HVAC Technician

Wood is recruiting for a Lead HVAC Technician to join its LNG Operations-Maintenance business onsite in Brownsville, TX United States.  Wood offers health, dental and vision insurance plans, long and short-term disability, 401k and Paid Time Off.

SUMMARY OF THE ROLE

Maintenance Lead Technician, HVAC, provides technical leadership, mentoring and oversight of HVAC maintenance execution activities and personnel to ensure safe, compliant and high-quality work while maximizing the availability, reliability and efficiency of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration and associated environmental control systems across the facility. The Lead Technician is a working leader within the HVAC Maintenance team and provides coverage and support to the Supervisor during periods of absence, high work volume, outages and major maintenance activities.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate proactive safety leadership and reinforce safe work practices across the Maintenance team.
• Guide the safety and wellbeing of execution team members, leading by example to maintain a positive culture of compliance and continuous improvement.
• Provide day-to-day technical direction, mentoring and coaching to HVAC technicians and specialist contractors.
• Coordinate with Operations, Electrical, Instrumentation, Mechanical, OT, IT, Security, Environmental, Plant Services, Engineering, specialist vendors and contractors while upholding the One-Team approach.
• Support execution KPIs and the Integrated Activity Planning and Scheduling process for RGLNG.
• Assist the Supervisor with work allocation and execution for HVAC activities, including Safety Critical Elements, statutory and federal requirements, deferrals and backlog management.
• Lead preventive, predictive, corrective and breakdown maintenance for HVAC, refrigeration, ventilation, pressurization and environmental control systems.
• Provide first-line technical escalation for complex HVAC faults and coordinate Engineering or vendor support when required.
• Lead HVAC teams during major maintenance activities, plant outages, turnaround events and unit shutdowns.
• Assist the Supervisor to complete locked-schedule activities safely, maximize tool time and minimize cost, backlog and deferrals.
• Support materials, critical spares, refrigerants, tools, test equipment and obsolescence management for HVAC systems.
• Drive continuous improvement, energy-efficiency, reliability improvement and cost-saving initiatives.
• Provide coverage for the Maintenance Supervisor, HVAC, as required.
• Participate in and, when assigned, lead maintenance execution meetings, HSSE meetings, pre-starts, work allocation and toolbox talks.