Trades Specialist - HVAC

Washington Elementary School District 6•Phoenix, AZ

About The Position

Under direct supervision, incumbent(s) performs skilled heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) duties including installing and maintaining HVAC systems, inspecting and troubleshooting systems, monitoring gauges and meters, and maintaining pumps. In addition, incumbent(s) complete work orders, maintains reports and logs, communicates with District staff members, monitors inventory of supplies and equipment, and ensure compliance.

Requirements

High School diploma or equivalent (G.E.D.) prior to being hired
One year of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning experience
Valid Arizona Department of Transportation Driver’s License
Operating and understanding Oxy/Acetylene torch assembly
Operating and understanding refrigerant manifold gauges
Operating and understanding refrigerant reclaim machines
Operating and understanding vacuum pumps
Operating and understanding vacuum gauges
Operating and understanding superheat thermometers
Operating and understanding digital scale
Knowing principles and practices of mechanical and controls systems
Applying federal and state building, health, and safety codes
Demonstrating record-keeping techniques
Applying basic mathematic principles
Reading and understanding technical manuals
Understanding Arizona State School Facilities Board (AZSFB) requirements
Operating meters, recorders, testing equipment and other hand and power tools
Using computer software related programs
Engaging and encouraging communication skills while interacting with supervisors, staff, students, etc. to exchange information.

Nice To Haves

Completion of HVAC trade school
Must hold EPA Type II Certification or Universal Certification
Three years of commercial heating, ventilation, and air conditioning experience
One year of trades school experience
Valid heating, ventilation, and air conditioning licenses

Responsibilities

Installs, services, maintains, troubleshoots, and repairs heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems and equipment.
Diagnoses malfunctions and determines repair needs.
Inspects and performs tests on systems and equipment for defective parts and to assure proper functioning.
Adjusts, repairs, and replaces defective parts such as compressors and reversing valves, fan motors, electric, electronic, and pneumatic controls, thermostats, metering devices, heater controls and anticipators, pressure controls, safety valves, automatic gas valves, motor controllers, magnetic starters, combustion air blowers, switches and relays.
Cleans, lubricates, services, and performs maintenance and repair to all HVAC-related equipment such valves, fans, motors, gaskets, filters, belts, fuses, controls, thermostats, switches, gauges, tubing, pressure regulators, pumps and pipes; cut, bend, and join tubing and pipes.
Monitors various gauges, gas and draft meters, pressure indicators, and temperature indicators to verify operating conditions of automatically fired boilers, chillers, compressors, motors, turbines, and other related equipment.
Adjusts controls to specified operating conditions.
Inspects chillers, pumps, chemical feeders, heat exchanger, hydraulics, microprocessors and other applicable equipment to ensure a safe and economical operation of equipment.
Makes chemical analysis of water samples and adjusts amounts of chemical being used to protect equipment property.
Overhauls, disassembles, and reassembles pumps such as feed water, transfer, condense, vacuum, and chemical pumps.
Checks for wear using micrometers, dial indicators, and other advanced equipment.
Ensures compliance with District policies, Arizona State School Facilities Board (AZSFB), Environmental Protection Act (EPA), and other federal and state building, health, and safety codes.
Maintains daily reports to meet the Arizona State School Facility Board requirements by recording schedules, inspected areas, determined needs, use of tools, equipment and chemicals, number of work hours to complete job, and other applicable results.
Prepares logs, charts, and reports of operating conditions.
Communicates with District personnel and outside agencies to exchange information and resolve issues or concerns.
Collaborates with maintenance department crew to determine proper work order distribution and to avoid disruption in HVAC services.
Performs cleanup at the end of the day or when the job is completed to ensure area is safe including cleaning chemicals and picking up tools and scraps.
Completes preventative work orders by determining number of hours used to complete job, determining tools, equipment and chemicals, establishing safety precautions, and documenting the results after project is completed.
Monitors inventory of tools, equipment, and chemicals for electrical purposes and requests purchase of applicable items to ensure inventory is stocked.
Other job-related duties as assigned.