Commercial/Industrial Boiler Service Technician (UA Local 290)
Company: CJ Hansen Co., Inc.
Location: Salem, Oregon (and surrounding Willamette Valley service territory)
Position Type: Full-Time, Union
Salary/Pay Rate: $62.87 to $83.19 per hour.
Affiliation: UA Local 290 (Plumbers, Steamfitters & HVAC/R Service Technicians)
Position Summary
We are seeking an experienced, journeyman-level Boiler Service Technician to join our team in Salem, Oregon. As a signatory contractor with UA Local 290, we deliver high-standard maintenance, troubleshooting, and retrofit services across commercial, institutional, and industrial mechanical systems.
This position focuses on the startup, diagnostics, preventive maintenance, repair, and commissioning of all boiler system classifications—including hydronic, low-pressure steam, high-pressure steam, condensing, and process steam equipment, associated burner controls and combustion systems alongside some general Commercial HVAC Maintenance, Repair and Diagnostics.
Key Responsibilities
- The technicians primary focus will be responsibility for comprehensive mechanical HVAC Service with a focus on Boiler/Chiller/Pump maintenance, diagnosis and repair, and to a lesser extent General Commercial HVAC Maintenance and Service across multiple commercial and industrial facilities.
- Daily tasks include diagnosing and servicing atmospheric, power burner, and modulating boiler units (natural gas, propane, and fuel oil), performing thorough combustion analysis, and calibrating fuel-air ratios to optimize efficiency and minimize emissions including a lessor amount of General Commercial HVAC Service Work.
- You will manage annual teardowns, fireside and waterside cleanouts, refractory repairs, tube inspections, gasket replacements, and hydrostatic pressure testing.
- Routine responsibilities also involve testing and certifying safety limit devices, such as low water cutoffs, flame safeguard controls, high-limit pressure/temperature switches, and relief valves.
- In addition, you will troubleshoot hydronic and steam distribution auxiliaries—including feedwater systems, condensate return pumps, deaerators, expansion tanks, heat exchangers, blowdown separators, and variable-speed pumping loops.
- Technicians must communicate effectively with building engineers, facility managers, and dispatch, maintaining precise electronic work orders and service documentation while participating in an equitable on-call emergency service rotation.
Qualifications & Requirements
- Candidates should bring proven field troubleshooting capability and experience with commercial and industrial pressure vessels and combustion systems.
- The candidate must be a current UA Local 290 Journeyman Service Technician in good standing, or a qualified Journeyman capable of clearing and joining via Local 290 dispatch.
- Required trade licensure includes an Oregon Limited Maintenance Electrician (LME) or General Journeyman Electrical license, and a Oregon Class 5/Class 6 Boiler Installer/Supervisor license (or eligibility to obtain promptly).
- An active EPA Universal Refrigerant Handling Certification and valid driver’s license with an insurable, clean driving history are essential.
- Applicants should demonstrate strong proficiency with diverse flame safeguard systems (such as Honeywell 7800 series, Fireye, Siemens Linkageless/Parallel Positioning controls), electrical schematics, and digital Building Automation System interfaces.
- Physical capability requires comfortably lifting up to 75 pounds, working in boiler rooms with varying ambient temperatures, climbing ladders, and safely accessing confined mechanical spaces while adhering to OSHA and union safety protocols.
Compensation & Benefits
- All compensation and benefits are governed by the established UA Local 290 Collective Bargaining Agreement, offering: Gross Taxable of 65.13 + 38.75 in Benefits as of 11-1-2026. Raises every November 1st. 40 Hours paid vacation each year.
- Competitive collectively bargained hourly journeyman wage scale supplemented by 100% employer-funded comprehensive family medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Retirement benefits include a local and national union pension plan paired with defined contribution/401(k) supplemental savings.
- Additional provisions include paid vacations and recognized holidays, take-home service vans with fuel cards, company-provided combustion analyzer and specialized testing instrumentation, uniforms provided by the company, mobile device(s), and continuing education through the Local 290 Training Center and company sponsored factory training.
- Top-tier union wage scale with a weekly pay cycle set as Oregon BOLI Prevailing Wage.
- OR Paid time off including paid two weeks vacation and OR two weeks paid sick leave.
