Utility Tech-Mech Air Cond/Ref

Essential functions of the position include, but are not limited to the following:

Under the supervision of the Maintenance and Utilities Supervisor and direction of the maintenance team leader, installs, maintains, operates, calibrates, repairs and troubleshoots refrigeration, air conditioning and air volume equipment and associated control systems.  In compliance with operating procedures, Company and Government regulations, and current Good Manufacturing Procedures, assures the quality of our products and services are of the highest priority.  HVAC mechanics will perform maintenance on any equipment or facilities which their skills support in a compliant quality manner.  HVAC mechanics are part of the Utilities Technician work group and will primarily share work assignments within their job grouping with no inherent or “system imposed” limits.  Based on business needs, Utilities Technicians will perform maintenance activities including crossing between job groupings where skills are common.  Work assignments, building and equipment are not exclusive to any craft, job grouping, or employee.  Position may include some responsibility for maintaining significant business systems (e.g., CMMS data, planning, procurement, and scheduling) including the authority to assign, coordinate, and maintain work for others.

High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED)

Universal Refrigerant Certification

1.      Graduation from a recognized/accredited HVAC/Refrigeration trade school or community college or equivalent programs with at least six (6) months full-time emphasis (650 hours), in air conditioning, refrigeration, electricity, and associated controls.  At least three (3) years of recent full-time experience as an HVAC/Refrigeration mechanic maintaining and troubleshooting commercial or industrial refrigeration and air conditioning equipment and associated controls.  This includes but is not limited to servicing:

          a)  at least 20-Ton HVAC/Refrigeration systems and/or servicing low temperature refrigeration systems.

          b) ability to interface with automated building/refrigeration control systems.

2.      Completion of a formal Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic Apprentice Program that is approved by the United States Department of Labor or equivalent.

3.      Verified Military training equivalent to a recognized/accredited trade school or journeyman apprenticeship program.  Three years recent full-time military experience maintaining and troubleshooting refrigeration and air conditioning equipment and associated controls.

4.      Held the position of Air Conditioning/Refrigeration Mechanic at our company, West Point, PA within the last seven (7) years.

5.      Graduation from a recognized/accredited HVAC/Refrigeration trade school or community college or equivalent programs with at least three (3) months full-time emphasis (325 hours), in air conditioning, refrigeration, electricity, and associated controls.  At least five (5) years of recent full-time experience as an HVAC/Refrigeration mechanic maintaining and troubleshooting commercial or industrial refrigeration and air conditioning equipment and associated controls.  This includes but is not limited to servicing:

          a)  at least 20-Ton HVAC/Refrigeration systems and/or servicing low temperature refrigeration systems.

          b) ability to interface with automated building/refrigeration control systems.

6.      No formal education with at least ten (10) years of recent full-time experience as an HVAC/Refrigeration mechanic maintaining and troubleshooting commercial or industrial refrigeration and air conditioning equipment and associated controls.  This includes but is not limited to servicing:

          a)  at least 20-Ton HVAC/Refrigeration systems and/or servicing low temperature refrigeration systems.

          b) ability to interface with automated building/refrigeration control systems.

Desirable

• Specific HVAC, Refrigeration, and/or Direct Digital Control vendor training programs.

• Recent experience maintaining centrifugal chillers, cascade refrigeration systems, screw compressors, and DOC systems. 

• Demonstrate proficiency in testing, adjusting, and balancing HVAC systems. 

• Experience calibrating HVAC associated instrumentation.

• Portable and fixed power and hand tools, oxyacetylene torch, chemical cleaning equipment, protective clothing and safety devices, gauge manifolds, electronic/electric/pneumatic measuring devices, two-way radios, portable vacuum pumps, various refrigerant/heat transfer/lubrication media containers and handling equipment, maintenance rigging equipment, and BAS keyboard/CRI, and CFC leak detection, reclaiming, recycling, recovery systems.

• Ability to read refrigeration/HVAC drawings and electronic/electric/pneumatic. 

• Control schematics; ability to analyze air conditioning and refrigeration problems and take corrective action; ability to upload and download programs and utilize computer-based Building Automation Systems for trouble shooting and monitoring system performance. 

• Mechanical aptitude. 

• Required to complete certification as a Universal Technician in refrigerant transition and recovery in accordance with Environmental Protection Agency 40 CFR Part 82, Subpart F.

• Heavy lifting, use and handling of solvent, acids and heat transfer media, heat and cold, dust and dirt, subject to immunization, safety shoes and glasses, subject to emergency call-in, refrigerant handling, working in confined spaces and roofs and at heights, possible work in areas of potentially infectious agents and available at all times during work shift to answer emergencies. 

• May be required to carry a pager and/or a radio.

• Subject to immunizations.

• Required to take immunizations as prescribed by our company's Health Services Department.

• Must wear Company issued uniform per our company's SOP.

• Position is subject to a probationary period.

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