Lead Aircon Technician

About the role

The Field Lead Aircon Technician Installer carries out general repairs and maintenance of machinery and equipment by diagnosing and troubleshooting special service problems following all building codes, blueprints, instructions, and manuals. The role involves estimating material and labor cost and determining plan and requirements for installing, fabricating, and start-up; testing, and servicing HVAC equipment. The technician is responsible for training and assisting less experienced co-workers and carrying out other duties that may be assigned. The work may entail driving organization or personal vehicle to various work locations and being on-call after work hours to take on further assignments should there be emergency. Air conditioning technicians work independently under the supervision of the facilities supervisor applying power tools, hand tools, and different testing, and precision-measuring instruments.

Key responsibilities

• Carry out repair and routine maintenance duties on equipment, building facilities and offices, building systems, grounds, and structures

• Perform inspection, maintenance, repairs, and installation of air conditioning systems, cooling systems, refrigerators, ice machine, refrigerated water coolers, and similar equipment

• Carry out maintenance checks on heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems; clean evaporator drains pans, coils, and filters; lubricate fan and motor bearings; repair and change motors, electrical wiring, belts, compressors, thermostats, fans, floating elements, and defrost timers

• Place airflow controls to occupants' preference by adjusting dampers, splitter, diffusers, and fans speeds; take away, clean, and change filters and strainer; remake, repair, and paint metal and wood cooling fans and towers; add the right amount of chemicals to water towers to prevent corrosion and rust

• Run equipment, observe its operation, and read instruments and gauges, including Volt-ohm meters; find out temperature gauges and adjust mechanisms, including valves, pumps and controls to direct levels of fluid, temperature, and pressure

• Carry out overhauling and servicing of refrigeration units by repairing, changing, or reworking broken parts of compressors, condensers, and vacuum pumps; inspect Freon level in refrigeration units and fix any leak observed, and charge units as required

• Perform repairs or adjustments on piping connections, valves, couplings and fittings by riveting, bolting, welding, brazing, and soldering applying hand tools, drill press, Prestolite torch, and acetylene torch

• Coordinate efforts with company's contracted HVAC vendors to ensure company HVAC systems are functioning perfectly

• Order for replacement of equipment parts as required, perform repairs as ordered, and keep record of servicing on equipment

• Provide assistance to colleagues in the department to effectively maintain, and repair equipment, buildings, and municipal properties

About you

• High school diploma, Vocational Course or any 2-year course related to air-conditioning

• At least 1 to 2 years' experience as Aircon Technician

• Knowledgeable and with experience in Installing, maintaining, and repairing ventilation and air conditioning systems and equipment

• Knowledgeable and Experience in Cleaning, adjusting, and repairing systems and performing warranty services

• Familiar with VRF, HVAC, FCU and ACCU

• Ability to troubleshoot error codes

• With RAC Servicing NC II certification, DOMRAC

• Can work on a minimal supervision / works independently

• Residing in Metro Manila or nearby areas