Maintenance - HVAC Specialist

Position Type:
Maintenance/Custodial/Maintenance General

Date Posted:
5/22/2026

Location:
All Schools
MAINTENANCE POSITION DESCRIPTION

Position: Maintenance (Worker Classification)

Work Schedule: 261 days per year, 8 hours per day


Reports To: Director of Facilities, Associate Director of Facilities, Maintenance Manager and Facilities Manager


Evaluation: 90 days and Annually thereafter, as outlined in Board policy and administrative procedures

Summary: Perform the duties as required to ensure that all facilities, grounds, and equipment are maintained in good working order by providing electrical, mechanical, plumbing, pipe fitting, carpentry, preventative maintenance, and general maintenance.


Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Perform routine maintenance and repairs on building systems, including electrical, plumbing, HVAC, and structural components.
2. Routinely deliver maintenance services in carpentry, welding, plumbing, roofing, hardware, glazing, masonry, and lawn irrigation equipment.
3. Troubleshoot and resolve maintenance issues promptly.
4. Operate and maintain tools, machinery, and equipment necessary for maintenance tasks.
5. Perform carpentry, painting, and general building upkeep as needed.
6. Stock and inventory basic repair parts and emergency items.
7. Install new or replacement motors and other equipment and machines.
8. Open clogged drains, traps, and winterize plumbing and heating units.
9. Repair broken furniture and shelving.
10. Respond to work orders and maintenance requests in a timely manner.
11. Replace ceiling and floor tile.
12. Keep assigned maintenance trucks and shop areas clean, orderly, and tools organized, and also report damages or losses properly.
13. Remove snow from building drives, parking lots, walkways, and designated areas.
14. Assist Master Trades with repairs and preventative maintenance when necessary.
15. Accept additional duties as assigned by the supervisor that are consistent with the function of maintenance.
16. Follow other directives from the Director of Facilities, Associate Director of Facilities, Maintenance Manager, Facilities Manager, and the Superintendent that serve to improve services to the students and patrons of the Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation
17. Attends in-service training programs as needed.
18. Hooking up, pulling, backing up, loading and unloading of trailers.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Experience in building maintenance, repair, or a related field preferred.
2. Knowledge of basic plumbing, electrical, HVAC, and carpentry work.
3. Ability to read and interpret manuals, blueprints, and schematics.
4. Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
5. Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
6. Excellent work habits, attendance record and successfully complete and pass all criminal history and child abuse clearances.
7. Shall remain free of any alcohol or nonprescribed controlled substance abuse in the workplace throughout his/her employment in the Corporation.

Physical Ability ~ Physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job :

• Tasks involve the regular and, at times, sustained performance of moderately physically demanding work, typically involving some combination of climbing and balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling, and that may involve the lifting, carrying, pushing, and or pulling of moderately heavy objects and materials (20-80 pounds).

Sensory Requirements ~ All tasks require visual perception and discrimination. Most tasks require oral communication ability.

Environmental Factors ~ The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job :

• Tasks are regularly performed with potential exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as temperature and noise extremes, odors, humidity, vibrations, traffic hazards, violence, disease, or pathogenic substances.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, however ,the noise level can vary depending upon daily activity, but will still remain within the acceptable noise level range

Mental Effort ~ Normal concentration/intensity, which includes prolonged mental effort with limited opportunity for breaks. Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving the evaluation of information against sensory, judgmental, or subjective criteria, as opposed to that which is clearly measurable or verifiable.

~ When duties and responsibilities change and develop the job description will be reviewed and subject to changes of business necessity ~

The Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to allow them to perform the essential functions of the job when such individuals request an accommodation.

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