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Chiller Technician

Shambaugh & Son, L.P.
Indianapolis, IN Full Time
POSTED ON 11/26/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/15/2025
About Us:
We are one of the largest mechanical, electrical, and plumbing contractors in Indiana and among the preeminent specialty contractors in the nation. We specialize in a full range of new and retrofit construction for industrial, food processing, commercial, institutional, healthcare, pharmaceutical, and bio-fuel projects.
Job Summary:

About Us:

Havel provides single-source solutions that meet a wide variety of facility design, installation, operation, and maintenance requirements. For more than 60 years, we have learned to anticipate operational needs, identify new technology trends, and provide construction services for the mechanical (PHVAC), electrical, building automation systems and energy services industries.

We joined Shambaugh & Son, L.P., a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of EMCOR Group, Inc. and together we perform more than $800 million of construction projects per year with over 3,000 employees throughout 50 states from our home office in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

We recognize people as our most important resource and it is our mission to produce the industry’s highest level of quality services and productivity on every project in order to develop repeat customers, maximize return on investment, and provide professional growth opportunities for people in the organization.

Job Summary

Havel is looking for a Chiller Technician. In this role you would be performing maintenance, repairs, modification and troubleshooting of primarily centrifugal, screw, reciprocating and scroll, air cooled and water cooled chillers, refrigeration equipment and unitary HVAC equipment.

Pay $52 - 70 per hour

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Performs routine and preventative maintenance on chiller and refrigeration unit’s electrical and mechanical components. This includes:
    • Supporting equipment such as compressors, condensing units, purge units, cooling towers, evaporators, pumps, piping, valves, motor control centers and fan units.
    • Excellent record keeping, including refrigeration and operation logs.
    • Chiller components, refrigeration units and supporting equipment, meters, relays, sensors, analog, VFD’s, switches, controllers, gauges, thermostats and other similar devices.
  • Performs centrifugal chiller rebuilds. This includes:
    • Following all EPA guidelines in recovering refrigerant, replacement of O-rings, gaskets, seals and bearings, sleeve Babbitt, thrust/counter-thrust and roller bearings.
    • Setting clearances on labyrinth seals, journal bearings, seal openings, thrust/counter-thrust clearances per the manufacturer’s specifications using dial indicators, inside and outside micrometers, calipers, and other precision measuring devices.
  • Performs work on cooling tower gear boxes, drive couplings, intermediate shafts, fan blade pitches, centrifugal pumps and seal replacements.
  • Knowledge of reverse dial indicator alignment procedures on all types of shaft alignments.
  • Ability to work on the following equipment brands: Trane, Carrier, York, Daikin and McQuay Centrifugal, Reciprocating, Screw and Absorption Chillers.
  • Required to understand and interpret blueprints, sketches or other descriptions of parts to determine their accuracy relative to the manufacturers specified clearances for chiller repairs, including disassembly and reassembly procedures.
  • Utilizes CFC and HCFC refrigerant recovery/recycling equipment, maintains records and performs all service and maintenance repairs in accordance with current EPA regulations.
  • Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned or directed.

Qualifications

  • 5 years minimum experience in chiller teardown, overhauls, and preventative maintanence
  • High School diploma or equivalent.
  • Experience working with York/JCI, Trane, Carrier and/or Diakin preferred
  • Post-secondary vocational or Technical school diploma in Refrigeration from an accredited Institution required OR a recognized apprenticeship program.
  • Verifiable factory training a plus including but not limited to service and operation as well as tear down.
  • Must have a clean driving record.
  • Boiler and steam experience a plus.
  • EPA Certified
  • Regular and reliable attendance, including the ability to work extended hours and weekends as required.

Visit our website at www.havelemcor.com to learn "What we do and How we do it."

Notice to prospective employees: There have been fraudulent postings and emails regarding job openings. EMCOR Group and its companies list open positions here. Please check our available positions to confirm that a post or email is genuine.

EMCOR Group and its companies do not reach out to individuals to help with marketing or other similar services. If an individual is contacted for services outside of EMCOR's normal process - it is probably fraudulent.

As a leading provider of mechanical and electrical construction, facilities services, and energy infrastructure, we offer employees a competitive salary and benefits package and we are always looking for individuals with the talent and skills required to contribute to our continued growth and success. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

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Equal Opportunity Employer: As a leading provider of mechanical and electrical construction, facilities services, and energy infrastructure, we offer employees a competitive salary and benefits package and we are always looking for individuals with the talent and skills required to contribute to our continued growth and success. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled Notice to Prospective Employees: Notice to prospective employees: There have been fraudulent postings and emails regarding job openings. EMCOR Group and its companies list open positions here. Please check our available positions to confirm that a post or email is genuine. EMCOR Group and its companies do not reach out to individuals to help with marketing or other similar services. If an individual is contacted for services outside of EMCOR’s normal application process – it is probably fraudulent.

Salary : $52 - $70

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