Chiller Technician

The Work

This is a hands-on service role working across commercial chillers and chilled water systems throughout Brisbane. Our clients span across diverse industries – hospitals, heavy industry, commercial buildings and more.

You will be fault-finding, servicing, maintaining and responding to breakdowns across a range of commercial and critical sites.

We are looking for Chiller Techs who have experience with:

• Chillers and chilled water systems
• Commercial HVAC and mechanical plant
• Refrigeration circuits and compressors
• Pumps and heat exchangers
• Electrical and controls fault finding
• Preventative maintenance and breakdowns

If you are methodical and good at figuring out what’s actually going on with the system we want to hear from you.

With a competitive hourly rate, RDO’s, a company car or car allowance, incentives, and hundreds of employee discounts (movies, fuel, groceries, electronics, dining, retail and more), VAE Group offers you stable employment and satisfaction in your trade, work / life balance, and opportunity for career progression.

The Company

Established n 1997, today VAE Group is one of Australasia’s largest commercial HVAC solutions companies with over 400 employees across 12 office locations in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. Our growth and success are built on providing Smarter HVAC Solutions with a promise of ‘Built in Certainty’ every time.

With a reputation for delivering top-notch solutions, we thrive on teamwork, growth, and a little fun along the way. We pride ourselves in trust, integrity and innovative expert staff which together deliver outstanding results and live our brand’s values of Energy – Synergy – Success.

The VAE Experience

• Company vehicle or car allowance
• Phone, tool pack and uniform provided
• Professional development: Access to internal and external learning opportunities, including mentoring, coaching and succession planning
• Exposure to Salesforce - your everyday field service management tool
• RDO: One paid day off every four weeks (take it or bank it) - balance your work and your life
• Annual performance and pay reviews
• Referral bonuses
• Strong safety focus and mental health support and awareness
• VAE-exclusive employee discounts (e.g. Woolies, Ampol, JB-HiFi), health insurance and financial wellbeing programs
• VAE Employee Recognition through 'Bleed Orange' awards
• Variety of clients and diverse work
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your immediate family
• A genuine team culture where people stay and build careers
• Growing business, grow with the business

Most importantly, Safety is a core value at VAE and we are ISO 45001 and ISO 9001 accredited. Our three-point safety approach – Safe at Work, Safe at Home and Mental Health – reflects our commitment to protecting and supporting our people every day, whether out in the field, in the office, or at home

Apply with your CV that demonstrates your:

• Commitment to delivering strong customer service and quality workmanship in a HVAC service environment
• Trade qualification in Refrigeration (bonus points if you are dual trade with an Electrical trade certificate)
• Current ARCTick, Restricted Electrical, White Card, QBCC Mechanical Services Licence and Driver's Licence

Culture

You will be able to demonstrate how you work within the VAE company values of Energy, Synergy and Success. We are proud of the VAE Group culture and it is key to the company's significant growth & low employee turnover.

Diversity and Inclusion

At VAE we commit to building and fostering an inclusive culture that promotes and values diversity. We provide equal opportunities for great people from variety of backgrounds & cultures as we believe our diverse and engaging workforce drives innovation. We’re searching for like-minded people that complement our core principles and company culture.

If you are a Chiller Technician and you want to be part of an organisation that values career progression and pathways, we’d like to hear from you today.