Commercial HVAC Sheet Metal Mechanic

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Commercial HVAC & Sheet Metal Installer (Journeyman/Serviceman)

This opportunity is for an experienced commercial HVAC craft professional who can install mechanical equipment and independently lay out, fabricate, hang, connect, seal, modify, and repair sheet-metal duct systems. The work supports commercial, institutional, government, healthcare, industrial, education, and renovation projects across the Gulf Coast.

The best fit is a journeyman/serviceman-level installer with strong commercial ductwork skills, practical equipment-installation and retrofit experience, and the judgment to solve field conflicts safely. This person should be comfortable leading by example, coordinating with other trades, and teaching apprentices while maintaining high standards for craftsmanship and productivity.

Location: Mobile, Alabama

Work Setting: Onsite at commercial and industrial project locations

Role Type: Contract-to-hire with potential direct-hire consideration, depending on candidate fit and client approval

Pay Rate: $24-$35 per hour, depending on experience and client approval with consistent increases

Benefits

• Eligible CRG contract employees may have access to medical, dental, and vision coverage after 30 days.
• Weekly pay and direct deposit.
• Referral bonus opportunities.
• CRG recruiting and account-management support throughout the assignment.
• 401(k) eligibility after 12 months as a CRG employee.
• Direct-hire candidates may be eligible for employer medical, dental, vision, life insurance, paid time away, retirement, training, and credential support according to the written offer.
• Eligibility, plan details, waiting periods, and employee costs will be confirmed during onboarding or in the written offer.

Responsibilities

• Install and connect commercial HVAC equipment and air-distribution components, including rooftop units, air handlers, fan-coil units, exhaust fans, VAV boxes, fan-powered terminals, louvers, dampers, diffusers, grilles, registers, and flexible connections.
• Lay out duct runs from drawings, verify dimensions, and install rectangular, round, spiral, oval, double-wall, lined, stainless, aluminum, welded, grease-exhaust, and pressure-class duct systems.
• Assemble, hang, reinforce, connect, and seal duct using TDC/TDF, slip-and-drive, flanged, spiral-coupling, and specialty connection methods.
• Install hangers, rod, strut, trapeze supports, seismic bracing, curbs, flashings, penetrations, access doors, turning vanes, sound attenuators, and fire/smoke dampers.
• Read blueprints, specifications, submittals, coordinated shop drawings, and equipment schedules.
• Coordinate duct routing with structural, electrical, plumbing, sprinkler, controls, and other trades.
• Take field measurements and fabricate or modify transitions, offsets, elbows, plenums, fittings, pans, guards, flashings, and specialty components.
• Safely operate shears, brakes, rollers, notchers, Pittsburgh lock formers, TDC/TDF equipment, and plasma cutters.
• Perform equipment change-outs, retrofit connections, duct repairs, resealing, relining, and replacement work.
• Troubleshoot airflow, noise, leakage, fit-up, and distribution issues.
• Support duct-leakage testing, TAB, commissioning, punch-list completion, and closeout.
• Track materials, fittings, tools, and deliveries and communicate shortages early.
• Follow all OSHA, company, and customer safety requirements and stop work when unsafe conditions exist.
• Teach apprentices and developing employees proper tools, layout, fabrication, installation, sealing, safety, and jobsite expectations.
• Represent the company professionally through craftsmanship, accountability, and customer service.

Qualifications

• Approximately four or more years of commercial or industrial HVAC and sheet-metal/ductwork experience preferred.
• Ability to perform both sides of the combined role: commercial HVAC equipment installation or change-outs and independent duct layout, fabrication, hanging, connection, and sealing.
• Working knowledge of SMACNA pressure classes, seal classes, reinforcement, hangers, and supports.
• Experience with rectangular, round, spiral, oval, lined, and double-wall duct.
• Experience installing VAV boxes, terminal units, dampers, air devices, exhaust equipment, and connections to RTUs or AHUs.
• Ability to interpret mechanical drawings, coordinated shop drawings, specifications, submittals, and equipment schedules.
• Proficiency with sheet-metal tools, power tools, layout tools, and common fabrication equipment.
• Ability to take field measurements and communicate accurate fabrication requirements.
• Strong field problem-solving and trade-coordination skills.
• Willingness to mentor apprentices and less-experienced employees.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Ability to work at heights, use ladders and lifts, work on rooftops and in mechanical rooms, and handle up to 75 pounds.

Preferred Qualifications

• OSHA 10 Construction card.
• Aerial-lift and scissor-lift training.
• EPA Section 608 certification when refrigerant-circuit work is required.
• MIG, TIG, spot-welding, welded-duct, or grease-duct experience.
• Procore or comparable digital field-documentation experience.
• Healthcare, education, government, industrial, manufacturing, data-center, or occupied-renovation experience.