Construction Start Up Technician

Climate Pros

Key West, FL

Estimated pay: Est. $22–$30/hr (market estimate, not employer-stated)

At Climate Pros, skilled tradespeople install and support the commercial refrigeration systems that grocery stores and other essential businesses depend on every day. We are preparing for anticipated growth across Florida in 2027 and want to connect with experienced commercial refrigeration professionals who value safety, quality workmanship, continued training, and working with people who understand the trade. Future roles are expected to require statewide travel approximately four days per week and will offer a highly competitive benefits package.

**Position Summary**

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The Construction Start-Up Technician provides expert, journeyman-level support for the pre-start preparation, startup, commissioning, troubleshooting, fine-tuning, and operational turnover of commercial refrigeration systems. The role works with single systems, parallel rack systems, display cases, walk-in coolers and freezers, electrical and mechanical components, and microprocessor-based controls commonly used in supermarkets and other essential commercial environments. The technician helps ensure each system is safe, leak-free, properly configured, documented, and operating to design intent before customer handoff.

**Why Build Your Career with Climate Pros**

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• Meaningful work: Help install and support refrigeration systems that keep food safe and essential businesses operating.
• Trade-focused leadership: Work with people who understand commercial refrigeration, field conditions, and what it takes to deliver quality work.
• Safety and craftsmanship: Join a culture that expects safe execution, professional conduct, and work completed right the first time.
• Continued development: Expand your technical capabilities through ongoing training, challenging projects, and opportunities to learn from experienced professionals.
• Growth and stability: Become part of a growing commercial refrigeration organization preparing to expand its Florida capabilities.
• Competitive rewards: Future roles are expected to include a highly competitive benefits package, with compensation aligned to experience, qualifications, and applicable agreements.

**What You Will Do**

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• Provide knowledgeable, professional workmanship and technical oversight during pre-start, startup, commissioning, and project turnover activities.
• Review project drawings, specifications, sequences of operation, manufacturer requirements, and startup documentation before energizing equipment.
• Complete pre-start inspections and verify piping, electrical connections, controls, sensors, valves, refrigerant circuits, equipment readiness, and required safety devices.
• Perform or verify approved pressure testing, evacuation, dehydration, leak detection, refrigerant charging, oil management, and related commissioning procedures.
• Start, test, adjust, and fine-tune single and parallel rack refrigeration systems, display cases, walk-in systems, compressors, condensers, controls, and related components.
• Diagnose and resolve electrical, mechanical, refrigerant-flow, microprocessor-control, communication, and sequence-of-operation issues.
• Configure and troubleshoot energy-management and refrigeration-control platforms, including Novar, CPC, Danfoss, Micro Thermo, RDM, and comparable systems.
• Partner with project managers, foremen, technicians, electricians, pipefitters, manufacturers, customers, and other trades to identify issues and drive timely resolution.
• Provide a complete, timely, and high-quality operational handoff, including verification of system performance and communication of open items or follow-up needs.
• Enter clear, detailed notes, readings, checklists, photographs, and resolution information in every assigned dispatch and required commissioning record.
• Follow required customer check-in and checkout procedures and communicate project status, risks, and technical findings professionally.
• Maintain a clean, organized vehicle, tools, test instruments, assigned technology, and professional appearance.
• Observe and comply with all company, customer, manufacturer, OSHA, environmental, refrigerant-management, government-compliance, and project-specific requirements.
• Perform service calls and other related duties as assigned to support successful project completion and customer satisfaction.

**What You Bring**

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• Seven or more years of supermarket or commercial refrigeration and freezer experience, including rack refrigeration and startup or commissioning responsibility.
• Advanced knowledge of refrigeration electrical, mechanical, piping, controls, pressure-testing, evacuation, charging, leak-detection, and troubleshooting practices.
• Demonstrated experience with Novar, CPC, Danfoss, Micro Thermo, RDM, and other energy-management controls and rack-refrigeration platforms.
• Ability to read and apply blueprints, schematics, wiring diagrams, piping diagrams, sequen