Sr. Facilities Technician

Sub-Zero Group; Cedar Rapids, Northern (IA, KY); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/Dental/Vision plans

401(k) savings and profit sharing

Education assistance and training

Job summary

Sub-Zero, Wolf, and Cove is seeking a Senior Facilities Technician in Cedar Rapids to lead advanced facility maintenance across HVAC, chillers, plumbing, and electrical systems. The role requires independent diagnosis, repair planning, and coordination with external contractors for major projects.

Ideal candidates bring extensive industrial maintenance experience, strong troubleshooting skills, and the ability to mentor others.

Qualifications

• Progressive experience in industrial or manufacturing facilities maintenance.
• Extensive hands-on troubleshooting of HVAC and mechanical systems.
• Experience operating and troubleshooting commercial/industrial chillers and chilled-water systems.
• Advanced experience with plumbing and piping systems; electrical and controls.
• Ability to coordinate outside contractors for significant repairs or shutdowns.
• EPA 608 certification preferred where refrigerant handling is part of work.

Responsibilities

• Operate and monitor HVAC, chillers, and environmental systems; troubleshoot using data, alarms, and sensors.
• Work with building automation to review status, trends, and setpoints; identify root causes.
• Provide advanced troubleshooting for facility utilities and preventative maintenance.
• Diagnose piping, pumps, valves, drainage, hydronic, and electrical issues; plan significant repairs.
• Coordinate work orders, parts, contractors, and shutdowns; mentor junior technicians.

Skills

HVAC systems troubleshooting

Mechanical systems

Electrical controls

Root-cause analysis

Contractor coordination

Preventive maintenance

Education

Technical training or higher

Job description

Sub-Zero, Wolf, and Cove, the leading manufacturer of luxury kitchen appliances, is a family-owned company known for craftsmanship, innovation, and integrity. Our products are found in the world’s most luxurious homes, and behind them are teams of people who live our values every day.

At our new Cedar Rapids facility, we are building something special: a culture rooted in safety, operational excellence, and ownership. We do what is right, take pride in our work, and continuously seek to improve. We win together through teamwork, accountability, and a passion for results. We bring the energy by showing up with a positive mindset and a commitment to creating a workplace where people feel valued, motivated, and inspired.

This Senior Facilities Technician role is a unique opportunity to serve as a high-level technical resource within Facilities and help ensure the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of critical building infrastructure and utility systems.

Position Summary

The Senior Facilities Technician is an advanced, hands-on technical position responsible for troubleshooting and supporting building HVAC, chilled-water systems, plumbing and piping, mechanical and electrical systems, building automation, and facility utilities. This role works independently to identify root causes, establish repair strategies, coordinate larger repairs and contractors, and improve preventive maintenance practices. The position provides technical leadership and mentorship but is not the primary people manager for the Facilities team.

Key Responsibilities

HVAC, Chillers, and Environmental Systems

• Operate and monitor facility chillers, chilled-water systems, HVAC equipment, pumps, air-handling systems, and related infrastructure.
• Perform advanced facility-level troubleshooting using operating data, alarms, temperatures, pressures, flow conditions, pumps, valves, controls, and electrical conditions.
• Independently investigate building temperature and humidity concerns and determine the appropriate repair or escalation path.
• Determine when issues can be addressed internally and when qualified outside service is required; coordinate specialized service and share relevant findings.

Building Automation Systems

• Use the building automation system to review equipment status, alarms, setpoints, temperatures, humidity, pressures, valve positions, and other operating information.
• Create and analyze historical trends to identify intermittent problems, abnormal conditions, and likely root causes.
• Combine system data with field observations and measurements to distinguish equipment, controls, airflow, hydronic, electrical, and process-load issues.
• Provide system trends and technical information to Facilities leadership, Engineering, contractors, and other stakeholders.

Utilities, Reliability, and Preventive Maintenance

• Provide advanced troubleshooting support for facility utilities and utility-related equipment failures.
• Perform root-cause analysis of utility-driven downtime and recommend corrective and preventive actions.
• Develop and improve preventive maintenance tasks and frequencies for utility and infrastructure systems.
• Identify recurring failures, reliability risks, and infrastructure repair or replacement needs; recommend lasting corrective actions.

Plumbing, Piping, Mechanical, and Electrical Systems

• Diagnose complex piping, pump, valve, drainage, domestic water, hydronic, mechanical, electrical, controls, and instrumentation issues.
• Use diagnostic instruments, equipment documentation, schematics, system data, and field observations to isolate failures.
• Plan and coordinate significant repairs, replacements, tie-ins, shutdowns, equipment isolation, and return-to-service verification.
• Escalate specialized electrical, controls, engineering, code-related, or refrigerant work when appropriate.

Work Management, Contractors, and Projects

• Prioritize, assign, and complete facility work orders within established department priorities.
• Coordinate parts, materials, contractors, facility access, shutdown requirements, and work sequencing for significant repairs and projects.
• Define technical scope, monitor work against expectations, and verify proper system operation at completion.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to Facilities technicians and support infrastructure and capital projects as a technical subject-matter resource.

Physical and Working Conditions

• Regular work in an industrial or manufacturing environment and in mechanical and equipment spaces.
• Ability to access rooftops, mezzanines, mechanical rooms, ladders, stairs, and facility infrastructure areas in accordance with safety requirements.
• Ability to work around operating mechanical and electrical equipment and in hot, cold, noisy, wet, or otherwise challenging facility conditions.
• Ability to safely handle tools, equipment, and maintenance materials consistent with company requirements.
• Occasional work outside normally scheduled hours for critical failures, planned shutdowns, or significant maintenance activities.

We value our employees by providing:

• Competitive compensation based on skills
• Industry leading health, dental, and vision plans
• Generous 401 (K) savings and profit sharing
• Education assistance and internal training programs
• Electric vehicle charging
  Maternity & paternity leave

This position requires a pre-employment drug/alcohol test and background check, which will be administered after a conditional job offer is extended. A negative drug/alcohol test result is required for employment. Refusal to take the test or a positive result may disqualify a candidate from further consideration. All drug testing will be conducted in accordance with federal and state laws.

Qualifications

Education

Preferred

Technical/other training or better.

Experience

Required

Progressive experience in industrial, commercial, institutional, or manufacturing facilities maintenance.

Extensive hands-on experience troubleshooting HVAC and mechanical systems.

Experience operating and performing facility-level troubleshooting of commercial or industrial chillers and chilled-water systems.

Advanced experience with commercial or industrial plumbing and piping systems.

Experience troubleshooting electrical and control-related equipment issues.

Demonstrated ability to independently diagnose complex facility infrastructure problems and develop appropriate repair strategies.

Experience coordinating outside contractors and significant facility repairs or shutdowns.

Ability to communicate equipment conditions, findings, risks, recommendations, and escalation needs clearly to technical and nontechnical audiences.

Preferred

10 to 15 or more years of progressive facilities maintenance experience.

EPA Section 608 certification when refrigerant handling is part of assigned work.

Experience in a large manufacturing or industrial environment.

Experience with computerized maintenance management systems and developing preventive maintenance procedures.

Experience with root-cause analysis and utility or equipment downtime investigations.

Manufacturer-specific training or certifications in chillers, building automation, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, controls, or industrial maintenance.

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