The Opportunity
Join VAE as a Mechanical Service Technician. We’re looking for hands-on tradesmen and women with experience in HVAC, air conditioning, refrigeration or mechanical services who enjoy fault finding, solving problems, looking after customers, and take pride in doing good work.
You will work across established customer portfolio from hospitals, office blocks, residential towers, to commercially occupied buildings right across Brisbane. If you demonstrate solid experience in a similar role and demonstrate excellent communication and organisation skills as a technician, we would love to hear from you.
What you will be doing (includes, but is not limited to)
- Conduct regular maintenance and inspections on HVAC&R equipment
- Diagnosis and repairs to commercial refrigeration and air conditioning equipment
- Provide great customer service to our clients through quality work and recommendations
- Maintain detailed job notes and provide progress updates to the team
Collaborate with the broader team, from service admin to fellow technicians and apprentices
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With a competitive hourly rate, RDO’s, a company car or car allowance, incentives, and hundreds of employee discounts (movies, fuel, groceries, electronics, dining, retail and more), VAE Group offers you stable employment and satisfaction in your trade, work / life balance, and opportunity for career progression.
The Company
Established in 1997, today VAE Group is one of Australasia’s largest commercial HVAC solutions companies with over 400 employees across 12 office locations in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. Our growth and success are built on providing Smarter HVAC Solutions with a promise of ‘ Built in Certainty’ every time.
With a reputation for delivering top-notch solutions, we thrive on teamwork, growth, and a little fun along the way. We pride ourselves in trust, integrity and innovative expert staff which together deliver outstanding results and live our brand’s values of Energy – Synergy – Success .
Why Join Us?
- Company vehicle or car allowance
- Phone, tool pack and uniform provided
- Professional development opportunities
- RDO: One paid day off every four weeks (take it or bank it)
- Annual performance and pay reviews
- Referral bonuses
- Strong safety focus and mental health support and awareness
- VAE-exclusive employee discounts (e.g. Woolies, Ampol, JB-HiFi), health insurance and financial wellbeing programs
- Employee Assistance Program for you and your immediate family
A genuine team culture where people stay and build careers
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Most importantly, Safety is a core value at VAE and we are ISO 45001 and ISO 9001 accredited. Our three-point safety approach – Safe at Work, Safe at Home and Mental Health – reflects our commitment to protecting and supporting our people every day, whether out in the field, in the office, or at home
Apply with your CV that demonstrates your:
- Commitment to delivering strong customer service and quality workmanship in a HVAC service environment
- Trade qualification in Refrigeration (bonus points if you are dual trade with an Electrical trade certificate)
Current ARCTick, Restricted Electrical, White Card, QBCC Mechanical Services Licence and Driver's Licence
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Culture
At VAE, our people live and breathe our Non-Negotiables . We are proud of the VAE Group culture and it is key to the company's significant growth & low employee turnover.
Diversity and Inclusion
At VAE we commit to building and fostering an inclusive culture that promotes and values diversity. We provide equal opportunities for great people from variety of backgrounds & cultures as we believe our diverse and engaging workforce drives innovation. We’re searching for like-minded people that complement our core principles and company culture.
