Air Conditioning Equipment Mechanic (HVAC).

About the role

This position is Mission Essential and is subject to scheduled/unscheduled overtime as well as emergency call back during non duty hours. This position requires a pre-employment physical examination.

Responsibilities

• Repair and maintain facility heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems.
• Repair electrical problems from disconnect on unit throughout unit.
• Perform routine HVAC preventive maintenance.
• Repair and replace cooling coils.
• Recharge systems to the proper levels of refrigerant.
• Assist boiler plant mechanics: installs, modifies, repairs, tests, and maintains equipment such as power boilers and associated auxiliary and pollution control equipment.
• Align motors and pump shafts.

Requirements

• Conditions of employment: Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Driver’s license: Valid state driver's license.
• Universal Certification: Universal Certification for servicing air conditioning and refrigeration equipment-EPA 40 CFR.
• Lifting capacity: Lift up to 50 lbs. in the regular performance of duties.
• Probationary period: One year probationary period.
• Travel: Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 5% of the time.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications (Screen Out Element) WG-08: Ability to do the work of an Air Conditioning Equipment Mechanic (HVAC) without more than normal supervision.
• Minimum Qualifications (Screen Out Element) WG-10: Ability to do the work of an Air Conditioning Equipment Mechanic (HVAC) without more than normal supervision.

Physical Effort

• Handles and carries tools, parts, equipment, and testing devices weighting up to 50 pounds, and may occasionally carry heavier objects.
• Climb and work from ladders, platforms, and scaffolding to reach parts of systems such as fans, air handling units, water lines, duct work, etc.
• Work requires stooping, bending, stretching, kneeling, and working in tiring and uncomfortable positions.
• Motor Vehicle operation: Light physical effort is used in reaching, bending, turning, or moving hands, arms, feet, and legs to operate hand and foot controls.

Working Conditions

• Work is performed inside, outside, on rooftops, under buildings, and often in cramped areas.
• Exposure to burns, cuts, electrical shock, respiratory ailments, and to sudden extreme changes in temperature when working on walk-in freezer units.
• Exposure to gas, smoke, dust, high temperatures, electrical shock, scalding water, and burns from flashes and contact with equipment.
• Exposure to asbestos dust while working in and around warm air furnaces, air handlers, boilers, and associated equipment.
• Exposure to noise levels above 85dB(A), but below 110dB(A), which are reduced by use of hearing protective devices.