HVAC/ Refrigeration Supervisor - Commercial & Industrial

CoolSys

📍 Houston, TX 💰 Salary not listed 🕐 Full Time 📅 Posted July 20, 2026
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Job Description

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!

Benefits

  • Competitive pay: $40.00-$50.00 an hour DOE
  • Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription coverage
  • Paid vacation, holidays, and floating holiday
  • 401(K) with Company match
  • Company sponsored life insurance, as well as optional AD&D, short and long-term disability
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Employee discounts on vehicles, hotels, theme parks, select cell phone bills and so much more
  • Pet Insurance
  • Legal Plan, and ID Theft Protection

Job Summary

The Installation Supervisor is responsible for the profitable execution and delivery of Installation services in a specific geography or for a specific specialty (e.g. HVAC, EMS, etc.). The Installation Supervisor also serves as a technical lead and/or mentor to other technicians in his/her area of responsibility, as well as a technical resource on projects, depending on business needs and customer demand.

Essential Duties and 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: Oversees procurement of materials, permits, supplies; Orchestrates schedule; 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

  • 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! Connect with us on Facebook and X. 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.

What Most AC & HVAC Job Listings Don't Tell You

General overview for this role type; specifics vary by employer.

HVAC in Texas requires a state license at the company level, and technicians who handle refrigerant need EPA Section 608 certification. Many shops also want NATE certification for higher pay. You can start as an installer helper or entry technician and grow into diagnostics and system design. Pay is often hourly with strong overtime in summer, and service techs frequently earn commission or spiffs on repairs and system sales.

Seasonality drives this trade in Houston. Summer is brutal and busy, with long days, attic heat, and heavy on-call rotations when systems fail. Winter shifts toward heating checks, maintenance plans, and install backlog. New hires underestimate the physical toll of attic and rooftop work in extreme heat. You drive a stocked truck, carry gauges and recovery gear, and stay ready for after-hours emergencies. Steady demand and a shortage of skilled techs keep the field open to anyone who shows up and learns fast.

What to Expect Day-to-Day

General overview for this role type; specifics vary by employer.

A service tech starts with a dispatch list and a truck loaded with common parts. You roll to no-cool calls, check the thermostat, measure refrigerant pressures, test the compressor and capacitor, and inspect the coil and blower. You explain the fault, quote the fix, and get approval before the repair.

Maintenance visits fill much of the shoulder seasons. You clean coils, change filters, flush drain lines, and check amperage so a system does not fail in the next heat wave. Install crews spend the day setting condensers and air handlers, running line sets and ductwork, and brazing connections. Customer trust matters because many repairs are invisible to the homeowner. You document readings, photograph the work, and close the ticket in the field. Expect heat, ladders, tight attics, and a lot of driving between calls, balanced by the satisfaction of restoring cool air on a hundred degree day.

What AC & HVAC Jobs Pay in Houston

Based on Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data for Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area (HVAC Mechanics and Installers).

This listing does not state a wage. Here is the typical range for ac & hvac roles in Houston so you know what to expect.
$38,792 Median $58,947 $83,117
Entry (10th)
$38,792
25th
$47,029
Median
$58,947
Experienced (90th)
$83,117

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area. Median is about $28.34/hr.

Becoming a Licensed HVAC Technician in Texas

HVAC contracting is licensed by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, and the license is held at the company level by a certified technician. Anyone who handles refrigerant needs federal EPA Section 608 certification. Many employers also value NATE certification, which raises pay. You can start as an installer helper with no license, earn your EPA card early, and build toward the ACR technician and then contractor license through documented experience and exams. Summer overtime is common while you climb.

Career Ladder and Pay

  1. 1
    Install Helper / Entry Tech $47,029/yr

    Assist installs and maintenance while earning EPA 608 certification.

  2. 2
    Service Technician $58,947/yr

    Diagnose and repair systems solo. NATE certification lifts pay.

  3. 3
    Lead Tech / Comfort Advisor $73,902/yr

    Handle complex diagnostics, system design, and replacement sales.

  4. 4
    Install Foreman / Estimator $73,902/yr

    Run install crews and bid residential and commercial systems.

  5. 5
    HVAC Contractor $83,117/yr

    Hold the state license and run your own heating and cooling company.

Licensing paths and timelines are general guidance for this trade in Texas. Confirm current requirements with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation or the relevant state agency.

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