Ductwork Insulation Technician (AeroSeal)

Dandelion Energy is hiring a Ductwork Insulation Technician in Hartford, CT. The role involves sealing air ducts, setting up equipment, and ensuring safety procedures are followed. Candidates should have HVAC experience, good communication skills, and a valid driver's license. Benefits include health insurance, a 401k plan, and training support. This position is crucial for the company's mission to promote renewable energy and improve home heating systems.
Our HVAC AeroSeal Technicians have an integral part in the success of Dandelion Energy. As we are growing and expanding our services, we are looking to hire a driven and proactive technician who's excited about helping people improve their homes by switching to renewable energy and sealing air duct leaks. You'll be responsible for sealing ducts in residences before/after the installation of our geothermal heat pumps. This role reports to the Regional Operations Manager.

Key Responsibilities:
• Assist in the duct sealing process
• Set up and tear down of equipment
• Computer proficiency necessary
• Make minor sheet metal duct modifications
• Operate a company vehicle to transport equipment to/from a job site
• Read and interpret schematics, wiring diagrams, plan sets, and scope of work
• Read, understand, follow, and enforce safety procedures
• Follow detailed work instruction and collaborate in the process of refining those instructions to standardize work quality
• Maintain an open and collaborative line of communication with the Regional Operations Manager

About You:
• At least 1 year of prior experience in HVAC or related trade preferred
• You are willing/able to be trained on specialized equipment
• You hold yourself and teammates to high safety and quality standards
• You are a great communicator via phone, text, email and in-person
• You are customer service oriented and are passionate about the delivery of a high
• level of customer satisfaction
• You are organized with strong problem-solving skills
• Because the job requires driving to Installations sites, you must possess a valid
• driver’s license with a safe and satisfactory driver history.
• You are able to lift 75 lbs
• You’re excited about building a sustainable future through technology.
• You are comfortable working in residences and on residential construction sites
• Willingness to learn

Benefits/Perks:
• Health/Dental/Vision insurance
• 401k plan
• Stock/Equity options
• Paid Sick and Vacation time (PTO)
• 40-hour workweek, overtime available
• Training support including on-the-job and virtual/online-based courses

You’ll love working at Dandelion because:

We’re solving the world’s hardest problems. You’ll have the opportunity to pioneer renewable heating and cooling from the ground-up (literally). There’s no established playbook for fighting climate change, so your work will be messy, challenging, and build a better, cleaner world.

We’re good people. It sounds simple, and it is. We are passionate, vision-driven, low-ego, and treat one another with kindness and respect. We challenge ideas here, not people.

We hold each other accountable. We celebrate our wins and learn from our losses. We’re honest, realistic, and transparent across all areas of the business, every day -- not just at our monthly all-hands meeting.
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Since spinning out of Google X in 2017, Dandelion Energy has been an energy innovation company working to electrify home heating. We create and install geothermal heat pumps to replace fossil-fueled furnaces and boilers. We’ve grown into an organization of over 100 employees and have become the largest residential geothermal heat pump installation company in the United States. Our carbon impact to date is the equivalent to taking over 25,000 cars off the road... and that impact is accelerating with our growth!

Our cross-disciplinary team consists of experts in geothermal, drilling, heat pump software engineering, HVAC installation, solar and solar financing, behavioral economics, and high-growth operations amongst other backgrounds. With the potential to catalyze and scale a widespread transition to sustainable and affordable heating and cooling, our work is both complex yet rewarding. We are working to create a wholesale shift in how people heat and cool their homes — join us!