HVAC Mechanic

Employment Status: Full-Time | FLSA Status: Non-Exempt | Pay Rate: $25.65/hr - $32.06/hr

About the Role

As an HVAC Mechanic, you'll be the expert behind the scenes, ensuring our heating, cooling, and refrigeration systems operate at peak performance to support animals, guests, and staff every day. This position maintains the proper operations, temperatures, and safety of commercial HVAC equipment and systems in a zoo setting, both indoors and outdoors.

Responsibilities

• Maintains and services HVAC and refrigeration systems in guest-facing and back-of-house facilities.
• Diagnoses issues, completes repairs, and performs preventive maintenance on HVAC, refrigeration, and commercial food service equipment.
• Maintains required licensure and certifications.
• Maintains compliance with applicable local, state, and federal codes and safety standards related to HVAC installation, maintenance, and repair.
• Performs assigned duties in alignment with the Zoo’s mission of conservation and core values of wildlife and wild places, people, leadership, and conservation.
• Manages service schedules, parts inventories, and maintenance documentation.
• Coordinates vendor and subcontractor support for HVAC-related work.
• Collaborates with trades and departments to support Zoo operations.

Requirements

• Experience equivalent to four (4) years hands-on experience installing, maintaining, and repairing heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems and refrigeration systems at the appropriate license level or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• High School diploma or G.E.D. Vocational/Technical school certification and apprenticeship preferred.
• Valid Oklahoma driver’s license and a Mechanical Journeyman license or equivalent in Heating, Air Conditioning, Refrigeration, and Gas Fitting.
• EPA 1 and 2 or EPA 3 (Universal) certification within sixty (60) days of hire.
• Must obtain Boiler Operator license within six (6) months of hire.

Knowledge

• Installation, maintenance, and repair procedures for commercial heating and air-conditioning systems, including boilers and chillers.
• Maintenance and repair procedures for food service and restaurant equipment.
• Local, state, and federal regulations and standards related to HVAC systems.
• Safety procedures and practices associated with HVAC maintenance work.
• Computer software applications, including word processing programs.
• Oklahoma City Zoological Park and departmental policies and procedures (acquired within 30 days of hire).

Skills

• Troubleshooting, installation, and maintenance of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems.
• Troubleshooting and maintenance of food service and restaurant equipment, including low-temperature walk-ins and reach-ins.
• Reading and interpreting plans, blueprints, and technical drawings.
• Understanding and following complex instructions and directions.
• Visual acuity, hearing, balance, and manual dexterity.

Abilities

• Work collaboratively with staff, contractors, vendors, inspectors, officials, and the public.
• Manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Work in environments with frequent interruptions and changing priorities.
• Follow safe work practices, recognize workplace hazards, and use appropriate safety equipment.
• Drive throughout the Oklahoma City area as required.
• Work evenings, weekends, holidays, and during emergency situations, including weather-related events as needed.

Physical Demands

• Required to walk, sit, and stand for periods of time.
• Push, lift, and carry up to 50 lbs.
• Bend, stoop, kneel, and move intermittently throughout the day.
• May be exposed to fumes, odors, dust, moving mechanical parts, and vehicles.
• Exposure to extreme weather conditions, such as heat, cold, rain, snow, and ice.
• Exposure to potentially dangerous animals.

Pay

$25.65/hr - $32.06/hr