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Location: Green Bay, Milwaukee, or Madison, WI | Schedule: Full-Time / Direct Hire, 1st Shift, Mon-Fri (Overtime & On-Call Available) | Compensation: $52.00/hr (Union Scale)

Overview

A rapidly expanding, debt-free mechanical contractor with a large industrial fabrication and service footprint across Wisconsin is seeking an Industrial HVAC Journeyman for a direct-hire role. This is an opportunity for a skilled trades professional to join a stable, employee-first organization known for low turnover and long average tenure, working within an optimized regional service pod supported by local dispatchers.

What you'll do

• Troubleshoot, repair, maintain, and install complex commercial and industrial HVAC systems and high-capacity process equipment across regional customer sites
• Execute comprehensive preventive maintenance schedules to maximize mechanical performance and ensure optimal system runtime
• Use methodical electrical diagnostics and point-to-point troubleshooting to isolate system errors, motor control faults, and automated controls issues
• Verify complete operational cycles of mechanical networks prior to job completion to maintain zero-callback quality standards
• Consult directly with facility directors and plant managers as a trusted technical advisor, securing digital service sign-offs
• Collaborate with local pod dispatchers on workflow tracking while guiding and mentoring developing trade apprentices on the jobsite

Required qualifications

• Valid Journeyman status with a current HVAC 1 Industrial Journeyman Card; current Union member status, or willingness to enroll, in the local mechanical trades union
• 3+ years of verifiable experience servicing high-tonnage industrial and commercial equipment (pure residential experience not applicable)
• Strong hands-on knowledge of motor controls and complex system wiring diagnostics, with exposure to PLC or building automation interfaces
• Ability to safely climb industrial ladders, traverse scaffolds, access rooftops, and navigate restricted air handler spaces
• Valid driver's license with a clean motor vehicle record suitable for operating a regional service vehicle

Preferred qualifications

• Experience working with low-temp systems, chillers, or industrial process cooling networks
• Familiarity with Johnson Controls Metasys, Honeywell, or BACnet building control interfaces
• Universal EPA Certification for refrigerant recovery and handling

Compensation and benefits

• $52.00/hr Union contract scale
• Comprehensive pension
• Premium healthcare
• Dedicated on-call pay
• Lucrative overtime potential
• Fully equipped company service vehicle
• Paid uniforms
• Continuously funded trade certifications
• Top-tier field safety gear

Why this role

This direct-hire journeyman position offers top-tier union compensation and unmatched corporate stability, with a non-micromanaged work model supported by local pod supervisors and dispatchers across Green Bay, Milwaukee, or Greater Madison.