Preventative Maintenance Mechanic II (1st shift)

Preventative Maintenance Mechanic II (1st Shift)

Marquette University offers a rich and competitive Total Rewards package including medical, dental, vision, 403(b) with up to 8% university match, generous time off package, and tuition benefits for employees, spouses, and dependents with no payback requirement! Our Maintenance department has a robust professional development program that has a compelling record of growing skillsets and careers. This is your next opportunity to join an organization that invests in their employees' career journey by diversifying their skills, deepening their expert knowledge, encouraging a healthy work-life balance, focusing on personal wellbeing, providing leadership training, and sustaining a culture of respect and inclusion. Preventative Maintenance Mechanics perform scheduled preventive maintenance tasks on heating, ventilating, air conditioning, kitchen equipment, group re-lamping, and other mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems and system components as assigned.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform specific PM-Team assigned preventive maintenance work orders. Typical systems will be HVAC, steam, commercial refrigeration, kitchen equipment, chilled water, cooling water (towers), lab, medical, and process air, vacuum, etc.
• Provide startup, and shutdown for service of HVAC and other mechanical equipment as directed. Perform system inspection during PM, document condition in Technician Report, and communicate the need for follow up with component repair/replacement.
• Calibrate system controls and thermostats. Check equipment and system performance for consistency with sequences of operations and controls operating schemes. Adjust controls accordingly.
• Perform preventive maintenance of kitchen equipment to include; dish washers, ovens, steamers, impinger, etc., ice machines and refrigeration equipment including evaporator and condenser cleaning.
• Perform minor mechanical, electrical and plumbing repairs such as rebuilding faucets and flush valves, replacing ballasts, replacing wall thermostats, replacing belt sheaves and actuator diaphragms, etc.
• Keep equipment, tools and mechanical areas clean and orderly.
• Perform seasonal maintenance on systems such as draining and charging coils of, or with, fluids, drying coils, washing coils, opening and closing air and hydronic system vents, and checking for leaks.
• Take and record readings of gages, meters, instruments and site glasses as required. Analyze readings to determine if equipment adjustment or repairs are needed.
• Perform water chemical and quality tests, analyze results and adjust chemicals accordingly.
• Assess and report overall systems' and equipment conditions.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Valid driver's license with a satisfactory driving record
• Three years of experience in building equipment maintenance or closely related field
• Advanced principles of preventive maintenance of cooling towers, water lines, steam lines, pneumatics, fluid uses and levels, belts, tensioners, filters, and shaft alignment
• Heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment and operation, including boilers, steam generators, steam traps, air handlers, terminal units, air conditioning units, exhaust fans, dampers, motors, and actuators.
• Advanced understanding of mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems operational principles, control strategies, and principles and theory of operations for each.
• Advanced maintenance and operations of swimming pool filtration equipment, systems and chemical treatment
• Cooling and heating water treatment testing and equipment, maintenance, operations and adjustment
• Common federal, state and local codes and regulations pertaining to preventive maintenance of systems and equipment
• Occupational hazards and safety precautions of the trades
• A working knowledge of control systems strategies and layouts
• Understand and follow safety procedures such as lock-out tag-out fall protection and use of personal protective equipment.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Participation in technical training courses involving HVAC is desirable.

Department: Facilities Planning & Management