HVAC Quality Assurance Technician

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Act as Budderfly’s on-site field representative and superintendent during HVAC installation projects, ensuring contractor execution, site safety, installation quality, and project closeout activities.

• Lead the commissioning, verification, and final acceptance of HVAC replacement projects and related energy solutions.

• Hold contractors accountable for adhering to Budderfly's installation standards, safety requirements, and performance expectations.

• Assess installation quality through field inspections, commissioning, testing, and thorough closeout reviews.

• Identify installation deficiencies, escalate issues, and drive resolution for corrective actions.

• Provide technical support to contractors concerning HVAC equipment, controls, energy management systems, and project requirements.

• Conduct installation closeout reviews utilizing standardized quality assurance and commissioning checklists.

• Review installer documentation, photographs, startup forms, commissioning reports, and quality records.

• Utilize phone, video, and remote monitoring tools to evaluate quality, troubleshoot issues, and coordinate corrective actions.

• Monitor newly installed systems post-project completion to verify performance and assist with the transition to service and customer teams.

• Analyze TAB reports, commissioning documents, startup records, and performance data to create punch lists and deficiency reports.

• Maintain scalable quality assurance processes for numerous high-efficiency rooftop HVAC systems across Budderfly’s national customer portfolio.

• Support installations for QSR, casual dining, retail, and enterprise clientele.

• Collaborate with HVAC Installation, Energy Performance Engineering, Service & Maintenance, Customer Management, and General Solutions teams.

• Engage with customers, contractors, and internal stakeholders to provide project updates and resolve field issues.

• Recognize recurring quality concerns and offer feedback to support continuous improvement and contractor performance.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 7 years of commercial HVAC experience with demonstrated expertise in installation, startup, commissioning, troubleshooting, and quality assurance.

• Strong working knowledge of rooftop units (RTUs), make-up air systems, exhaust systems, packaged equipment, split systems, heat pumps, refrigeration systems, economizers, controls, and ventilation systems.

• Experience in roles such as Site Superintendent, Commissioning Agent, Lead Installer, TAB Technician, Service Technician, or similar field leadership positions.

• Proven ability to oversee third-party contractors and hold vendors accountable for safety, workmanship, schedule adherence, and installation quality.

• Capability to identify installation deficiencies, code violations, commissioning problems, and performance issues, and drive corrective actions to resolution.

• Proficient in reviewing and interpreting Test & Balance (TAB) reports, commissioning reports, startup documentation, mechanical drawings, control sequences, and equipment submittals.

• Strong understanding of airflow, ventilation, building pressure relationships, refrigeration circuits, economizer operation, and HVAC control strategies.

• Experience in troubleshooting operational, comfort, energy performance, and equipment reliability issues in occupied commercial facilities.

• Working knowledge of EMS/BMS/DDC control systems, remote monitoring platforms, and network-connected HVAC equipment.

• Experience using diagnostic tools such as refrigeration gauges, digital psychrometers, airflow measurement devices, electrical test equipment, and commissioning instruments.

• Ability to effectively communicate technical findings to contractors, customers, project managers, engineers, and executive stakeholders.

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects, site visits, commissioning activities, and punch list items concurrently.

• Self-motivated and capable of working independently with minimal supervision while making sound field-based decisions.

• Experience supporting national account customers in QSR, retail, restaurant, grocery, or multi-site commercial environments is preferred.

• Familiarity with applicable OSHA safety requirements, manufacturer installation standards, and best practices within the commercial HVAC industry.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office, mobile field applications, remote collaboration tools, and photo/document management platforms.

• Willingness to travel extensively (75%+) throughout the United States, including overnight travel, flexible schedules, occasional weekends, and extended field assignments as needed.

• Work days and hours may vary based on project demands; availability to work nights and weekends is required.

• Preferred certifications include EPA Universal, OSHA 10 or OSHA 30, NATE, NEBB/AABC/TABB, HVAC commissioning certifications, and manufacturer factory training.

• Valid Driver's License with a satisfactory driving record.

🏝️ Benefits

• Opportunities for career advancement in a fast-growing, supportive company environment.

• Competitive salary.

• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401K, life insurance, and disability insurance.

• Chance to work as part of a team that values its members and collaborates to achieve positive change.