Specialist, HVAC Technician

JLL; Andover (MA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

JLL on-site at Andover, MA, seeks an HVAC Technician to support 24/7/365 operations for a life sciences campus. You will own operational maintenance for the site’s HVAC systems, ensuring uptime, safety, and cost-efficient performance through reliability-based maintenance and proactive diagnostics.

You will work with a large trades and engineering team, document activities in CMMS, and uphold JLL’s values of teamwork, ethics, and excellence. Overtime may be available.

Qualifications

• Experience maintaining HVAC systems in large facilities.
• Ability to perform preventive, corrective, and reliability maintenance.
• Comfort logging data and maintaining logs in CMMS.
• Strong knowledge of electrical controls and motor systems.

Responsibilities

• Maintain continuous operation of all HVAC systems, including BAS and electrical components.
• Execute preventive, corrective, and reliability maintenance with team members and vendors.
• Conduct building rounds and maintain logs ensuring compliance and safety.
• Enter detailed comments into the work order system for traceability.
• Provide interface with customers and assist planning/scheduling optimization.

Skills

HVAC maintenance

Troubleshooting

CMMS familiarity

BAS

Electrical controls

Safety training

Teamwork

Tools

CMMS software

Building Automation Systems

Job description

HVAC Technician - JLL

Contract to Hire, lots of potential for growth

Shift: 2nd, Tuesday-Saturday.

Hours: 12PM - 8:30PM (30min un-paid lunch)

FTE hourly rate:

Location: On-Site: Andover, MA

Interviews: 1 hour virtual Teams panel (HM, Supervisor, Management Team, Technician). Scored evaluation done in the Teams call, then finalists would go to a 2nd round in-person interview.

Background Check Requirements: Run through Accurate, Pfizer Package (with 10-panel eCOC)

Candidate qualities

More of an admin type technician role, lots of computer work. No amended resumes.

What this job involves

Join a growing Team of Facilities Management Professionals to support the 24/7/365 Operations of an industry-leading Life Sciences Organization's beautiful Andover, MA Campus. You'll take ownership of operational maintenance for the site's HVAC systems, ensuring safe, efficient, and cost-effective support of all mechanical systems. Your primary focus will be protecting and enhancing Client assets while maintaining 100% uptime through reliability-based maintenance strategies. This role implements maintenance best practices, managing equipment inspection programs, and continuously evaluating methods to maximize performance and value for our Client through transparent partnership and communications.

A very high percentage of "wrench time" is expected and candidates must demonstrate technical expertise in HVAC maintenance and troubleshooting, while being able to work cohesively with members of large and sophisticated Trades and Engineering Teams to complete daily work assignments safely, efficiently and on time. Of shared importance with Technical skills is the ability to uphold JLL's Core Values of Teamwork, Ethics and Excellence. Overtime may be available.

What your day will look like

• Maintain continuous operation of all HVAC-related building systems, including mechanical controls, building automation systems ("BAS"), electrical components, and temperature control systems.
• Execute preventive, corrective, and reliability maintenance procedures with Teammates and Vendor Partners.
• Conduct building rounds, maintain detailed logs and data sheets, ensuring all regulatory compliance and safety requirements are met.
• Enter detailed and explanatory comments into work order database, so actions can be documented and referenced.
• Provide customer interface and support, assisting with planning and scheduling optimization, and ensuring high-quality document management.
• Identify hazards, implement remediation measures, and complete comprehensive safety training programs.
• Collaborate with Vendor Partners to ensure proper work authorization procedures are followed and maintain incident contact response protocols.
• Accept and log all complaints, status, and follow-up calls in CMMS database.
• Take immediate action on all alarms to repair or correct.
• Monitor and analyze operations, record readings and troubleshoot to adjust refrigeration equipment, heat pumps/exchangers, HVAC units, centrifugal chillers, cooling towers, boilers, VAV systems, valves, piping, filters, emergency backup systems and hot water systems and other mechanical and low-voltage electrical equipment.
• Check CMMS system for new trouble calls and work assignments.
• Perform preventive maintenance on all base building and critical system equipment which includes but is not limited to: assembling tools, supplies and instruments necessary to complete the job, performing work with a minimum amount of disruption and supervision, conducting immediate clean-up of work area, completing work order task sheets, returning tools neatly to workshop, maintaining supplies inventory, reporting any equipment problems, impending supply or material shortages to Supervisor.
• Install, repair, replace or rebuild HVAC units, like package units, mini splits, actuators, VAV's, water heaters, motors, heating units, pumps, seals, air compressors, heat exchangers, bearings in all types of motors, piping, valves, filters, hot water systems and associated controls.
• Assist other Technicians and Operators with building and equipment major repairs and maintenance. Inspect, repair, and maintain electrical controls, switches and motor controls.
• Comply with departmental policy for safe handling of hazardous materials.
• Ensure that all appropriate R&M data (i.e. material costs, contract labor costs, etc.) is captured on a work or