HVAC Maintenance Technician

About the role

BASF Agricultural Solutions is hiring an HVAC Maintenance Technician for its Research Triangle Park, NC campus. The technician helps keep commercial and industrial HVAC systems and building equipment running safely, reliably and efficiently in a research and development environment. The position is onsite, and relocation assistance, sign-on bonus or similar is offered.

Key responsibilities

• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on commercial and industrial HVAC systems and building equipment.
• Troubleshoot, diagnose and repair HVAC equipment, identify recurring problems and recommend corrective actions.
• Respond to BAS alarms and facility emergencies and take part in the maintenance on-call rotation.
• Coordinate and oversee contractors and vendors, including work scopes, permits, equipment outages and site safety.
• Manage refrigerant activities, including inventory, documentation, reporting and leak coordination.
• Maintain work orders, procure parts and materials, complete documentation and work with Site Services Engineering on maintenance projects.

Required profile

• High school diploma or GED.
• 5+ years of hands-on HVAC maintenance in a commercial and/or industrial setting, including air-handling units, VAV systems and exhaust systems.
• EPA Section 608 Universal Technician certification.
• Experience reading MEP drawings, equipment manuals, control documentation and P&IDs.
• Preferred: associate degree, diploma or certificate in HVAC/R, mechanical systems, industrial maintenance or a related field.
• Preferred: experience in a regulated R&D or laboratory environment with chillers, cooling towers, pumps, VFDs, environmental chambers, laboratory ventilation and greenhouse HVAC; experience coordinating third-party contractors; forklift and powered mobile equipment training.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Required skills

• Working knowledge of Building Automation Systems (BAS), including alarm review, trend analysis and point verification.
• Experience with a CMMS for work orders and maintenance documentation.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 (Outlook, Teams, Word).

What we offer

• Flexible work arrangements whenever possible.
• Retirement savings plan with company match and investment options.
• Well-being programs including mental health support.
• Family benefits such as fertility, adoption and parental leave support, and back-up child and elder care discounts.
• Career mentoring, matching gifts to charity and employee discounts.