Apprentice Technician - Austin TX

Trane Italia•Austin, TX

21d•Onsite

About The Position

Trane Technologies is a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable, and efficient climate solutions for buildings, homes, and transportation, committed to putting the planet first. Sustainability is central to their business. As a Commercial Service Technician Apprentice, you will be dispatched from your home to various locations in and around the Austin, TX area. Your role involves performing scheduled and unscheduled preventative maintenance, inspections, site surveys, and service requests for a range of commercial and industrial equipment. Daily duties include the start-up and commissioning of Trane controls and HVAC equipment, troubleshooting, diagnosing, and repairing commercial HVAC equipment (such as split systems, package units, chillers, pumps, cooling towers), and repairing building control systems to optimize usage. You will also perform replacements and modifications of HVAC equipment or systems as needed.

Requirements

A High School Diploma, GED or equivalent experience.
2+ years of experience servicing, troubleshooting and maintaining commercial HVAC equipment.
Operating knowledge of Microsoft office and comfortable with hand-held devices (i.e. Smartphone, iPad).
A valid driver’s license, with no major or frequent traffic violations.
Ability to work on-call rotation and/or overtime to support the business, including occasional overnight stays.
Must be able to safely and legally operate a vehicle using a seat belt.
Must be able to wear helmets, safety goggles, fall protection harness and safety boots to safely perform job duties.
Must be able to twist the trunk of your body 90 degrees in each direction.
Must be able to squat and touch the floor with both hands.
Must be able to reach your hands over your head.
Must be able to stand on concrete surfaces for extended periods, routinely up to 4 hours.
This position is highly physical and requires regular use of hands, fingers, walking, stooping, kneeling and climbing ladders.
It requires employees to regularly lift and or move up to 10 lbs. and frequently lift and/or move up to 40 lbs. (may occasionally lift and/or move more than 40 lbs. with special approval.)
Must be able to safely use a ladder with a 375 lb. total weight limit, while wearing equipment weighing up to 50 lbs.
Must be able to maneuver access areas, as small as 30” vertical x 45” horizontal.
Must be able to comfortably and routinely access rooftops with extension and/or fixed ladders at heights of 15’ to 20’, and occasionally, up to 50 feet +.
May require passing additional drug screening as a Safety Sensitive role.

Nice To Haves

EPA Certification

Responsibilities

Perform scheduled (and unscheduled) preventative maintenance, inspections, site surveys, and service requests for a variety of commercial and industrial equipment.
Start-up and commissioning of Trane controls and HVAC equipment.
Troubleshoot, diagnose and repair commercial HVAC equipment such as split systems, package units, and chillers and/or ancillary supporting components such as pumps, cooling towers, etc.
Troubleshoot and repair building control systems; optimize controls and equipment for better usage by owner.
Perform replacements and modifications of HVAC equipment or systems as needed or requested.