Installation Technician I

Service Technician Job Description

Are you motivated and eager to grow your career in refrigeration?

Hussmann’s team of Technicians install commercial refrigeration in supermarkets, convenience stores, and cold storage facilities.

Build your career with industry leaders since 1906. Join our team of hardworking, refrigeration experts and discover your potential.

Why Hussmann?

• Bi-annual bonuses based on performance

• Paid training and access to online training videos
• Paid drive time 
• 22 days paid off – 10 days of vacation, 12 company holidays
• On-the-job, hands-on training opportunities for Technicians, electric and mechanical theory, and model-based training

• Assist with the Installation of refrigeration systems commonly installed in supermarkets, convenient stores and cold storage facilities.
• Responsible for timely completion of assigned projects and customer satisfaction. 
• Acquire knowledge through on-the-job training, which includes new product developments, service bulletins and issues.
• Complete necessary documents (time sheets) in a thorough, accurate and timely manner to complete necessary customer paperwork for invoicing requirements.                         
• Ability to read and comprehend plans and blueprints as appropriate to trade regarding the installation of all cabling, communication loops, and components associated with the installation of energy management and refrigerant leak systems.
• Duties may include but are not limited to: Solder copper pipe, including configuring 90-degree, 45 degree, tees and other fittings, diagnose water-leak complaints, remove cases from truck without damage, install PVC drainpipe, recognize major case types, locates and sets superheat specification, receive, uncrate and properly hang blower coils, install orifice and thermostatic expansion valves.  Locate refrigeration leak, fabricate hangers, struts and supports, identify pipe size and fittings by sight, power wash air-cooled condensing units, and layout complex coolers. 
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret plans, specifications, contract documents, control drawings, service bulletins, technical procedure manuals, equipment specifications, and governmental regulations.
• Maintain and manage truck inventory in an accurate, neat and orderly manner as well as adhere to vehicle maintenance program guidelines (If applicable).
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with minimal guidance and direction. 

Education Requirement:

Required Level:  High School OR Ten years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.   

Preferred level:  Technical Degree

Minimum Years of Experience Necessary:  1 year of exp with HS/GED, Zero years of exp with Tech Degree

Additional Information:

• EPA 608 Certification preferred but not required.
• Valid Driver's license and a safe driving record.
• Physically able to climb ladders, work at high elevations and lift objects up to fifty pounds.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills, detail oriented and highly motivated.
• Mechanical aptitude.
• Ability to work nights, weekends and out of town as required.
• Ability to successfully manage multiple, competing priorities/task in a fast-paced work environment. 
• Strong organizational, time management skills.
• High level of professionalism and diplomacy.
• Strong customer focus skills.
• Strong project management skills and high attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to making decisions, learn quickly, thinking rationally and exercising good judgment. Work effectively in diverse team environment.
• Ability to work both individually and as a team with minimum supervision.

About Hussmann:

For more than 115 years, Hussmann has been a leader and innovator in the food retailing industry. We provide solutions to food retailers, so they can provide fresh and appealing food to consumers. Our solutions range from the refrigerator cases you browse in grocery stores to the electronic price labels at the shelf edge. Our entire Hussmann team is connected by one focus: delivering the Hussmann Promise.

The Hussmann Promise means “Continuously Providing the Most Customer-Focused Solutions in the Food Retailing Industry.” This Promise is a significant part of the Hussmann culture – it’s a reminder of how we’ve chosen to compete in the marketplace, the value we deliver to our customers, and the future value we aspire to provide. Finding a better way has always been the Hussmann way and we work towards fulfilling the Promise for better businesses, better partners, and a better world.

Hussmann is a subsidiary of Panasonic USA.

Hussmann is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to veteran status, disability, age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, genetics, marital status, pregnancy, or any other non-merit-based factor.