HVAC Supervisor

James Madison University • Harrisonburg, VA

19h • Onsite

About The Position

James Madison University is a publicly funded university with a beautiful campus and a supportive community that is committed to preparing students for the future. The university offers excellent comprehensive benefits which include paid vacation, sick, parental, and community service leave in addition to 19 paid holidays a year; affordable health insurance; retirement through the Virginia Retirement System. We also offer a work-life balance and integration program, Balanced Dukes, that is designed to support the overall wellbeing of our employees and a Tuition Waiver Program that allows employees to have tuition waived for undergraduate and graduate level courses taken at JMU. The Facilities Management Department at James Madison University is accepting applications for an HVAC Supervisor. This position is responsible for supervising technicians, maintaining HVAC requirements campus-wide by supervising and performing systems analysis, corrective and preventive maintenance, inspection and repairs of chillers, pumps, air-handling equipment, cooling towers, and piping systems in 130 plus buildings. The successful candidate must demonstrate professionalism through actions and appearance to promote a positive customer service culture, be dedicated to high-quality work, trustworthy, motivate others, a reliable communicator of work-related information and avoid gossip, willing to learn new skills and knowledge as well as keeping current by requesting specific training, maintain open, honest, courteous, respectful, and positive work relationships with associates both inside and outside the work unit, and actively contribute to group work activities, participate in decision making, support group, accept and provide praise and constructive criticism with equal effectiveness.

Requirements

• Considerable knowledge in diagnostics/troubleshooting and maintenance of HVAC systems, chiller systems, heating and chilled water loops with associated pumping systems, fume hood operation, refrigeration circuits, and associated controls.
• Knowledgeable in building codes, safety regulations, and EPA standards
• Must be organized, self-motivated, and adaptable to frequent change
• Ability to lead and support a crew of HVAC technicians
• Must understand the importance of refrigerant management
• Must obtain the ability to use various instruments in troubleshooting equipment, electrically, mechanically, and from an efficiency prospective can communicate this knowledge to technicians
• Must be available for on-call/overtime
• EPA 608 Certification
• Must be at least 19 years old and have a valid driver's license for a minimum of 24 months.

Responsibilities

• Schedule work to meet the needs of customers with high quality and reliability
• Ensure supplies are restocked and organized
• Address employee needs and concerns
• Effectively communicate with employees, customers, and managers in a timely manner
• Keep time cards, leave, work orders, and refrigerant records accurate and updated
• Prioritize work orders
• Evaluate technician performance
• Assist management with refrigerant records by keeping accurate inventory of appliances
• Keep shop work order backlog minimum
• Fosters organizational skills and seeks out best practices
• Attends meetings and trainings
• Completes work in a timely manner to satisfy customer needs
• Provides clear and concise descriptions on all work orders
• Provides documentation of refrigerant usage for EPA records
• Performs maintenance on HVAC systems to provide reliable, safe, and efficient operation
• Shares learned information and helps with training of technicians
• Provides input for the replacement of HVAC systems
• Thoroughly reviews replacement equipment for proper applications, efficiency, cost effectiveness, and minimal downtime
• Keeps accurate on-call schedule and provide copy to HVAC Manager
• Is part of a rotating call schedule of supervisors
• Assists with repairs on overtime as needed to ensure proper operation of University systems.
• May be required to work other shift temporarily
• May be required to preform other duties as needed

Benefits

• paid vacation
• sick leave
• parental leave
• community service leave
• 19 paid holidays a year
• affordable health insurance
• retirement through the Virginia Retirement System
• work-life balance and integration program, Balanced Dukes
• Tuition Waiver Program that allows employees to have tuition waived for undergraduate and graduate level courses taken at JMU

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees