HVAC Technician - IAH Airport (Facilities)

About Oshkosh AeroTech, an Oshkosh company

• Oshkosh Aero
• Tech is a leading provider of aviation ground support products, gate equipment and airport services to commercial airlines, airports, air-freight carriers, ground handling and military customers.
• Oshkosh Aero
• Tech offers products that make a difference in people’s lives by supporting those in our communities who do some of the toughest work.
• They own many of the most trusted brands in the air transportation industry, including LEKTRO®, Jet
• Aire®, Jet
• Power®, Amp
• TekÔ, Jetway®, and more.

Join Oshkosh Aerotech as an HVAC Technician, where you will play a key role in maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing HVAC systems across airport facilities and airside support equipment.

This role may support building HVAC systems, rooftop units, passenger boarding bridge HVAC systems, pre-conditioned air units, ground power units, motors, pumps, compressors, controls, and associated mechanical and electrical components.

You’ll perform preventive and corrective maintenance, interpret blueprints and electrical schematics, and hands-on HVAC repairs, including refrigerant leak repair, component replacement, brazing, basic pipefitting, and related fabrication as needed. . This position is ideal for a skilled HVAC professional who is committed to safety, reliability, and teamwork in a fast-paced airport operations environment.

OUR BENEFITS

Joining Oshkosh Aerotech means becoming a valued member of a dynamic team with a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision coverage, 401K, and more!

YOUR IMPACT

These duties are not meant to be all-inclusive, and other duties may be assigned.

• Maintain, troubleshoot, repair, and optimize HVAC systems across airport facilities and airside support equipment.
• Service and repair equipment such as building HVAC systems, rooftop units, passenger boarding bridge HVAC systems, pre-conditioned air units, ground power units, motors, pumps, compressors, fans, ducts, controls, and related components.
• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on mechanical, electrical, refrigerant, and control systems.
• Perform hands-on HVAC repairs, including refrigerant leak repair, component replacement, brazing, basic pipefitting, and related fabrication as needed.
• Interpret blueprints, schematics, wiring diagrams, technical manuals, and equipment documentation.
• Work safely in airport facilities and active Airport Operations Areas, including around aircraft, ground service equipment, vehicle traffic, rooftops, mechanical rooms, and other operational areas.
• Ensure compliance with company safety guidelines, airport procedures, and required training.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Valid Driver’s License.
• EPA Section 608 Certification
• 3 years of related HVAC and/or electrical maintenance and repair experience in a commercial, industrial, airport, or facilities environment.
• Ability to obtain airport security clearance.
• Availability to work variable shifts, including day or night shift, weekends, and holidays.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• High School diploma, GED, or equivalent experience.
• Experience in airport operations, facilities maintenance, passenger boarding bridges, ground support equipment, or industrial/commercial HVAC.
• Experience with Johnson Controls systems or similar building automation/control systems.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints, electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and technical manuals.
• Basic computer proficiency and ability to use common software applications or maintenance management systems.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of HVAC Technician, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands and fingers to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to climb or balance and work in small spaces. Ladder work required. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Ability to work in outside weather conditions on an airport ramp around aircrafts and the confined areas of baggage conveyor systems. Specific vision abilities required by this job include good close proximity vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Good hand / eye coordination is required.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment is similar to airport operation with vehicular traffic. The employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, high, precarious places, outside weather conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, cold, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. Employees will work on an airport ramp around aircrafts and around heavy equipment.

Oshkosh is committed to working with and offering reasonable accommodations to job applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability for any part of the recruitment process, please contact our talent acquisition team by email corporatetalentacquisition@oshkoshcorp.com.

Oshkosh Corporation is a merit-based Equal Opportunity Employer. Job opportunities are open for application to all qualified individuals and selection decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected characteristic.

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Oshkosh Corporation will not discharge or in any manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with Oshkosh Corporation's legal duty to furnish information.

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