AC Mechanic

Halifax Health•Daytona Beach, FL

About The Position

The AC Mechanic installs and maintains mechanical systems and associated components, coordinates with facilities and engineering teams, and helps ensure system compliance through testing, reporting, and work orders. The role also monitors vendors performing service and repairs. Technician I is an entry/apprentice level that works under close supervision and follows standard procedures and escalation paths. Work includes preventive maintenance on HVAC equipment, accurate documentation, and escalation of issues that may affect temperature, humidity, or pressure relationships. Greater responsibility and autonomy are expected at higher technician levels. The position supports maintenance and monitoring of a broad range of building systems, maintains records in the Computer Monitoring System, assists with facilities and construction projects, coordinates purchases and repairs, and participates in on-call troubleshooting. The work takes place indoors and outdoors, including exposure to temperature variations, air contamination, dirt, grease, or waste.

Requirements

For Technician I, a high school diploma or equivalent plus trade school, apprenticeship training, or equivalent mechanical/HVAC experience.
Technician I experience level: 0–2 years.
EPA Section 608 Type I certification, or ability to obtain it within the introductory period.
Organizational skills and attention to detail.
Knowledge of general maintenance.
Good communication and people skills.
Knowledge of safety fundamentals, including lockout/tagout, PPE, infection-prevention awareness, and safe work practices in occupied healthcare environments.
Mechanical basics, including use of hand tools and knowledge of filters, belts, bearings, drain lines, thermostats, and basic HVAC component identification.
Ability to accurately complete preventive maintenance, rounds, and work orders, and escalate issues affecting temperature, humidity, or pressure relationships.
Ability to perform general maintenance and minor repairs.
Ability to walk, stand, or sit for extended periods during the regular day shift.
Ability to occasionally lift, push, or pull 25–50 pounds or equivalent.

Nice To Haves

OSHA 10 certification.
Trade school or apprenticeship completion.
Healthcare HVAC subject matter expertise, including resolution of comfort, humidity, filtration, and pressurization issues in critical and non-critical spaces.
Experience mentoring technicians, standardizing preventive-maintenance practices, and supporting competency development, certification readiness, and cross-training.
Experience partnering with facilities leadership, infection prevention, vendors, and engineers on outages, renovations, and corrective-action plans.

Responsibilities

Install and maintain mechanical systems and associated components.
Coordinate with facilities and engineering teams.
Conduct testing, reporting, work orders, and other activities to maintain mechanical-system compliance.
Monitor vendors conducting service and repairs and follow up on their work.
Maintain and update information in the Computer Monitoring System, including entering new assets after project completion.
Monitor and maintain systems including chilled water, domestic hot and cold water, heating hot water, boiler and steam, building controls, medical gas, compressed air, vacuum, water quality, CMMS, VFDs, remote monitoring systems, and other mechanical systems.
Assist the Facility Manager, project manager, or representative with assigned engineering and construction projects, including repairs, communications, and delegated tasks.
Assist with creating and maintaining tracking spreadsheets of items due.
Conduct general maintenance and minor repairs.
Assist and coordinate purchase requisitions, purchase orders, repairs, general maintenance, and replacement projects.
Communicate with leadership and the team, particularly the team the role reports to.
Test mechanical systems to maintain operations and compliance, and keep documentation updated regularly.
Pursue certifications and continuing-learning courses or webinars.
Complete other tasks assigned by leadership.
Participate in on-call needs and troubleshooting.