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Noah Kim

HVAC Service Technician
Phoenix, AZ, United States

Professional Summary

HVAC service technician in Phoenix with six years in residential and light-commercial cooling, heat pumps, and rooftop package units. Holds EPA Section 608 Universal and NATE Air Conditioning certification. Known for first-visit fixes, clean startup documentation, and mentoring apprentices on safe refrigerant handling in desert heat. Comfortable with gauges, recovery machines, combustion analysis, and dispatch software, and trusted to keep callback rates low through the monsoon and peak summer seasons.

Employment History

HVAC Service Technician
Desert Peak Comfort Systems · Phoenix, AZ
Mar, 2023 · Present
• Completed 1,100+ residential and light-commercial service calls across metro Phoenix, holding a 97% first-visit fix rate on cooling no-cool and heat-pump failures. • Diagnosed refrigerant leaks, capacitor and contactor faults, and airflow restrictions; recovered and charged systems to manufacturer specs under EPA 608 practices, cutting callback rate from 11% to 4% in 18 months. • Installed and commissioned 85+ split systems and package units (2–7.5 ton), including 16 SEER2 heat pumps, and documented startup readings so warranty claims dropped 22% year over year. • Mentored two apprentices on lockout/tagout, brazing, and combustion analysis, and kept the service van inventory accurate enough to reduce parts runs by about 6 hours per week.
Apprentice HVAC Technician
Sonoran Air Solutions · Mesa, AZ
Jun, 2021 · Feb, 2023
• Assisted lead technicians on 700+ installs and changeouts across the East Valley, including ducted splits, mini-splits, and rooftop package units up to 10 tons. • Pulled vacuum to 500 microns, weighed in refrigerant, and recorded superheat and subcooling so startup callbacks on apprentice-assisted jobs stayed under 3%. • Fabricated and sealed sheet-metal transitions and flex duct, improving measured static pressure on 40 retrofit jobs and cutting average supply-air temperature drop by about 4°F. • Logged time, parts, and photos in the dispatch app, keeping job notes complete enough that the office billed 98% of apprentice tickets without a follow-up call.
Maintenance Helper
Valley Facility Services · Tempe, AZ
May, 2019 · May, 2021
• Supported a 12-person facilities crew across 18 office and retail sites, completing filter changes, belt replacements, and condensate-drain clearing on a 90-day PM schedule with a 96% on-time rate. • Shadowed HVAC techs on rooftop unit inspections, learning electrical safety, gauge use, and how to spot dirty coils before a no-cool call. • Replaced 400+ filters and logged equipment hours so three sites avoided peak-summer compressor failures that had cost about $4,800 the prior year. • Kept shop and truck areas stocked and labeled, cutting average time to find common parts from 12 minutes to under 4.

Education

Associate of Applied Science, HVAC Technology
GateWay Community College · Phoenix, AZ
Aug, 2018 · May, 2020
Coursework in refrigeration cycles, electrical troubleshooting, sheet metal, and load calculation. Completed lab hours on split systems and package units. Dean’s list, spring 2020.
EPA Section 608 Universal; NATE Air Conditioning
ESCO Institute and NATE · Phoenix, AZ
Jun, 2021 · Mar, 2024
EPA Section 608 Universal (Type I, II, III) earned 2021. NATE Core and Air Conditioning specialty earned 2024. Also completed OSHA 10 Construction and a manufacturer heat-pump commissioning clinic.

Skills

Refrigerant recovery and charging
Heat pump diagnostics
Electrical troubleshooting
Duct and airflow balancing