Refrigeration Apprentice Jobs in Virginia (NOW HIRING)

Overview
CoolSys solves the most complex challenges in refrigeration, air conditioning, heating, engineering, and energy management. With over 3,700 associates nationwide, we deliver tailored solutions to help businesses cut costs, improve equipment performance, and reduce emissions.
Our services include HVAC and refrigeration equipment sourcing, installation, repair, maintenance, monitoring, and optimization. We also offer engineering design, energy resilience and consumption optimization, asset recycling, and seamless multi-site rollouts across states.
CoolSys serves over 45,000 customer locations in industries like retail, food service, commercial, data centers, industrial, and pharmaceuticals.
No wonder Newsweek named CoolSys one of America's Greatest Workplaces!
We understand that hiring great people is the foundation of everything we do. Our employee benefits packages include:

• Competitive Compensation: $40-$50 hourly DOE
• Sign on Bonus up to $7,500 DOE
• Ongoing Education & Training: Access to state-of-the-art facilities and paid online training.
• Comprehensive Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription coverage, paid vacation/holidays, and 401(K).
• Year-Round, Diverse Work: Stay engaged with consistent, interesting projects throughout the year, working across various industries and systems to keep learning and growing.
• Extra Perks: Quarterly bonus plan, tuition reimbursement, employee discounts on vehicles, hotels, theme parks, pet insurance, and more.

Join us and advance your career while working with top-tier clients in the HVAC and refrigeration industry!
Responsibilities
Project/Job Responsibilities:
• Participates in managing the Installation P/L for a specific geography.
• Oversees and ensures project level profitability.
• Coordinates and plans Installation projects:
o Oversees procurement of materials, permits, supplies;
o Orchestrates schedule;
o Forecasts manpower requirements.
• Reports on job status/performance.
• Ensures customer expectations are met.
• Effectively resolves issues and problems
• Develops and maintains productive relationships with customers, GCs and subcontractor.
People Responsibilities:
• Interviews, selects, hires and oversees onboarding of Foremen and Installation crews.
• Manages performance and provides training, coaching and performance feedback to Apprentices, Journeyman and Foreman
• Uses metrics to drive accountability and performance.
• Ensures compliance of Installation policies and procedures, including project tracking, safety, time and attendance, etc.
• Ensures use of PPE and the application of safe behavior, including driving, by all employees.
• May oversee 3rd party resources.
Qualifications
Business/Project Management:
• High school diploma, GED, or completion of trade program or technical school. College degree is a plus.
• 5 + years of experience in commercial construction, or a related industry.
• Knowledge of construction principles and practices, including labor hour estimation, forecasting, and multiple disciplines involved in area of responsibility.
• Proficiency in understanding and managing P&L.
Proficient in managing multiple assignments, setting and balancing competing priorities with strong organizational skills and ability to multi task.
• Ability to solve problems and apply good judgement.
• Excellent verbal/nonverbal and written communication and presentation skills.
• Strong customer service skills, including an ability to proactively address customer issues and concerns and ability to forge strong working relationships with customers.
• Knowledge of jobsite safety, ability to oversee work activities to ensure safe work practices and safety rule compliance.
• Ability to understand and follow all company policies and procedures and all applicable State and Federal laws.
• Ability to use typical business tools including E-Mail, Word, Excel, Work Order/Dispatch Software, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, etc.
• Good driving record.
People Management:
• 2+ years of experience as a Foreman or other supervisory position.
• Experience in hiring and managing subcontractors preferred.
• Strong leadership skills, with demonstrated experience managing a diverse and multi-discipline workforce.
• Proficient in coaching, training, developing and building a team.
• Proficient in managing time, delegating assignments and following through to ensure good results.
Join Us
Today, there are 27 different companies that make up the CoolSys family of brands
Our valued employees are at the heart of our continued growth and success. We invite you to be part of that growth!
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CoolSys is an EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including all ages, colors, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics are encouraged to apply.
Pre-employment background screening (criminal and MVR for driving positions) and drug testing are required for all positions. CoolSys will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with federal law, state law, or local ordinance.