Lead Commercial HVAC Technician
hace 6 días
Pompano Beach
Job DescriptionBenefits: • Company car, • Competitive salary, • Dental insurance, • Health insurance, • Opportunity for advancement, • Paid time off, • Training & development, • Vision insurance Location: Southeast, FL (serving tri-county area) About Us Air Force HVAC has been a trusted name in South Florida for over 5 years, delivering reliable residential HVAC service, installation, and maintenance across Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach counties. Our slogan, “Your Home, Our Mission,” guides everything we do. We are on track to grow 8x year-over-year at the top line as we expand our technician team, client base, and service offerings. To achieve this ambitious growth, we are seeking a hands-on Field Service Manager to help us scale with excellence, develop leaders, and ensure operational discipline. Speed, craftsmanship, and consistency are non-negotiable in this position. Primary Accountabilities • Perform complex commercial HVAC service, diagnostics, repairs, commissioning support, preventive maintenance, and installation support., • Serve as the escalation point for difficult technical calls and validate diagnoses through measurements, operating data, schematics, and sequence of operation., • Mentor developing technicians, reinforce proper diagnostic methodology, and identify recurring training or performance gaps., • Coordinate professionally with property managers, building engineers, facility teams, general contractors, and commercial clients., • Maintain complete job documentation, equipment data, readings, photographs, parts requirements,, • recommendations, and job-status communication., • Maintain company vehicle, tools, test instruments, and field resources in professional, job-ready condition., • Commercial Systems Competency, • Strong field competency is expected across multiple commercial system categories, including:, • Packaged rooftop units (RTUs) and commercial split systems, • Water-source heat pumps (WSHP) and condenser-water-loop systems, • VRF/VRV systems and variable-capacity commercial equipment, • VAV systems, commercial air distribution, outside air, ventilation, and economizers, • Chilled-water fan coils, air handlers, hydronic heating/cooling systems, pumps, and control valves, • Cooling towers and associated condenser-water systems, • Commercial electrical systems, controls, VFDs, sensors, safeties, and BAS/DDC fundamentals Technical Standard Candidates must demonstrate the ability to distinguish equipment-level failures from broader building-system conditions. Diagnosis should integrate refrigeration, electrical, airflow, controls, water flow, heat transfer, and manufacturer operating data rather than rely on assumption or unnecessary component replacement. • Refrigeration: pressures, saturation temperatures, superheat, subcooling, temperature split, metering, compressor performance, and heat-transfer conditions., • Electrical/Controls: high- and low-voltage circuits, transformers, relays, contactors, motors, safeties, sensors, transducers, VFDs, control boards, communication circuits, and wiring diagrams., • Hydronic/Water-Side: entering/leaving water temperatures, water flow, strainers, valves, pumps, condenser-water loops, chilled-water systems, and cooling-tower interaction., • Airflow: static pressure, blower performance, VAV operation, duct restrictions, ventilation, outside air, and air-balancing fundamentals. Required Qualifications • 8+ years of hands-on HVAC field experience with meaningful commercial service exposure., • Demonstrated independent troubleshooting and diagnostic capability., • EPA Section 608 certification and valid driver's license., • Ability to read electrical schematics, technical literature, and sequence-of-operation documentation., • Comfort with digital field-service platforms, mobile documentation, photographs, work orders, and electronic communication., • Ability to work safely in rooftops, mechanical rooms, high-rise/commercial environments, and other field conditions., • Bilingual communication skills strongly preferred; English/Spanish proficiency is highly desirable for South Florida commercial operations and customer coordination., • Must possess and maintain the minimum professional hand tools and HVAC diagnostic instruments required to independently perform commercial service and troubleshooting; company-provided specialty equipment may be supplied as applicable. Preferred Qualifications • Manufacturer training is valued, but transferable commercial-system competency is more important than any single brand., • VRF/VRV, WSHP, RTU, VAV, chilled-water, hydronic, cooling-tower, BAS/DDC, and VFD experience., • High-rise, multifamily, hospitality, healthcare, institutional, or commercial retrofit experience., • Track record of mentoring technicians or leading commercial installations and commissioning.Compensation Benefits Base Salary based on demonstrated experience and technical capability. Benefits include health, dental and vision coverage; PTO and sick time; company vehicle where applicable; company technology and field resources; performance-based opportunities; and advancement within a growing commercial operation.