Trades Specialist - HVAC

About the role

Under direct supervision, incumbent(s) perform skilled heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) duties including installing and maintaining HVAC systems, inspecting and troubleshooting systems, monitoring gauges and meters, and maintaining pumps. In addition, incumbent(s) complete work orders, maintain reports and logs, communicate with District staff members, monitor inventory of supplies and equipment, and ensure compliance.

Responsibilities

• Installs, services, maintains, troubleshoots, and repairs heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems and equipment.
• Diagnostics malfunctions and determines repair needs.
• Inspects and performs tests on systems and equipment for defective parts and to assure proper functioning.
• Adjusts, repairs, and replaces defective parts such as compressors and reversing valves, fan motors, electric, electronic, and pneumatic controls, thermostats, metering devices, heater controls and anticipators, pressure controls, safety valves, automatic gas valves, motor controllers, magnetic starters, combustion air blowers, switches and relays.
• Cleans, lubricates, services, and performs maintenance and repair to all HVAC-related equipment such valves, fans, motors, gaskets, filters, belts, fuses, controls, thermostats, switches, gauges, tubing, pressure regulators, pumps and pipes; cut, bend, and join tubing and pipes.
• Maintains daily reports to meet the Arizona State School Facilities Board requirements by recording schedules, inspected areas, determined needs, use of tools, equipment and chemicals, number of work hours to complete job, and other applicable results.
• Maintains logs, charts, and reports of operating conditions.
• Communicates with District personnel and outside agencies to exchange information and resolve issues or concerns.
• Collaborates with maintenance department crew to determine proper work order distribution and to avoid disruption in HVAC services.
• Performs cleanup at the end of the day or when the job is completed to ensure area is safe including cleaning chemicals and picking up tools and scraps.
• Completes preventative work orders by determining number of hours used to complete job, determining tools, equipment and chemicals, establishing safety precautions, and documenting the results after project is completed.
• Maintains inventory of tools, equipment, and chemicals for electrical purposes and requests purchase of applicable items to ensure inventory is stocked.

Requirements

• High School diploma or equivalent (G.E.D.) prior to being hired.
• One year of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning experience.
• Valid Arizona Department of Transportation Driver’s License.
• Obtain and maintain a valid Arizona Identity Verified Prints (IVP) Fingerprint Clearance Card (AZ IVP FPCC).

Qualifications

• Completion of HVAC trade school is preferred.
• Three years of commercial heating, ventilation, and air conditioning experience is preferred.
• One year of trades school experience is preferred.
• A valid heating, ventilation, and air conditioning licenses is preferred.

Skills

• Operating and understanding Oxy/Acetylene torch assembly.
• Operating and understanding refrigerant manifold gauges.
• Operating and understanding refrigerant reclaim machines.
• Operating and understanding vacuum pumps.
• Operating and understanding vacuum gauges.
• Operating and understanding superheat thermometers.
• Operating and understanding digital scale.
• Knowing principles and practices of mechanical and controls systems.
• Applying federal and state building, health, and safety codes.
• Applying basic mathematic principles.
• Reading and understanding technical manuals.
• Understanding Arizona State School Facilities Board (AZSFB) requirements.
• Operating meters, recorders, testing equipment and other hand and power tools.
• Using computer software related programs.
• Engaging and encouraging communication skills while interacting with supervisors, staff, students, etc. to exchange information.

Physical Requirements

• Regularly stand, walk, climb ladders, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, talk or hear.
• Frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds, occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds.
• Regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, outside weather conditions, and extreme heat.
• Frequent exposure to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, and vibration.
• Occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme cold; and risk of electrical shock.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually loud.