HVAC Technician

TITLE:                 HVAC Technician

DEPARTMENT:    Facilities

PAY RANGE 21:  $23.71 to $24.81 (based on experience and education)

SCHEDULE:         8 hours daily/260 days yearly 

REPORTS TO:      Assistant Director of Facilities

Fully benefitted to include: medical, dental, vision, life insurances; sick, personal, & vacation days as well as state retirement (PERF).  

QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School Diploma or GED is required;
• Certification to purchase refrigerant; 
• HVAC Journeyman's license is preferred; and
• Understand and carry out oral and written instructions/directions.

This position requires the employee to driver corporation vehicles.  In accordance with Board policy and individual must have a valid driver's license, be at least twenty-one (21) years old and have held a drivers license for at least three (3) years and an acceptable driving history (excluding minor traffic violations).

Summary:   Installs repairs and maintains heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment and systems; Performs preventive maintenance.

Responsibilities:

• Install, maintain and repair a variety of electrical systems, parts and equipment including electrical circuits, conduits, light fixtures, fans, generators, appliances, control devices, switchers, outlets and electrical motors.
• Install, diagnose, inspect, repair, maintain and service a wide variety of heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment and systems.
• Repair and maintain low-pressure hot water systems, gas wall heaters, ventilation units and air conditioning units. 
• Perform scheduled preventive maintenance.
• Replace fans, belts, motors, gaskets, filters, and compressors; lubricate parts.
• Adjust and install switches, gauges, thermostats, valves, tubing transformers, pressure regulators, controllers, and other parts as needed.
• Descale tubing; cut and thread pipe; make pipe and electrical connections. 
• Add refrigerants and oil; test for defective parts; make electrical repairs related to air-conditioning, heating and ventilation equipment.
• Determine requirements for parts, materials, supplies, tools and equipment; establish cost of repairs and equipment replacement; check and test new equipment.
• Operate specialized machinery, equipment and tools utilized in the repair and maintenance of heating, ventilation and air conditioning.
• Maintain tools, equipment and supplies in a safe and orderly condition.
• Maintain routine records and purchase parts as necessary.
• Maintain refrigerant records
• Other related duties as may, from time to time, be assigned by the supervisor.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:     This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

PHYSICAL DEMAND:  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.  The employee frequently is required to stand and use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or control; each with hands and arms; climb or balance. The employee is occasionally required to sit, kneel, stoop, crouch, crawl and/or smell.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 35 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus.

The employee shall remain free of any alcohol or nonprescribed controlled substance abuse in the workplace throughout his/her employment in the Corporation. 

Salary : $24 - $25