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Air Comfort · 1 month ago

HVAC ACADEMY PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Fort Collins, CO

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$83K/yr - $102K/yr

5+ years exp

Air Comfort, Inc is a locally owned HVAC company committed to delivering exceptional services. They are seeking a dynamic HVAC Academy Program Director to lead training initiatives, ensuring the highest standards of service excellence and shaping the future of their technical team.

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Responsibilities

Serve as administrator and oversee daily operations of the NCCER accredited HVAC technician training program and Air Comfort, Inc. training academy including scheduling, instructor management, and student program monitoring

Ensure compliance with institutional policies, regulations, and NCCER accreditation standards

Develop and manage the program’s annual budget and resource needs

Coordinate with Human Resources to support student candidate recruitment, retention, and job placement

Design, implement, and continuously update the NCCER HVAC curriculum to align with current HVAC industry standards, emerging technologies, and Air Comfort’s service department staffing requirements

Evaluate instructional materials, tools, and lab equipment for relevance and effectiveness

Ensure all safety, OSHA and EPA standards are met within the training labs

Maintain strong relationships with management and industry partners to ensure curriculum reflects workforce needs and trends

Hire, train, and evaluate HVAC instructors, proctors, and support staff

Conduct classroom observations and provide feedback to insure instructional excellence

While initiating and implementing the NCCER HVAC training curriculum, Program Director will work with Service Department Management to create on-line, classroom, and on the job training schedules

Assist students with access to on-line training curriculum, knowledge-based tests for section study, how to videos, level study, module completion, full program, and training scores

Assists with Interviewing and hiring new program intern and apprenticeship candidates

Advises, trains, and seeks out training opportunities for less skilled installation technicians in new methods or procedures

Initiates “best practice” measures to improve methods, performance, and quality of work

Oversees appropriate employee safety training is completed, certifications are maintained, and compliance is enforced

Other duties, responsibilities, tasking, and special projects as assigned by management or ownership

Qualification

HVAC field managementEPA certificationHVAC operation knowledgeHVAC code complianceBlueprint interpretationEducational software proficiencySupervisory skillsInterpersonal skillsTeam playerCommunication skills

Required

Minimum of 5 years of combined HVAC field/field management experience

Associates or Bachelor's degree in HVAC, Mechanical Engineering, related technical field or equivalent field experience

EPA certification

Working knowledgeable of residential and light commercial HVAC operation, installation, repair, and maintenance

Working knowledge of HVAC tools, materials, PPE, and safe work practices

Working knowledge of OSHA safety programs on lock out/tag out, fall protection, confined space, personal protective equipment, asbestos, hazardous chemicals, and other OSHA programs

Working knowledgeable of HVAC national, state, local code requirements, accepted industry standards and practices

Able to read and interpret blueprints, engineering drawings, submittals, installation instructions, owner's and maintenance manuals

Proficiency with educational software applications, for office, planning, scheduling, service reporting, load calculation, duct system layout, system design, system applications, and equipment start-up, and commissioning

Desire and passion to train and supervise younger interns and apprentice technicians

Demonstrated commitment to workforce education and student success

Provide supervisory principles, scheduling practices, methods, organizational, planning, reading and writing skills

Demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills including tact and diplomacy

Demonstrate the ability to supervise, coordinate, and delegate scheduling of subordinate personnel, installation, and service technicians

Must maintain confidentiality of work-related information and materials

Possess a willing and flexible disposition because of the demands of shared work tasks with service, construction, controls, project management, estimating, and administration departments

Ability to maintain a positive, willing, and trainable attitude

Ability to get along with and work well with people on all levels and departments within and outside the organization

Must be able to demonstrate the ability to lead, manage, and help train all levels of service technicians

Must be a team player

Driver's License (required)

Good driving record (required)

EPA Type II or Universal (required)

At least 5 Years of commercial/industrial/residential HVAC retrofit installation or management experience. (required)