HVAC Maintenance Tech

HVAC Mechanic

Performs a variety of responsibilities related to the preventative maintenance, repair, fabrication, general maintenance, installation, inspection, service, and operation associated with being an HVAC Mechanic while ensuring compliance to state regulations. Remains available to respond to emergencies on a 24-hour basis; responds to emergencies to minimize and/or eliminate the need for school closures due to mechanical failure. Performs maintenance and service in other trade areas such as Plumbing, Carpentry, Roofing, Electrical and Boiler repair.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Schedules and performs regular inspections necessary for basic preventative maintenance on HVAC systems.
• Troubleshoots, repairs, fabricates, maintains, installs, inspects, services, and/or operates building equipment and/or building structures associated with HVAC, etc.
• Receives requests for service, prioritizes requests and schedules work schedules to respond to work orders.
• Verifies and approves requisitions and orders, controls and accounts for supplies and equipment in order to maintain inventory records.
• Inspects jobs, equipment, and tools in order to assure compliance with codes, guidelines, school standards, and safety rules.
• Ability to interpret plans, prints, sketches and specifications for all jobs and provide technical assistance as needed.
• Evaluates and tests new products, equipment and processes.
• Responds to questions, concerns and needs of school district staff, students, parents, and the public in order to provide technical and trade information and assistance.
• Prepare records and service reports of job time and materials expended on the work order.
• Assists in maintenance and repair of plumbing, carpentry, roofing, Electrical and boiler systems.
• Performs other related duties as directed by supervisor.

Supervisory Responsibilities: None.

Education Experience - Qualifications - Requirements:

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent and Trade School or Climate Control Certifications. Valid driver's license.
• Minimum of one year of related experience in HVAC repair and Maintenance, required
• Three to five years of related experience, preferred.
• Knowledge of HVAC systems and processes, required.
• Knowledge of methods, materials, tools, equipment, occupational hazards, and safety precautions related to building maintenance and HVAC, required.
• Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principals involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings and models, required.

Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide. Ability to work with decimals and percentages. Ability to perform these operations using units and weight measurements, volume and distance.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram and blueprint and other technical documents.

Other Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff and the community
• Ability to read and interpret district policies, guidelines, blueprints, diagrams, schematic drawings, handbook, and government regulations required.
• Ability to read and comprehend safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals, required.
• Ability to estimate quantities of material and labor to complete work orders, required.
• Ability to write simple correspondence, required.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form, required.
• Ability to solve practical problems involving several concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists, required.
• Ability to effectively use basic computer software applications, required.
• Ability to perform job duties using various types of equipment and tools including but not limited to; power equipment, measuring devices, power tools, and testing equipment, etc, required.
• Ability to perform job duties in extreme hot and/or cold temperatures, required.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands and fingers to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee frequently must squat, stoop or kneel, reach above the head and reach forward. The employee continuously uses hand strength to grasp tools and climbs on to ladders. The employee will frequently bend or twist at the neck and trunk more than the average person while performing the duties of this job.

The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 60 lbs. such as equipment, motors, pumps. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works indoors and work outdoors. The employee will work near or with moving mechanical equipment. The employee may work with toxic or caustic chemicals such as petroleum products, degreasers, and sprays while performing the duties of this job. The employee must be able to meet deadlines with severe time constraints. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the American with Disabilities Act (A. D. A.) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position.