FL base.

Pay

$18–$45/hr depending on skill and prior trade experience. HVAC techs typically start in the mid-$20s during paid training because you already know the electrical side. Full journeyman-equivalent pay hits within 12–18 months for most cross-trainees.

• Health and dental insurance
• 10 days paid time off per year
• Uniforms provided
• Tools and service truck for field-based roles
• Paid training on ALI certification, forklift, aerial lift, and any state licensure we ask you to earn

Full-Time or Part-Time

Both work. If you want to try lift install as a part-time secondary trade while you’re still doing HVAC on the side, we’ll build that schedule. If you want to leave HVAC entirely and go full-time with us, we’ll do that too. Talk to us about what fits your life.

Don’t Apply If

• You want your day to be identical to yesterday. Field work varies.
• You need heavy supervision. We hand you the outcome and get out of the way.
• You’re only interested if we let you keep doing HVAC on our clock. We don’t.