**Job Title: HVAC Technician** **Job Description** We are looking for a skilled HVAC Technician to join our team. The position has opened up due to increased workload. The ideal candidate will have experience with industrial refrigeration and chillers. This full-time role requires performing preventive and predictive maintenance, troubleshooting, repairing, and supporting the engineering and maintenance team during projects and emergency situations. **Responsibilities** + Perform preventive and predictive maintenance to maximize mean time between failures. + Conduct routine inspection and alignment checks of equipment, troubleshoot, adjust, and repair as needed. + Ensure all paperwork is completed and submitted as required. + Troubleshoot equipment by reviewing work requests to determine potential nature of problems. + Verify troubleshooting analysis by disassembly and inspection of components using established procedures. + Support engineering and maintenance team during project installations and start-up of new equipment. + Provide input to help improve processes and ensure their reliability. + Provide emergency and unscheduled repairs of equipment, diagnosing malfunctioning systems and locating the cause of breakdowns. + Respond timely to any electrical breakdown, locating the source of the problem by observation, testing, and talking with operators. + Provide maintenance assistance during routine and emergency shut-downs. + Operate within the core values of respect and care for others. + Comply with all legislated and relevant laws and regulations for safety and quality, including lockout/tagout, GMP, HACCP, Allergen, and specific policies and procedures. + Maintain work area and equipment, ensuring clean, sanitary, and orderly conditions, and apply 5S principles. + Ensure tools and equipment are in good working order; report any defective materials, missing or damaged tools to the supervisor. + Correctly complete any required reports or paperwork such as production data sheets and order documentation. + Perform other duties as assigned. **Essential Skills** + Universal EPA Certification + Three (3) years of experience in production machine repair + Experience with industrial refrigeration, including use of industrial freezers and high-pressure freezers + PLC troubleshooting, installation, and repair of motors + Mechanical skills including mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic troubleshooting and repair of packaging and production machines + Basic use of computer, tablet, scanner, and iPad for recording information + Ability to read and write English to review and prepare shipment paperwork/documents + Forklift driving skills to move products **Additional Skills & Qualifications** + Manufacturing experience with GMP experience + Experience with preventive maintenance and changing filters, belts, and checking oil levels + Experience with electrical, troubleshooting, mechanical, maintenance technician roles, installation, pneumatics, hydraulics, boiler, and PLC control **Why Work Here?** We value our employees and care about their opinions. Our workplace fosters a family-like atmosphere where many employees have long tenures. We offer great internal benefits and even provide 10 lbs of chocolate for your birthday! **Work Environment** The work environment is a chocolate factory with varying temperatures in different parts. It is a pleasant workplace with the delightful smell of chocolate throughout. **Job Type & Location** This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Union City, California. **Pay and Benefits** The pay range for this position is $36.00 - $50.00/hr. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) **Workplace Type** This is a fully onsite position in Union City,CA. **Application Deadline** This position is anticipated to close on Apr 18, 2025. **About Aerotek:** We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow. Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.