HVAC Training & Safety Officer

UNC-Chapel Hill•Chapel Hill, NC

About The Position

The HVAC Training & Safety Officer develops and delivers safety and technical training for personnel who work with heating, air conditioning, ventilation, refrigeration, controls, and related systems. The officer creates lesson plans, training materials, and schedules; provides hands-on instruction; and emphasizes safe work practices, hazard recognition, compliance requirements, and proper use of safety equipment. The role also monitors, inspects, and maintains safety equipment, keeps training records, evaluates progress, and promotes professional development, troubleshooting, problem solving, and effective communication skills. Alongside training and safety duties, the position performs preventive, predictive, and reactive maintenance on complex refrigeration equipment supporting a biotechnology and life sciences research and health care campus. Supported systems include DX units, environmental chambers, walk-in coolers and freezers, air dryers, ice machines, packaged units, CRAC units, dehumidification systems, refrigerated scientific equipment, ultra-low and cryogenic equipment, small chillers, and hot water and steam boiler systems. HVAC maintenance work includes troubleshooting complex control circuits; replacing compressors; repairing refrigerant leaks; replacing fan and blower motors; repairing and replacing refrigeration, mechanical, and electrical controls; and maintaining EPA refrigerant management logs. The position also maintains and repairs complex boiler systems, calibrates boilers for efficient operation, and prepares boiler systems for state inspections. Other duties include selected equipment replacements and installations and supporting construction and renovation projects by reviewing work and providing written comments on compliance with plans, specifications, codes, and established guidelines. The work schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. A $5,639 sign-on bonus is available, paid in two installments within 12 months of hire: $2,819.50 within 30 days of hire and $2,819.50 12 months after hire.

Requirements

Must possess a valid North Carolina Driver’s License or be able to obtain one before the hire date.
EPA 608 Universal refrigerant certification is required.

Responsibilities

Develop and deliver safety and technical training for personnel working with HVAC, refrigeration, controls, and related systems.
Create lesson plans, training materials, and training schedules.
Provide hands-on instruction on safe work practices, hazard recognition, compliance requirements, and proper use of safety equipment.
Monitor, inspect, and maintain safety equipment.
Maintain training records and evaluate trainees’ progress.
Promote professional development, troubleshooting, problem-solving, and effective communication skills.
Perform preventive, predictive, and reactive maintenance on complex refrigeration equipment and related systems.
Troubleshoot complex control circuits; replace compressors and fan or blower motors; repair refrigerant leaks; and repair or replace refrigeration, mechanical, and electrical controls.
Maintain EPA refrigerant management logs.
Maintain and repair complex boiler systems, calibrate boilers for efficient operation, and prepare boiler systems for state inspections.
Perform selected equipment replacements and installations.
Support construction and renovation projects by reviewing work and providing written comments regarding compliance with plans, specifications, codes, and established guidelines.