HVAC Install Technician

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About Us

For roughly 500,000 years, humans have been burning stuff to heat our homes, burning stuff to light our homes, and burning stuff to power our machines. It’s 2024, people. Let’s change that.

Right now, homes account for roughly 20% of the world’s carbon emissions. Here at Elephant Energy, we know that there is a better way, so we are building a one-stop shop that makes it easy to upgrade to a climate-friendly home. We enable homeowners to confidently make the switch to modern, electric technologies and get their homes off of fossil fuels – all at once, or over time.

Our History

Founded in 2021 by DR and Josh with the goal to accelerate the end of fossil fuel use, our first installation was in Boulder, Colorado in November 2021 and three short years, we have successfully:

1. Launched a second market in Boston, Massachusetts, in the Spring 2023
2. Installed nearly 1000 pieces of electrification equipment in almost 500 unique homes (as of mid-2024!), receiving these amazing Google reviews along the way
3. Amassed 40+ herdmembers, scaling our team ~200% in a year, with plans to continue to expand based on our early and continued success in #electrifyingeverything 
4. Completed a successful Seed stage fundraise, with plans to fundraise Series A in 2025

About The Role

What you will be doing: We are excited to add another Install Technician to our team! Reporting the HVAC Lead, the HVAC Installer/Service Technician will be responsible for completing high quality installations while developing their skills to advance into more senior roles. We’re looking for someone that is energetic, organized, hard working and passionate about making things better. You embrace a team ethic and are capable of being self-directed to solve challenging problems to ensure a successful customer journey. Other responsibilities include though are not limited to:

Big Things:

• Install and commission residential Air Source Heat Pump systems – high quality, on-time, on-scope, and on-budget.
• Help train installer helper roles while delivering on #1.
• Help build and implement install and commissioning processes. 
• Help support non-technical roles as a technical advisor.

Little Things:

• Support the growth and technical development of our dispatch function to improve our response time and call readiness. 

You’re a great fit for this role if: 

• You have general HVAC installation experience (residential retro-fit experience preferred) 
  • Your mantra for install: “Supervision, who needs it?” You are comfortable installing and if a Lead is out of office, no problem, you’ve got this. 
  • You are EPA Section 608 certified and either have your NATE certification or can quickly get it. You are on the cusp or are already capable of running a crew. 
  • You enjoy the challenge of troubleshooting systems, discovering the root cause, and repairing the system. 
• Experience with heat pump system installation & commissioning – You have performed high quality HVAC installation & commissioning work ideally with Mitsubishi Cold Climate / Hyper Heat Ducted and Ductless Systems.  and you are familiar with various types of Mitsubishi Heat Pumps including both ducted, ductless, and multizone. 
• Building Science and Home Comfort curious – You know and display a passion for improving home comfort through electrification. Experience with duct systems, humidification, smart thermostats, etc.
• Process-Oriented – You are capable of following processes to improve the efficiency of our teams in the field.
• Continuous Improvement – You are willing to help us become better through feedback and working with management. 
• Fast Learner – You can deal with and manage significant levels of ambiguity, appropriate to our startup realities.  You’re a fast learner who holds yourself to high expectations (and meets them).
• Make Us Better – You have a commitment to building a diverse, equitable workplace and seek to make our company more inclusive.

Indicators this may not be the right role for you

1. You function best as a team of one.  We expect that you want to share your knowledge with an internal team and you know you can learn from their experience. Willingness to help educate and support non-technical roles within the company is a requirement. 
2. You aren’t comfortable navigating professional software tools. Our Installers are required to plug into a range of internal tools such as Slack, Pipedrive, Asana, and Google Drive.
3. To you, HVAC is HVAC. Our team is Passionate (capital P) about electrification and we expect that you’re equally as passionate about impacting sustainable change in the future of energy via home comfort and clean, energy-efficient technology.

Total Compensation

• Pay commensurate with experience, with opportunities for quality based bonuses
  • HVAC Installer I: $41,500 -$50,000 / year
  • HVAC Installer II: $52,000 – $62,400 / year
  • HVAC Installer III: $65,000 – $85,000 / year
• Stock options, commensurate with experience and in line with internal equity bands
• Medical, dental insurance covered at 75% for employees
• 401k with 6% company match
• 10 company holidays and unlimited Paid Time Off (vacation & wellness/illness) 
• Home Electrification Incentives
• Flexible, hybrid work environment

We are committed to building an inclusive working environment and doing our part to create a more equitable world. We strongly encourage applicants from underrepresented and/or historically marginalized communities to apply. If you require a reasonable accommodation that would better enable your success during the application or interview process, please let us know. 

Location: This position is based in the Denver metro area and requires daily localized travel to service and install locations.

Fill out this form to apply for the role. See you soon!