HVAC Technician I

Responsibilities

• Perform semi-skilled maintenance and repair work for City of Dayton buildings, focusing on HVAC, electrical, and plumbing systems.
• Repair and service commercial and industrial heating and cooling systems.
• Handle electrical tasks below the journey‑worker level and assist electricians and HVAC Technician II as needed.
• Perform various trade skills mostly at the journey‑worker level under the general supervision of the Facility Maintenance Supervisor.
• Operate, maintain, install, and repair a wide range of HVAC equipment and related systems.
• Service boilers, chillers, cooling towers, and pumps; clean and replace filters, coils, and valves; test and adjust mechanical components; work with modern HVAC systems such as heat pumps and geothermal units.
• Perform plumbing and electrical repairs related to HVAC systems, including soldering, brazing, and troubleshooting circuits.
• Use building automation control software for diagnostics and energy management.
• Perform preventative maintenance, maintain records and inventories, coordinate with vendors and contractors, and assist in reviewing project plans and construction work.

Requirements

• Graduation from high school (or G.E.D.), HVAC apprenticeship and trade certification or equivalent, AND 3 years of experience in commercial/industrial HVAC repair, operations, installation, and maintenance.
• Must possess an EPA CFC Universal Certificate at time of appointment.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license at time of appointment and maintain it thereafter as a term and condition of continued employment.
• Promotional qualification: must be a full‑time or part‑time permanent employee in pay grade 120 (Wage) or below, pay grade 29 (Clerical) or below, or equivalent, and have been employed for 6 consecutive months by the City of Dayton in a classified Civil Service position. Identical scores are broken by (1) seniority and (2) random selection.
• Open competitive applicants: final appointment contingent upon passing a job‑related medical examination and providing documentary evidence of Employment Authorization and Identity. Identical scores are broken by random selection.
• Examination dates and times are subject to change; calculators will be provided for the Civil Service examination.
• Applicants on the Promotional eligible list are considered for appointment prior to those on the Open Competitive list.
• Applicants must provide all necessary employment dates, experience, training, or other requirements as stated in the Exam Announcement for their application to be considered for certification and admittance to the examination process.
• A background investigation is required prior to employment; all candidates must pass any level of background investigation applicable to the position, including current city employees seeking transfer, promotion, demotion, etc., into a classified position.
• Final appointment contingent upon passing a drug screen; applicants offered employment must pass a nicotine screening; newly hired employees must remain tobacco and nicotine free as a condition of continued employment. (The Tobacco and Nicotine Free Hiring Policy does not apply to current City employees.)