HVAC/Maintenance Technician

About the Role

The Maintenance Technician is responsible for maintaining and repairing the facility’s mechanical, HVAC/R, plumbing, or building management systems.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, repair, and operate mechanical and plumbing equipment, HVAC, refrigeration, cooling towers, boilers, water pumps, and building control systems.
• Perform and ensure all scheduled maintenance and repairs are completed.
• Ensure all mechanical, HVAC, and plumbing systems comply with Federal, State, and Local code requirements.
• Participate in work planning for facility maintenance and operations; identify and resolve problems; monitor workflow; review and evaluate work projects, methods, and procedures.
• Use and maintain various Building Automation Systems (BAS) platforms to monitor and maintain HVAC and mechanical equipment.
• Assist with updating and developing sequence of operations for HVAC equipment to optimize efficiency and performance.
• Respond to emergency alarms and building automation system alerts.
• Determine root causes of mechanical, HVAC, and plumbing deficiencies and make necessary repairs using appropriate tools.
• Maintain a safe work environment, ensuring safety precautions are followed at all times; report discrepancies, damage, loss of property, and safety concerns promptly.
• Utilize maintenance software to interpret and prioritize work orders, executing them to meet event needs in a timely and accurate manner.
• Assist in the development of standard operating procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• HVAC/R degree.
• EPA certification.
• 5 years of comprehensive knowledge of all phases of building systems, including compliance requirements in mechanical, plumbing, and HVAC.
• Excellent diagnostic skills.
• Ability to read, write, and understand complex directions.
• Ability to read, decipher blueprints, schematics, construction specifications, and technical documents.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with a diverse team.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet business deadlines.
• Adaptability to change.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, contractors, and facility users.
• Ability to work overtime if needed.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Maintain a professional appearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a large-scale facility.
• Certification to operate a forklift and lifts.
• Experience working on water source heat pumps, VAV/FPB systems, and VRF equipment.
• VRF experience.

Working Conditions

• Exposure to high noise levels and frequent visual/auditory attention.
• Exposure to facility environments, outside weather conditions, extreme cold/heat, chemicals, electricity, moving mechanical parts, high or precarious places, and fumes or airborne particles.
• Required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear.
• Frequently required to sit; occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Requires long periods of time on feet.