District HVAC Mechanic

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Title: District HVAC Mechanic
Reports To: Assistant Director of Maintenance & Facilities

Takes Direction From: Assistant Director of Maintenance & Facilities, Director of Facilities and Operations

Schedule/Calendar: 8 hours/day 40 hours/week 12-month

Summary: The District HVAC Mechanic maintains, services, and repairs HVAC systems, chillers, exhaust fans, refrigeration, and building automation controls, etc.

Essential Functions:

• Maintains, repairs, and installs heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration, control systems and related equipment and components throughout the school district

• Performs skilled mechanical maintenance work to repair, install and alter heating, ventilating, refrigeration systems and related equipment

• Troubleshoots diagnoses, and determines repair needs for chillers, boilers and/or control problems

• Installs, maintains and repairs cooling towers, chillers, pumps, motors, compressors, pneumatic and DDC controls and related components of HVAC systems

• Tests systems for leaks, faults,and pressure/charge loss

• Performs preventive maintenance tasks on HVAC systems and equipment

• Understands electronic building automation systems and demonstrates the ability to operate and modify programming to achieve the desired result according to Board policy

• Orders materials as needed

• Keeps basic work records using an electronic district maintenance management system

• Assist other district maintenance personnel in performing tasks as assigned by the Coordinator of Maintenance & Facilities

• Performs other building maintenance tasks as assigned

• Performs snow and ice removal as directed

Education and/or Certification Required:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Technical/vocational school, or industry recognized apprentice program completion.
• Valid PA driver's license
• Current EPA Refrigerant Certification

Experience Needed:

• Five (5) years experience of the HVAC maintenance and repair experience

Requisite Skills:

• Skilled in assembling, installing, testing, and general maintenance of HVAC systems
• Ability to understand and follow simple written or oral instructions
• Ability to read wiring diagrams and instructions as well as equipment operation and maintenance instructions
• Ability to read blueprints
• Ability to work standing/walking for long periods of time, ability to work alone, ability to lift, push, pull, twist, stand, raise arms above shoulders, stoop to ground, and climb ladders and stairs
• Ability to work in noisy or dusty environments, inside and outside, and in extreme weather conditions

ADA Compliance:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions of this position.

Physical Requirements: (Choose one of the following.)

Sedentary Light work X Medium work

Heavy work Very heavy work

ADA Compliance:

Physical Requirements: Choose one of the following. Most desk jobs are sedentary or light:

Sedentary: involves sitting most of the time. The incumbent should be able to exert up to 10 lbs of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or move objects.

Light work: If the use of arm and/or leg control requires exertion of forces greater than that for sedentary work and the individual sits most of the time, the job is rated for light work. The incumbent should be able to exert up to 20 lbs of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 lbs of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.

Medium work: The incumbent should be able to exert up to 50 lbs of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 lbs of force frequently, and/or up to 10 lbs of force constantly to move objects.

Heavy work: The incumbent should be able to exert up to 100 lbs of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 lbs of force frequently, and/or up to 20 lbs of force constantly to move objects.

Very heavy work: The incumbent should be able to exert in excess of 100 lbs of force occasionally, and in excess of 50 lbs of force frequently, and in excess of 20 lbs of force constantly to move objects.