Residential New Home Installation Trainee

The Residential New Home Installation Trainee reports to the Residential Manager and is responsible for performing a range of HVAC installation jobs for residential customers. Customer-based activities require an individual possessing traits of decisiveness, initiative, tact, judgment, integrity, dependability, and the ability to communicate in a technically credible manner. Job-related contact can occur with virtually all demographic groups, with the majority of working contacts being customers, other technicians, other subcontractors and the Manager

Benefits

• Paid Training
• Careers Advancement Opportunities
• Flexible Scheduling
• Competitive Compensation
• Year-Round Work
• Health Insurance
• Company Paid Dental and Vision Insurance
• 401 K
• Company Paid Life Insurance, Long Term Disability and Supplemental Disability

Representative duties include:

• Serving as a member of ad hoc Residential New Home Installation Department teams which are organized to conduct HVAC installation jobs in an efficient and timely manner.
• Performing supervised and unsupervised basic HVAC installation support activities (after having been shown all safety-related aspects of the role and the expected standards); e.g. fabricates sheet metal ducts and transitions, installs sheet metal components, hangs registers and grilles, stocks parts, installs refrigeration line sets including soldering and brazing, assists Installation Technicians and Senior Installation Technicians.
• Performing progressively more difficult technical roles than noted in the preceding paragraph, under the direct supervision of an Installation Technician or Senior Installation Technician; e.g. measures and threads piping, uses basic test equipment, assists in start-up/charge/test/balance, performs home rough-ins, installs residential units (gas, oil, electric furnaces, air conditioners, and heat pumps).
• Performing related trainee duties as directed by the Residential Installation Manager.

Job Qualifications:

• High school graduate or equivalent
• Good verbal and reading skills, including the ability to read and apply manufacturers' instructions, and to clearly communicate with customers, suppliers, employees of other job-site contractors, and coworkers.
• Physical ability to perform all duties noted above under the conditions, circumstances and weather extremes found in WNY. Examples include the ability to lift and carry a 100 lb. load (of the size and shape of an item encountered on an HVAC job) a distance of 50'; and safely erect a 32' extension ladder. Must not have a fear of heights and high places (acrophobia).
• Interest and initiative in maintaining and advancing his/her HVAC skills through a combination of self-study, company training, manufacturers' workshops, and other professional development activities.
• Current NY operator's license and the ability to operate all types of vehicles in the corporate fleet within 30 days of initial employment. Incumbent must be insurable by company insurance carrier.
• Ability to work efficiently given time pressures, non-standard schedule, extreme weather conditions, varying customer needs and demands, and backlog constraints.