HVAC Mechanic

Salary : $35,170.00 - $57,924.00 Annually
Location : 1340 E. Washington Street. Petersburg, VA 23803, VA
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number: 00979
Department: Facility Management
Opening Date: 08/22/2025


Description

General Description:
The purpose of this job within the organization is to maintain and repair heating, ventilation, and air condition (HVAC) systems and oversee contractors. This job works under general supervision, independently developing work methods and sequences.

Duties and Responsibilities:
The functions listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this job. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the job as necessary.
Essential Functions

Essential Functions:
Repairs HVAC equipment.


Responds to emergency and non-emergency calls 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.


Inspects, tests, calibrates, troubleshoots, repairs, maintains and services HVAC systems and equipment.


Supervises and assigns work orders occasionally.


Meets with contractors to bid jobs or repairs and oversees contractors work.


Meets with engineers and architecture on design and problems with HVAC renovations.


Additional Duties :
Inspects the work of staff and contractors for accuracy, proper work methods, techniques and compliance with standards and specifications.

Manages routine, emergency, and preventive maintenance activities.

Monitors the efficiency of HVAC systems, and recommends systems improvements or modifications.

Performs related work as assigned.

Responsibilities, Requirements and Impacts Data Responsibility:
Data Responsibility refers to information, knowledge, and conceptions obtained by observation, investigation, interpretation, visualization, and mental creation. Data are intangible and include numbers, words, symbols, ideas, concepts, and oral verbalizations.


Collects, classifies or formats data or information in accordance with a prescribed schema or plan to facilitate the identification and extraction of useful information.


People Responsibility:
People include co-workers, workers in other areas or agencies and the general public.


Provides information, guidance or assistance to people that directly facilitates task accomplishment; may give instructions or assignments to helpers or assistants.


Asset Responsibility:
Assets responsibility refers to the responsibility for achieving economies or preventing loss within the organization.


Requires some responsibility for achieving minor economies and/or preventing minor losses through the handling of or accounting for materials, supplies or small amounts of money.

Mathematical Requirements:
Mathematics requires the use of symbols, numbers and formulas to solve mathematical problems.


Uses basic algebra involving variables and formulas and/or basic geometry involving plane and solid figures, circumferences, areas and volumes and/or compute discounts and interest rates.


Communications Requirements:
Communications involves the ability to read, write, and speak.


Reads technical instructions, procedures manuals and charts to solve practical problems, such as assembly instruction for tools, routine office equipment operating instructions, and methods and procedures for investigations and in drawing and layout work; composes routine reports and specialized reports, forms, and business letters, with proper format; speaks compound sentences using normal grammar and word form.


Judgment Requirements:
Judgment requirements refer to the frequency and complexity of judgments and decisions given the stability of the work environments, the nature and type of guidance, and the breadth of impact of the judgments and decisions.


Responsible for the actions of others, requiring almost constant decisions affecting co-workers, crime victims, patients, customers, clients or others in the general public; works in a moderately fluid environment with guidelines and rules, but frequent variations from the routine.


Complexity of Work:
Complexity addresses the analysis, initiative, ingenuity, concentration and creativity, required by the job and the presence of any unusual pressures present in the job.


Performs skilled work involving rules/systems with almost constant problem solving; requires normal attention with short periods of concentration for accurate results and occasional exposure to unusual pressure.


Impact of Errors:
Impact of errors refers to consequences such as damage to equipment and property, loss of data, exposure of the organization to legal liability, and injury or death for individuals.


The impact of errors is moderately serious - affects work unit and may affect other units or citizens or loss of life could occur but probability is low.


Physical Demands:
Physical demands refer to the requirements for physical exertion and coordination of limb and body movement.


Performs light work that involves walking or standing most of the time and involves exerting up to 20 pounds of force on a regular and recurring basis, or skill, adeptness and speed in the use of fingers, hands or limbs on repetitive operation of mechanical or electronic office or shop machines or tools within moderate tolerances or limits of accuracy.


Equipment Usage:
Equipment usage involves responsibility for materials, machines, tools, equipment, work aids, and products.


Handles or uses machines, tools, equipment or work aids involving moderate latitude for judgment regarding attainment of a standard or in selecting appropriate items.


Unavoidable Hazards:
Unavoidable hazards refer to the job conditions that may lead to injury or health hazards even though precautions have been taken.


Involves routine and frequent exposure to bright/dim light; dusts and pollen; bright/dim light; dusts and pollen extreme heat and/or cold; wet or humid conditions; extreme noise levels, animals/wildlife vibration; fumes and/or noxious odors traffic; moving machinery electrical shock; heights toxic/caustic chemicals; explosive and confined spaces.

Safety of Others:
Safety of others refers to the level of responsibility for the safety of others, either inherent in the job or to ensure the safety of the general public.


Requires some responsibility for safety and health of others and/or for occasional enforcement of the standards of public safety or health.
Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:
Requires High School graduation or GED equivalent supplemented by specialized courses/training equivalent to completion of one year of college in completion of an HVAC vocational/technical program; five years of journey-level experience in the installation, maintenance, and repair of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems.

Requires three years' experience as a Journeyman HVAC technician; or an equivalent combination of training and experience.

Preferred candidates will have ten years of direct experience.

Special Certifications and Licenses:
Valid Driver's License.


Must possess current CFC certification, and a Journeyman HVAC certification issued by the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Additional Requirements
The City of Petersburg Values Veterans. We are an official V3 Certified Company .

The City of Petersburg is a proud partner with the US Army Partnership for Your Success PaYS Program

Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance:
The City of Petersburg is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ADA requires the City of Petersburg to provide adequate accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. Prospective and current employees are encouraged to discuss ADA accommodations with management.
For a summary of Benefits currently being offered by the City of Petersburg for Full-Time Employees Only , please click the following link:
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10-point compensable veteran. You must have an existing compensable service-connected disability of 10 percent or more. Other 10-point veteran include disabled veteran or a veteran who was awarded the Purple Heart for wound or injuries received in action, veteran's widow or widower who has not remarried, wife or husband of a veteran who has a service-connected disability, widowed, divorced or separated mother of an ex-service son or daughter who died in action, or who is totally and permanently disabled. Do any of these apply?

• Yes
• No

02


5-point veteran's must have been discharged under honorable conditions and had one of the following: Active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States, in a war, or during the period 4/28/52 - 7/1/55 or active duty for more than 180 consecutive days other than for training, any part of which occurred during the period beginning 2/1/55 and 10/14/76 or active duty during the Gulf War sometime between 8/2/90 - 1/2/92 or active duty in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized or active duty for which more than 180 consecutive days other than for training, any part of which occurred during the period beginning 9/11/2001 and ending on the date prescribed by the Presidential proclamation or by the law as the last date of operation Iraqi Freedom. Do any of these apply?

• Yes
• No

03


Do you possess a valid Driver's License issued by the Commonwealth of Virginia, or another state with reciprocity?

• Yes
• No

04


What is your highest level of education?

• High School diploma or GED
• Some college
• Associate degree
• Bachelor degree
• Graduate degree or higher
• No degree

05


Do you have working knowledge of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) and its applications?

• Yes, I do have the ability to perform the physical requirements of the position.
• No, I am unable to perform the physical requirements of the position.

06


Were you referred by US Army PaYS or Virginia Values Veterans V3? If so, please specify which program.
07


Have you previously worked for the City of Petersburg? If so, what department?
Required Question