HVAC Jobs in Knoxville, TN

Nashville's rapid growth has made it one of the more active HVAC hiring markets in the South. The city's hot and humid summers combined with genuinely cold winters mean dual-fuel heat pump systems — gas furnace as auxiliary heat — are common, and technicians who understand both sides of that system are in high demand. The commercial sector is expanding alongside the residential boom, with new mixed-use development and hospitality venues driving work for commercial refrigeration and commercial HVAC crews.

Tennessee HVAC contractors are licensed through the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance. The state requires either a Mechanical Contractor license or a Trade specialty license depending on scope of work. Nashville employers report difficulty finding experienced technicians, which has pushed wages above national median benchmarks for the market. NATE certification is increasingly listed as a requirement rather than a preference by larger service organizations in the metro.