Facilities HVAC Specialist

Compensation: $17.36 -$21.05

This position is responsible for installing, maintaining, and repairing equipment and/or planning and executing construction projects within a special trade.

may include: installing/repairing equipment such as HVAC equipment; planning and completing trade related construction projects; performing minor computerized adjustments or installations; overseeing maintenance of an assigned campus/building/location; coordinating multiple projects; planning project steps; working with outside contractors; preparing documents for required permits; and inspecting end results.

• Performs skilled maintenance and carpentry tasks which, depending on area of assignment, may include; installing, maintaining, and repairing mechanical equipment; planning and executing construction projects; performing journey-level repairs; designing construction projects; and performing related duties.
• Repairs and maintains non-mechanical/electrical structures which includes: replacing parts; repairing fixtures; and/or performing related duties.
• May perform a skilled trade requiring a Journeyman's license or equivalent advanced training or education.
• Performs building inspections to ensure project and operational compliance with internal and external safety regulations.
• Monitors inventory and supply levels; procures and inventories supplies, equipment, and materials as necessary or directed.
• Demolishes, frames, hangs drywall/tapes/muds/finishes, plumbs, and repairs acoustical tiles.
• Runs data wiring.
• Maintains and repairs related equipment.
• Prepares and monitors logs and operational records.
• Checks on building automation controls.
• Cleans up around buildings, garages, parking lots, trash dumpsters, etc.
• Patches and paints walls.
• Sets up/tears down for events.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

High school diploma or equivalent preferably with vocational education in area of responsibility; four (4) years of related work experience; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job.

Knowledge of:

• Repair and installation principles and methods;
• Equipment operating and maintenance techniques;
• Construction and maintenance principles;
• Inventory maintenance and audit;
• Recordkeeping principles;
• Safety procedures; and
• Computers and related software applications.

in:

• Using applicable tools and equipment;
• Building, repairing, and maintaining facility structures;
• Repairing/replacing unsafe equipment;
• Reading schematics and blueprints;
• Inspecting assigned buildings;
• Maintaining a variety of work orders, records, and reports;
• Using a computer and related software applications; and
• Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with assigned employees, coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to give and receive work direction.

Ability to:

• Monitor and prioritize work; and
• Detect needed equipment, tools and facility repairs.

Some positions require a journeyman's license or certificate in area of responsibility.

This work typically requires the following physical activities to be performed.

A complete description of the activities below is available upon request from Human Resources.

Balancing ¿ maintain equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching.

Pushing ¿ use upper extremities to press against objects with force, or thrust forward, downward, outward.

Climbing ¿ ascending, descending ladders, stairs, ramps, requires body agility.

Reaching ¿ extending hands or arms in any direction.

Crawling ¿ moving about on hands, knees, or hands, feet.

Repetitive Motion ¿ substantial movements of wrists, hands, fingers.

Crouching ¿ bending body forward by bending leg, spine.

Speaking ¿ expressing ideas with spoken word, convey detailed, important instructions accurately, concisely.

Feeling ¿ perceiving attributes of objects by touch with skin, fingertips.

Standing ¿ for sustained periods of time.

Fingering ¿ picking, pinching, typing, working with fingers rather than hand.

Stooping ¿ bending body downward, forward at waist, with full motion of lower extremities and back.

Grasping ¿ applying pressure to object with fingers, palm.

Talking 1 ¿ expressing ideas by spoken word.

Handling ¿ picking, holding, or working with whole hand.

Talking 2 ¿ shouting to be heard above ambient noise.

Hearing 1 ¿ perceiving sounds at normal speaking levels, receive information.

Visual Acuity 1 ¿ prepare, analyze data, transcribing, computer terminal, extensive reading.

Hearing 2 ¿ receive detailed information, make discrimination in sound.

Visual Acuity 2 ¿ color, depth perception, field of vision.

Kneeling ¿ bending legs at knee to come to rest at knees.

Visual Acuity 3 ¿ determine accuracy, neatness, observe facilities/structures.

Lifting ¿ raising objects from lower to higher position, moving objects side to side, using upper extremities, back.

Visual Acuity 4 ¿ operate motor vehicles/heavy equipment.

Mental Acuity ¿ ability to make rational decisions through sound logic, deductive reasoning.

Visual Acuity 5 ¿ close acuity for inspection of small defects, machines, use measurement devices, or fabricate parts.

Pulling ¿ use upper extremities to exert force, haul or tug.

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Walking ¿ on foot to accomplish tasks, long distances, or site to site.

Work performed is primarily:

Sedentary work : Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.

Light work : Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force to move objects.

Medium work : Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Heavy work : Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Very heavy work : Exerting in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally and/or in excess of 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects

May be required to work hours other than the regular schedule including nights, weekends, and holidays.

This position requires regular and reliable attendance and the employee¿s physical presence at the workplace.

May be subjected to moving mechanical parts, electrical currents, vibrations, fumes, odors, dusts, gases, chemicals, and extreme temperatures.

Work is performed in a safe and secure work environment that may periodically have unpredicted requirements or demands.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions described herein. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in a job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were actually written out in a job description .

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Petersburg College has the right to revise a classification or job description at any time.