Lead HVAC Mechanic

Action Facilities Management; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 57,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

Action Facilities Management in Austin is seeking a Lead HVAC Mechanic to install, repair, and maintain a wide range of HVAC equipment at a journeyman level of service. The role focuses on reliability, safety, and compliance in a union environment.

The position covers air-conditioning, refrigeration, HVAC control systems, and related components. It requires independent work or teamwork, with duties including preventive maintenance and on-site installations.

Qualifications

• Maintenance, diagnostic testing, overhauling, installation, and repairs on refrigeration, dehumidification, and air‑conditioning systems.
• Research specifications and make installation corrections to ensure proper function.
• Perform preventative maintenance such as changing filters and cleaning components.
• Ability to work independently or in teams with sound judgment on HVAC operations.

Responsibilities

• Performs maintenance, diagnostic testing, overhauling, installation, and effects repairs on a large variety of HVAC equipment and controls.
• Researches specifications and makes installation corrections to ensure proper function as required by tenant agency requirements.
• Performs preventative maintenance such as changing filters and cleaning components.
• Works on HVAC and electrical systems, with independent or team-based decisions and recommendations.
• Fabricates, assembles, and installs ductwork and chassis parts using portable tools and welding equipment.
• Installs evaporator units, pipes, valves and connects control panels to power sources.

Skills

HVAC systems

Journeyman level

Welding

Electrical wiring

Job description

Job Description

The Lead HVAC Mechanic will be responsible for the installation, repair, and maintenance of all types of HVAC equipment at a journeyman level of service including air-conditioning equipment, refrigeration equipment, HVAC control systems, and more.

The Lead HVAC Mechanic will be responsible for the installation, repair, and maintenance of all types of HVAC equipment at a journeyman level of service including air-conditioning equipment, refrigeration equipment, HVAC control systems, and more.

Pay Rate: $50.47 per hour total compensation. This is a union position

Shift: 7:00am - 4:00pm

Essential Job Functions

• Performs the maintenance, diagnostic testing, overhauling, installation, and effects repairs on a large variety of types of refrigeration, dehumidification, air-conditioning, ventilation and heating systems equipment and controls within critically controlled environmental installations.
• Research specifications as provided by other parties and makes installation corrections required ensuring proper function of equipment as required by tenant agency requirements.
• Performs preventative maintenance functions which include, but are not limited to: changing filters; cleaning cooling towers, cleaning heating and cooling coils, etc.
• Performs a wide variety of building maintenance tasks, which must be performed to proficiency including, but not limited to adjustments and repairs to HVAC and Electrical systems.
• Functions independently and/or in teams. Relied upon to make decisions and sound recommendations concerning HVAC operations and maintenance.
• Fabricates, assembles, and installs ductwork and chassis parts using portable metalworking tools and welding equipment.
• Installs evaporator units in chassis or in air-duct system, using hand tools.
• Cuts and bends tubing to correct length and shape, using cutting and bending equipment and tools. Cuts and threads pipe, using machine-threading or hand-threading equipment.
• Joins tubing or pipes to various refrigerating units by means of sleeves, couplings or unions, and solders joints, using torch, forming complete circuit for refrigerant.
• Installs expansion and discharge valves in circuit.
• Connects motors, compressors, temperature controls, humidity controls, and circulating ventilation fans to control panels and connects control panels to power source.
• Installs air and water filters in completed installation.
• Injects refrigerant into compressor to test systems and adds Freon gas to build up prescribed operating pressure.
• Observes pressure and vacuum gauges and adjusts controls to insure proper operation.
• Tests joints and connections for gas leaks, using gauges, electronic leak detector, and electronic micron gauge or soap-and-water solution.
• Wraps pipes in insulation batting and secures them in place with cement or wire bands.
• Replaces defective breaker controls, thermostats, switches, fuses, and electrical wiring to repair installed units using electrician's hand tools and test equipment.
• Minor plumbing duties such as repairing and patching pipes; fixing leaks; unclogging sinks, drains, and toilets; and replacing plumbing fixtures.
• Other duties as assigned