Air Cond Equip Mechanic

Air Conditioning Equipment Mechanic

The Air Conditioning Equipment Mechanic performs maintenance and repair on a wide variety of systems that provide heating, cooling, humidification, and all controls that function in concert with climate conditioning at this facility. The work requires knowledge of principles of air conditioning, HVAC systems, and the skill to install, recognize the cause of faulty equipment and repair commercial and industrial systems that provide for a variety of refrigeration and air conditioning functions. Major duties include but are not limited to the following:

• The employee performs maintenance and repair on a variety of critical hospital equipment and systems that achieve required climatic conditions.
• The employee installs, recognizes the cause of faulty equipment and makes repair on commercial and industrial refrigeration and air conditioning systems that provide a variety of functions (i.e., heating, cooling, humidifying, dehumidifying, cleaning, filtering, and circulating) and uses a variety of methods of air conditioning (mechanical and vapor compression and absorption).
• Maintains, installs, and repairs a variety of refrigeration equipment and systems such as ultra low freezers, walk-in and reach-in refrigerators and freezers, domestic refrigerators, x-ray developing refrigeration machines, deep freezers, ice cream boxes, water coolers, ice machines, centrifuges, cascade systems, cryostat, incubators, blood banks, direct expansion evaporator coils, compressors, condensers, chilled water systems, etc.
• Maintains systems by checking performance, diagnosing problems, and making necessary repairs or adjustments or by replacing defective parts.
• Changes and cleans filters in air conditioning and ventilation equipment.
• Troubleshoots entire air conditioning systems.
• Repairs or replaces fans, pumps, thermostats, humidistats, motors, compressors, valves, gauges, pneumatic and electric controls, filters, and other related elements.
• Tests systems for leaks and proper/safe operations.
• Installs refrigeration and air conditioning systems by positioning compressors, motors, condensers, humidifiers, dehumidifiers, evaporators, heaters, and other components in accordance with design specifications.
• Installs and connects auxiliary control mechanisms and piping or tubing.
• Starts unit and adjusts it for proper cut-in and cutout of refrigerating units, humidifiers, dehumidifiers, heaters, air cleaners, pneumatic air dryers and circulating pumps. Adjusts system for optimum performance.
• Troubleshoots, maintains pneumatic/electronic controls that are related to the heating or cooling system.
• Reads and interprets mechanical blueprints, specifications and technical instructions to complete installation of equipment, repair specialized equipment, and make general repairs.
• Exposure to asbestos will occur, house cleaning and small abatement of asbestos is required during normal work assignments.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 2:00pm-10:30pm

Position Description Title/PD#: Air Cond Equip Mechanic/PD11058A

US Department of Veterans Affairs