The ideal candidate works independently as a Journeymen or Master Plumber and is a mentor to Apprentice Plumbers. This position is a lead on assigned jobsites and or works under general guidance of a Piping Foreman on large, complex jobs.  This individual is knowledgeable about scheduling, manpower needs, mastery of the prints, and all phases of construction.  This role is responsible for assembling and installing plumbing and piping systems to the quality standards set by the company.

Pay range: $35 to $42/hour based on experience.

Requirements:

• Provide day-to-day guidance on the job site to Apprentice Plumbers. Set an example for all others on site of how our company looks to present itself in all manners of the job.  Trains others.
• Understanding of all job site requirements and remind others of expectations daily. Communicate within and between job sites and with other companies to coordinate when needed.
• Participate in onsite and company meetings as needed to share progress, partner with other trades, and address ongoing quality or safety issues.
• Read blueprints and drawings to determine exact specifications and how plumbing system will be installed.
• Install systems used to transport water, waste, gases, or liquids.
• Ensure that systems are up to code and meet all building and safety standards.
• Prepare for installing pipe and mechanical systems by selecting materials, including type and size of pipe, cutting holes through existing structures, installing hangers, and preassembling valves and fittings.
• Assemble pipe and tubing sections, which may include soldering, threading, pro-press, or brazing tasks.
• Measure, cut, thread, and bend pipe to required angle as needed.
• Test pipe systems through observation of pressure gauges and fixes leaks that exist. Ensure all installations are properly sized, aligned, supported, and match final system drawings.
• Participate in onsite inspections and walk throughs with inspectors. Follow safety policies and immediately reports safety incidents. Responsible for maintaining a clean, safe, and organized work environment.
• Ensure assigned tools and equipment are properly maintained following preventive maintenance guidelines.
• Perform other duties as assigned. These duties may include backing up other departments and/or operating forklifts or construction lifts following the appropriate training.

Qualifications:

• Holds a Journeymen or Master NH or VT plumbing license, responsible to stay certified and perform standards of the trade. Other certifications that are often obtained include: VT Natural Gas or Propane, NH Gas Fitters and/or Medical Gas.
• High school diploma or GED diploma required and/or equivalent education and experience.
• Valid driver’s license required and able to travel to NY, NH, and VT.
• OSHA 10 certification is a plus or the ability to complete the certification within 14 days from the hire date.
• Ability to communicate with multiple stakeholders, ability to prioritize work other others, work independently, learn technical tasks, be part of a team, solve problems, safely operate hand tools, and complete assigned tasks with quality.
• Must be familiar with jobsite safety policies and restrictions.
• Has in-depth knowledge of troubleshooting issues with assembling and installing pipe systems, pipe supports, and hydraulic and pneumatic equipment.
• Works quickly and accurately under pressure and can handle considerable stress.
• Reliable, organized, and able to work in a fast-paced work environment.
• Ability to work flexible hours and overtime as required (typically this position works Monday to Friday 8 hours a day).

Physical Demands & Work Environment:

• Regularly required to stand, walk, bend, kneel, and stoop throughout shift.
• Frequently lifting or moving items up to 75 pounds.
• Occasionally required to lift, carry, or hold up to 100 pounds.
• Exposed to extreme temperatures when working outside.
• Ability to frequently climb up and down and work at height. This includes climbing multiple flights of stairs, ladders (6ft to 14ft), and working from extension ladders.
• Some repetitive motion required.
• The typical work environment is a construction site setting.

What is listed above is representative of the position’s responsibilities, which may change during employment at the company’s discretion. Vermont Mechanical prohibits discrimination in employment based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factors. Vermont Mechanical encourages women, minorities, low-income applicants, and people with disabilities to apply.

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We are seeking a skilled and experienced Refrigeration Systems Installation Technician to install, commission, and support the startup of commercial refrigeration and HVAC-related cooling systems delivered by our construction team. This role focuses on the installation of one-to-one split systems, multi-head systems, and VRF/VRV equipment, ensuring all refrigeration piping, connections, and commissioning steps meet manufacturer standards, code requirements, and company quality expectations.

The ideal candidate brings strong technical expertise in refrigeration installation, demonstrates precision in workmanship, and takes pride in delivering high-quality, reliable installations. This role includes coaching and mentoring less experienced installers, ensuring team proficiency in proper brazing, line-set installation, evacuation processes, pressure testing, and best practices in system startup.

Pay range: $30 – 40 per hour, based on experience

Requirements: 

This position will work on projects throughout Vermont with some projects in Plattsburgh and Elizabethtown, NY.

Essential Job Duties:

Refrigeration Installation & Commissioning

• Install refrigeration line sets, branch boxes, indoor/outdoor units, and all associated components for one-to-one, multi-head, and VRF/VRV systems.
• Perform proper brazing, nitrogen purging, pressure testing, triple evacuations, and system charging in compliance with industry standards.
• Conduct complete system startups, verifying correct electrical connections, controls, refrigerant levels, airflow, and overall system performance.
• Document installation steps, test results, and startup data to ensure accurate commissioning records.

Leadership, Training & Quality Control:

• Provide coaching and hands-on guidance to junior installers and helpers to ensure consistent, high-quality workmanship.
• Review and verify work performed by team members, maintaining high standards for safety, neatness, and technical accuracy.
• Assist in planning installation sequences, material needs, and layout to ensure efficient and successful project execution.
• Communicate with project managers, engineering, and customers regarding project status, issues, and startup results.

Safety & Compliance: 

• Follow all company safety policies and OSHA guidelines.
• Ensure compliance with EPA 608 requirements and manufacturer installation instructions.
• Maintain tools, equipment, and company vehicles in clean and safe working order.

Qualifications & Skills:

• EPA 608 Certification (Type II or Universal).
• 3+ years of experience installing refrigeration or VRF/VRV systems.
• Strong brazing skills with nitrogen purging.
• Ability to run and support the installation of refrigeration line sets.
• Experience performing pressure tests, deep triple evacuations, and refrigerant charging.
• Capability to perform and document full system startups.
• Ability to coach, mentor, and guide less experienced installers.
• Valid driver’s license and clean driving record.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Manufacturer certifications (Daikin, Mitsubishi, LG, Fujitsu, etc.).
• Experience in commercial HVAC or mechanical contracting environments.
• Ability to read technical drawings, wiring diagrams, and piping schematics.

Compensation & Benefits:

• Competitive hourly wage or salary based on experience, plus overtime opportunities.
• Company vehicle, fuel card, branded shirts, clothing allowance, and most tools provided.
• Comprehensive benefits: medical, dental, and vision insurance; 401(k) plan; paid time off; training and professional development.
• Advancement opportunities into field supervision, coordination, service management, or project leadership roles.

Physical Demands & Work Environment:

• Occasionally lifting up to 100 pounds
• Regularly lifting between 25 and 50 pounds
• Regularly bending, climbing, crouching, and working overhead.
• Working in Vermont’s outdoor climate
• Working at heights
• Driving – sitting for periods of time.
• Exposure to extreme temperatures
• Working in awkward spaces and at heights.
• This is a field-based position: work primarily performed at commercial facilities, including rooftops, mechanical rooms, confined spaces, and variable environmental conditions.

What is listed above is representative of the position’s responsibilities, which may change during employment at the company’s discretion. Vermont Mechanical prohibits discrimination in employment based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factors. Vermont Mechanical encourages women, minorities, low-income applicants, and people with disabilities to apply.

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We are seeking a Refrigeration Systems Installation Technician to install, commission, and support the startup of commercial refrigeration and HVAC-related cooling systems delivered by our construction team. This role focuses on the installation of one-to-one split systems, multi-head systems, and VRF/VRV equipment, ensuring all refrigeration piping, connections, and commissioning steps meet manufacturer standards, code requirements, and company quality expectations.

The ideal candidate brings  technical expertise in refrigeration installation, demonstrates precision in workmanship, and takes pride in delivering high-quality, reliable installations.

Pay range: $20 – 30 per hour, based on experience

Requirements:

This position will work on projects throughout Vermont with some projects in Plattsburgh and Elizabethtown, NY.

Essential Job Duties:

Refrigeration Installation & Commissioning:

• Install refrigeration line sets, branch boxes, indoor/outdoor units, and all associated components for one-to-one, multi-head, and VRF/VRV systems.
• Perform proper brazing, nitrogen purging, pressure testing, triple evacuations, and system charging in compliance with industry standards.
• Conduct complete system startups, verifying correct electrical connections, controls, refrigerant levels, airflow, and overall system performance.
• Document installation steps, test results, and startup data to ensure accurate commissioning records.

Safety & Compliance: 

• Follow all company safety policies and OSHA guidelines.
• Ensure compliance with EPA 608 requirements and manufacturer installation instructions.
• Maintain tools, equipment, and company vehicles in clean and safe working order.

Qualifications & Skills:

• EPA 608 Certification (Type II or Universal).
• 1+ years of experience installing refrigeration or VRF/VRV systems.
• Strong brazing skills with nitrogen purging.
• Ability to run and support the installation of refrigeration line sets.
• Experience performing pressure tests, deep triple evacuations, and refrigerant charging.
• Capability to perform and document full system startups.
• Valid driver’s license and clean driving record.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Manufacturer certifications (Daikin, Mitsubishi, LG, Fujitsu, etc.).
• Experience in commercial HVAC or mechanical contracting environments.
• Ability to read technical drawings, wiring diagrams, and piping schematics.

Compensation & Benefits:

• Competitive hourly wage or salary based on experience, plus overtime opportunities.
• Comprehensive benefits: medical, dental, and vision insurance; 401(k) plan; paid time off; training and professional development.

Physical Demands & Work Environment:

• Occasionally lifting up to 100 pounds
• Regularly lifting between 25 and 50 pounds
• Regularly bending, climbing, crouching, and working overhead.
• Working in Vermont’s outdoor climate
• Working at heights
• Driving – sitting for periods of time.
• Exposure to extreme temperatures
• Working in awkward spaces and at heights.
• This is a field-based position: work primarily performed at commercial facilities, including rooftops, mechanical rooms, confined spaces, and variable environmental conditions.

What is listed above is representative of the position’s responsibilities, which may change during employment at the company’s discretion. Vermont Mechanical prohibits discrimination in employment based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factors. Vermont Mechanical encourages women, minorities, low-income applicants, and people with disabilities to apply.

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We hire experienced trade professionals in a variety of HVAC professions.  Please reach out to jobs@vtmechanical.com to share your interest.

We will post additional, specific jobs as the need is identified.

Vermont Mechanical is pleased to facilitate an Apprenticeship program to encourage new entry into the HVAC Trade. Currently, our registered Apprenticeship program is for Plumbing and Pipe Fitters and we offer on the job training for Service Technicians and Sheet Metal Installers.

Vermont Mechanical is a full service Mechanical Contractor that has been serving Vermont, New Hampshire and upstate New York for the past 37 years. Vermont Mechanical was founded on the philosophy that our people are responsible for our reputation.

When a seasoned employee teaches a relatively inexperienced worker how to perform job functions, it is on-the-job training or an apprenticeship. This is skill-based training that involves learning processes or procedures for jobs that require knowledge and expertise in the HVAC trades. Our Apprentices study under the guidance of a master plumber or sheet metal installer. They are assigned to learn through watching the master tradesman perform tasks and work alongside other master tradesmen. During the early stages of an apprenticeship, the future tradesman may do simple tasks such as drilling and laying out tools. Upon completion of the apprenticeship, s/he becomes a journeyman — a tradesman with the knowledge and skill level necessary to most of the required work. A journeyman can become a master plumber with experience and further training.

Apprentices are required to complete the State Application for either Vermont or New Hampshire and keep careful accurate records of hours worked under the program and to have their supervisor sign off on the documented hours worked.

For more information on our program, please contact Human Resources at jobs@vtmechanical.com or (802) 722-7862

On-going renovation of an existing 67,000 square-foot base lodge with a new dining mezzanine.

Provided and installed the entire mechanical and plumbing systems for this logistically challenging location.

• The Robert E. & Holly D. Miller Building
  • Worked on a 180,000 square foot, seven-story, inpatient bed building to create 128 single-occupancy patient rooms.
• Mother-Baby Unit
  • This project included the demolition of 14,400 square feet of existing patient rooms and a portion of the 7th floor of the Baird Building, resulting in a complete removal of all existing interior space down to the structure.
• Cath Lab, McClure Building, Level One
  • Worked collaboratively with the design team to evaluate various means and methods of serving the infrastructure needs of the two upgraded Cath lab exam rooms.
• Baird Building
  • Conducted a major infrastructure upgrade to a completely land-locked wing of the medical center.

• The Robert E. & Holly D. Miller Building
  • Five massive air-handling units, one weighing in at nearly 50,000 lbs. and moving 70,000 CFM of air. There are also over 200 VAV boxes, 215 chilled beams, and 144 toilets. Vermont Mechanical has also been a part of the supporting work at the Central Utility Plant.
• Mother-Baby Unit
  • Installed medical gas, plumbing and fan-coil unit zone systems for the individual heating and cooling of each room, as well as infrastructure upgrades for make-up air, heating hot water and chilled-water systems.
• Cath Lab, McClure Building, Level One
  • Installed a new supply and return duct system from the existing central air handling plant, which stretches across the entire McClure Wing.
• Baird Building
  • Complete replacement of the rooftop ventilation equipment, including custom air-handling and energy-recovery equipment, controls, and all related duct and piping infrastructure, while maintaining building ventilation for the occupied floors of the facility.

• R Tower 4th Floor Nursing Unit
  • Provided HVAC, plumbing and medical-gas systems for a former 40-bed nursing unit that was modernized to become 22 single-bed patient rooms across a 15,000 square-foot space within the hospital.
• PARC Rehabilitation Facility
  • Demolished and removed the existing boiler/water heater at the PARC rehabilitation facility and replaced it with new boilers with double-wall stainless steel breeching to terminate through the roof.
• Short Stay Unit
  • Project consisted of adding seven patient beds to the existing Short Stay Unit, for a total of 16 patient beds. 
  • The 1,034 square foot expansion also included renovations to relocate the soiled utility room and clean supply room to improve staff access, and added new hand washing stations, a patient bathroom with shower, and new medical gas supporting headwalls in this area.

• Outpatient Surgery Center
  • This 41,000 square foot stand-alone facility houses eight operating suites, 30 pre/post-recovery stations, and central sterile-processing and decontamination station. The mechanical services included a custom penthouse-style air-handling unit with full humidity control.
• Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
  • Replacement of rooftop air handler in an active and occupied hospital wing.

• Installation of new geothermal heat pump systems
• Full mechanical system replacement throughout the building
• New electrical gear and transformer installations
• Building-wide electrical infrastructure upgrades
• Installation of a new Direct Digital Control (DDC) building automation system

• HVAC system installation and upgrades including new supply, return & exhaust ductwork, exhaust fans, electric heaters, & heat pump system.
• New plumbing systems throughout the facility such as Domestic water, sanitary/vent, medical gas and gas piping along with new fixtures.
• Mechanical system coordination for medical and treatment spaces
• Ventilation solutions designed for healthcare-grade indoor air quality

HVAC Systems

The HVAC scope was designed to meet the specialized ventilation and comfort requirements of a veterinary healthcare facility. The new systems provide reliable temperature control, enhanced indoor air quality, and proper airflow management throughout patient, treatment, and staff areas.

Special attention was given to maintaining healthy indoor environments, odor control, and energy-efficient operation while ensuring long-term reliability and ease of maintenance.

Plumbing Infrastructure

The plumbing systems were upgraded to support the operational needs of a modern veterinary hospital.

The new plumbing infrastructure was designed to provide durability, sanitation, and functionality while accommodating the specialized equipment and workflow requirements of the facility.