Sr HVAC Technician

Now Hiring: Hvac Technician

Build your career while helping build Jonesboro.

The City of Jonesboro is looking for a knowledgeable and dependable HVAC Technician to join our Inspections Department. This position performs residential and commercial plumbing inspections, interprets plumbing codes, works with contractors and property owners, and helps ensure construction meets City and code requirements.

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Competitive Pay Excellent Health & Insurance Benefits Retirement Benefits Paid Vacation & Sick Leave Paid Holidays Opportunities for Professional Growth Stable Public-Sector Career Serve the community you live in

If you have HVAC experience, strong knowledge of plumbing systems and codes, and take pride in doing the job right, we want to hear from you.

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HVAC Sr. Technician

Job Description

Job Code: - SS - Yes

Exempt: - No

Department: - Building Maintenance

Reports To - Director of Building Maintenance

Location: - Maintenance Bldg., Jonesboro

General Description Of Position

This safety sensitive position (SS) purpose is to maintain heat and air functions in city buildings and be the lead in HVAC systems.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

1. Inspects and troubleshoots refrigerant equipment for proper operation and recharges equipment as required. This duty is performed daily.
2. Tests and troubleshoots HVAC system malfunctions, repairs, and tests equipment prior to placing back into service. This duty is performed weekly.
3. Troubleshoots and services and replaces all HVAC control systems including water valves and damper motors. This duty is performed daily.
4. Installs both rigid and flexible ductwork. This duty is performed as needed.
5. Participates in the design, layout and installation of office, public facility, This duty is performed as needed.
6. Install heat and air systems, single and three phase up to thirty (30) tons, water chillers, both gas fired and electric, including motors and capacitors. This duty is performed monthly.
7. Repairs and services gas and electric boilers. This duty is performed annually.
8. Makes electrical repairs to all city buildings and facilities. This duty is performed weekly.
9. Rebuilds electric motors. This duty is performed monthly.
10. Services and rebuilds high and low pressure pumps for splash pads and pools. This duty is performed as needed.
11. Services and repairs appliances. This duty is performed monthly.
12. Leads other HVAC techs in the daily responsibilities. This duty is performed as needed.
13. Operating a city vehicle is required for the essential functions. This duty is performed daily.
14. Perform any other related duties as required or assigned.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty mentioned satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Education And Experience

Knowledge of a specialized field (however acquired), such as basic accounting, computer, etc. Equivalent of four years in high school, plus night, trade extension, or correspondence school specialized training, equal to two years of college, plus 5 years related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Communication Skills

Ability to effectively communicate information and respond to questions in person-to-person and small group situations with customers, clients, general public and other employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Critical Thinking Skills

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of known variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram formats.

Required Certificates, Licenses, Registrations Class A HVAC License. Refrigerate Certification, Valid Driver License

Preferred Certificates, Licenses, Registrations Master Electrician License

Software Skills Required Not indicated.

Initiative And Ingenuity Supervision Received

Under direction where a definite objective is set up and the employee plans and arranges own work, referring only unusual cases to supervisor.

Planning

Considerable responsibility with regard to general assignments in planning time, method, manner, and/or sequence of performance of own work, in addition, the work operations of a group of employees, all performing basically the same type of work.

Decision Making

Performs work operations which permit frequent opportunity for decision-making of minor importance and also frequent opportunity for decision-making of major importance, either of which would affect the work operations of small organizational component and the organization's clientele.

Mental Demand

Close mental demand. Operations requiring close and continuous attention for control of operations. Operations requiring intermittent direct thinking to determine or select the most applicable way of handling situations regarding the organization's administration and operations; also to determine or select material and equipment where highly variable sequences are involved.

Analytical Ability / Problem Solving

Directed. Supervisory and/or professional skills using structured practices or policies and directed as to execution and review. Interpolation of learned things in moderately varied situations where reasoning and decision-making are essential.

Responsibility For Work Of Others

Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities may include but not limited to interviewing, hiring and training employees; planning, assigning and directing work; appraising performance, rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Supervises a small group (1-3) of employees in the same or lower classification. Assigns and checks work; assists and instructs as required, but performs same work as those supervised, or closely related work, most of the time. Content of the work supervised is of a non-technical nature and does not vary in complexity to any great degree.

Supervises the following departments:

Responsibility For Funds, Property And Equipment

Regularly responsible for funds, building premises, inventory, or other property owned, controlled, or leased by the organization and, in addition, may have temporary custody and responsibility of patron property, which through carelessness, error, loss, theft, misappropriation, or similar action would result in very important monetary losses to the organization. The total value for the above would range from $1,000,000 to $10,000,000.

Accuracy

Probable errors would not likely be detected until they reached another department, office or patron, and would then require considerable time and effort to correct the situation. Frequently, possibility of error that would affect the organization's prestige and relationship with the public to a limited extent, but where succeeding operations or supervision would normally preclude the possibility of a serious situation arising as a result of the error or decision.

Accountability Freedom To Act

Generally controlled. General processes covered by established policies and standards with supervisory oversight.

Annual Monetary Impact

The amount of annual dollars generated based on the job's essential duties / responsibilities. Examples would include direct dollar generation, departmental budget, proper handling of organization funds, expense control, and savings from new techniques or reduction in manpower.

Small. Job creates a monetary impact for the organization from $100,000 to $1mm.

Impact On End Results

Modest impact. Job has some impact on the organizations end results, but still from an indirect level. Provides assistance and support services that facilitates decision making by others.

Public Contact

Frequent contacts with general public, patrons, or other outside representatives, wherein the manner of handling these contacts has a bearing on the organization's position and operation.

Employee Contact

Contacts with other departments or offices and also frequently with individuals in middle level positions; consulting on problems which necessitate judgment and tact in presentation to obtain cooperation or approval of action to be taken. Also, important contacts with