Service Manager
- Onsite
- Full Time
About the role
Role Summary
The Service Manager is the senior leader of Twin Oaks' field service team. You train and hold the
technicians accountable, protect quality, and keep jobs profitable, so the owner is no longer the
bottleneck. Dispatch and scheduling stay with the Office Manager. You own what happens on the job.
Reports to: Owner / President
Direct reports: Service technicians (five today, growing)
Works closely with: Office Manager (dispatch), Sales / Comfort Advisor, fractional CFO
Location: Coolville, Ohio, with field travel across Athens, Meigs, Gallia, Morgan and Washington
counties and West Virginia
Status: Full-time, salaried
Responsibilities
Team development and accountability
Train and coach technicians on diagnostics, flat-rate procedures, safety and customer
communication
Run ride-alongs and job reviews; set clear standards and address performance issues directly
Lead the daily morning meeting and a monthly team review of callbacks, labor % and revenue per
job
Help recruit, interview and onboard new technicians and apprentices
Quality and callbacks
Own the callback rate and drive it down; review every callback for root cause
Run the quarterly callback-rate bonus program with the Office Manager
Be the escalation point for complex diagnostics and warranty issues
Field operations
Work with the Office Manager so the right technician, truck stock and parts reach each job
Approve job scope changes and purchases up to an agreed dollar limit
Keep the team using Housecall Pro correctly: accurate flat-rate codes, notes, photos and job close-
out
Manage vehicles, tools, safety and EPA 608 / licensing compliance
Customer and commercial
Handle service escalations and unhappy customers
Maintain relationships with key commercial accounts (restaurants, convenience stores, nursing
facilities)
Support the technicians in selling maintenance agreements and flagging replacement leads for
sales
Back up the field when needed (up to roughly 25% of time on service calls)
Qualifications
Required
8+ years of hands-on HVAC and/or commercial refrigeration experience, with at least 2 years
leading or training technicians
EPA 608 Universal certification
Strong diagnostic skills across residential HVAC and commercial refrigeration
Comfortable coaching people and giving direct, fair feedback
Valid Ohio driver's license and a clean driving record
Able to read the numbers: labor %, callback rate, revenue per job
Preferred
Ohio OCILB license, or 5 years of qualifying experience and willingness to sit for the exam
NATE certification
Carrier and Generac experience
Housecall Pro, ServiceTitan or similar field service software
Experience in a flat-rate pricing environment
Compensation
$80,000 to $95,000 base salary, plus a quarterly bonus of up to about $10,000 a year.
Quarterly bonus tied to callback rate and technician labor %
Company vehicle, phone, tools and uniforms
Paid time off per the Twin Oaks employee manual
Support toward OCILB licensing if the candidate is on that path
First 12 Months
Days 1-30: Ride with every technician, learn the flat-rate book and Housecall Pro workflow, and
meet the top commercial accounts.
Days 31-90: Start the daily meeting and monthly review, set the callback baseline, and run the first
technician coaching plans.
Months 4-6: Callback rate trending down; direct labor % at or below the 20% target.
Months 7-12: Every technician has a development plan, the team hits its install and agreement
goals, and the owner is out of day-to-day field decisions.