LEAD HVAC INSTALLER
Canaan, NH
Four 10-hour days, Mondays off, and a company that runs a tight schedule so you're not stuck waiting on other trades. Our client is a growing residential HVAC company that installs everything to manufacturer spec, pays well for quality work, and wants a lead who'll help build the business. For the right person, there's real room to grow into leadership and even a long-term ownership conversation.
THE BASICS
Location: Canaan, NH
Pay: $45–$55/hr depending on experience, plus a $10/hr weekly team quality bonus. That's the floor, not the ceiling, and pay is significantly higher for a licensed or license-eligible master electrician.
Service Area: [Not provided]
Schedule: Tuesday–Friday, 7:00 AM–5:00 PM (10-hour days, 30-minute paid lunch), with overtime paid when jobs run late
On-Call: None for this role
Reports To: Owner
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Lead residential retrofit installs, including heat pumps, mini-splits, central AC, furnaces, boilers and hydronic systems, gas piping, and water heaters
- Run a two-person install crew, including finishing the training of a junior installer
- Cross-train across every crew role. There's always work to be done, and everyone pitches in.
- Complete jobs that typically run one to four days, depending on size and complexity
- Install every system to manufacturer recommendations, with no shortcuts
- Use your knowledge of building construction to find the smartest routes through walls, voids, and dead spaces
- Take on occasional light commercial work and new construction during the winter months
- Suggest better ways of doing things, and follow established standards once they're set
- Help with service and repair on equipment the team has installed, as needed
WHY LEAD INSTALLERS LIKE WORKING HERE
- Three-day weekends every week. The Tuesday–Friday schedule also avoids most holiday disruptions.
- Straight 7–5 days with a paid lunch and reasonable breaks. You're treated like an adult and not micromanaged.
- A $10/hr weekly team bonus when the week's work needs no callbacks or rework. The whole crew earns it together, so there's no finger-pointing.
- Flexible, negotiable compensation: take the value of benefits as higher pay, or build a more traditional package if that fits you better
- A health insurance buyout if you're covered under a spouse's plan
- 100% company-paid short-term disability and supplemental accident and illness coverage
- Your home heating fuel (propane or gas) covered
- Flexible time off with notice, taken unpaid or paid through your hourly rate
- Trucks fully outfitted with $20K–$30K in tools, and a starter tool bag provided if you need one
- Company apparel plus an annual allowance for boots and work pants
- EPA 608 certification paid for
- An in-house gas licensing track: your apprentice card, then a license in 6 months, a second in 12 months, and the final in 2 years, with a pay bump when you're licensed
- Support toward a plumbing license, with licensed staff to sign off on your hours
- A clear path to grow into leadership, with a potential ownership conversation over the next 5–10 years for the right person
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
Required:
- EPA 608 certification, or willingness to earn it (the company pays for the 2-day class)
- Valid, clean driver's license
- Ability to pass a DOT health screening (required to drive the larger trucks and trailers; no CDL needed)
- Clean background check
- Comfortable with physical, construction-type work
- Coachable and detail-oriented, and open to learning a strict, by-the-book installation process
Nice to Have (not required):
- Master electrician license, or eligibility to earn one (high priority, with pay well above the posted range)
- Building construction background, such as framing or carpentry. This is valuable even without direct HVAC experience.
- Residential HVAC installation or crew lead experience
- Interest in earning a plumbing license, with mentorship from a licensed plumber on staff
- Light commercial installation experience