Refrigeration/Mechanical Startup Technician
Minneapolis, MNFull-time$11.41/hrSeen 3 days agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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Mead & Hunt is hiring a refrigeration/mechanical startup technician to commission industrial equipment, troubleshoot startup issues, and support construction and mechanical-integrity work. The role includes travel and requires at least eight years of relevant experience. The ideal candidate has experience with the listed startup and construction activities and holds CIRO/CARO certification.
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Job Duties
Mead & Hunt, a nationally recognized professional services consulting firm, has a position available for a refrigeration/mechanical startup technician. Responsibilities include completing startup checklists and commissioning equipment for industrial equipment (screw compressors, reciprocating compressors, evaporative condensers, evaporators, pumps and air handling units); diagnosing and troubleshooting equipment during startup; developing pump down and tie-in plans; redlining as-built drawings, piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), equipment schedules and layout drawings; managing ARM/PSM documentation; performing mechanical integrity inspections; reviewing construction drawing for constructability and serviceability. Travel will be required.
The successful candidate will have at least eight years of relevant experience.
The ideal candidate will have experience with any/all of the following: diagnosing and troubleshooting equipment issues; completing startup checklists; commissioning industrial equipment; interpreting construction drawings and specifications; site construction safety training. The ideal candidate will also have their CIRO/CARO certification.
If you have strong communication and organizational skills, and are someone who takes initiative and is able to work with minimum supervision, complete the online application process for this job posting at www.meadhunt.com/careers OR submit your cover letter and resume to the address below by Monday, October 5, 2020. Interviews are awarded on our review of your ability to meet the qualifications in the paragraphs describing the “successful” candidate and “ideal” candidate, so be sure to explain where indicated in the online application (or in your COVER LETTER, not just in your resume, if you are applying by mail) how you meet each qualification listed in the paragraphs above.
MEAD & HUNT, Inc.
Attn: Req. # 2020-3648
2440 Deming Way
Middleton, WI 53562
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected veteran status, disability, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.
Minimum Education Required
High School Diploma or Equivalent
Minimum Experience Required
8 - 20 years
Shift
First (Day)
Number of Openings
1
Public Transportation Accessible
Yes
Veterans Encouraged to Apply
No
Physical Required
Yes
Drug Test Required
Yes
Compensation
$11.41 / Hourly
Postal Code
55407
Job Type
Full Time
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
Req. #2020-3648
Job Benefits
Not specified
How this job compares
Set against the 492 open Mechanical Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$11.41/hr
- US median$28–37/hr179 hourly ranges
This rate, $11.41/hr, is 66% below the US median midpoint ($33/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Mechanical Technician hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 10 open Mechanical Technician jobs in Minnesota and 492 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience — more than three in four Mechanical Technician postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 326 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 221 of the 492 open Mechanical Technician jobs (45%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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