Air Conditioning Operator

Aldevra•Nashville, TN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Aldevra is currently seeking a qualified Air Conditioning Operator to support the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Nashville, TN. The ideal candidate will already align with our core values of SOAR (Strong Integrity and Ethics, Outstanding Teamwork, Accountability-Driven and Relentless Pursuit of Quality). This position is contingent upon contract award.

Requirements

Must be able to maintain VA Badge.
This position requires passing an extensive background check.
Must have 12 months of commercial Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) and building operations experience.
Must have Air Conditioning Equipment Knowledgeability and qualified experience in the following:
Air Handler Units
Cooling Towers
Chillers – Starting and stopping
Pumps
Motors
Exhaust Fans
Refrigerators
Ice Machines
Walk-in Coolers
Pneumatic Tube System
Basic plumbing
Basic electricity
Siemen Desigo Computer System – Building Automation System 1 year of experience utilizing system.
REES System
Viewpoint
Notifier fire alarm System
Requires 45 days of onsite training before beginning job duties independently
Valid REAL ID
Excellent verbal communication skills and telephone manner
Excellent and accurate written communication
Familiarity with Windows operating systems
Excellent attention to detail; accurate data entry
Customer Focused and team-oriented work ethic
Able to multi-task efficiently and accurately, focusing on quality
Veterans and Military Spouses are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

Assist Veteran Affairs (VA) operators and work independently once trained to maintain facility needs.
Operate a multi-zone air conditioning plant consisting of several centrifugal chillers with a capacity of approximately 3,000 tons and two reciprocating chillers with a capacity of 175 tons each, 4 computer room air conditioning units with a total capacity of 40 tons, and other air conditioning components such as condenser water systems, chilled water circulating systems and large air handling units that provide heating, ventilation, filtering, humidification and cooling to the entire medical center.
Start, stop, and adjust all the air conditioning equipment needed to maintain required conditions of special areas such as clinical labs, research labs, bone marrow transplant unit, operating rooms, decentralized hospital computer equipment rooms, MRI, telephone and communication equipment, etc.
Make hourly inspections of all operating equipment and records all findings such as compressor pressures, refrigeration temperatures, water temperatures, oil pressures, volt and amp readings and other information pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of the equipment.
Check and adjust room temperatures and air handling unit temperatures as needed and address any alarms.
Respond to emergent situations relating to the malfunction of all building service equipment in the medical center such as plumbing, electrical, medical equipment, nurse call system, medical air systems, vacuum system, etc. recording, and documenting of plant operations
Maintain the cleanliness of all the Fan Rooms such as removing Trash and sweeping the floors.
Complete weekly and monthly (PM’s) Preventative Maintenance in all the Fan Rooms.
Responsible for relaying all information in the A/C Operations logbook located in the boiler plant.
At the end of each shift you will be required to have a hand-off meeting with the person relieving you to discuss items not corrected from the previous shift.
All other duties assigned.