Pipe​/Mech Trades II

Overview

Commitment: CSDB is a Deaf and Blind-led academy where language, leadership, and learning converge to generate agency. Grounded in lived experience, students develop presence, purpose, and way finding - in a space built for growth, pride, and authenticity.

Aspiration: CSDB builds generations of thinkers, makers, and leaders who set new standards and transform the world.

The Facilities Services work unit is responsible for planning, designing, constructing, operating, maintaining, and managing all Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind (CSDB) facilities and campus infrastructure. The team ensures compliance with all applicable building, safety, and operational standards while promoting a safe, sanitary, reliable, and high-quality environment for students, staff, and visitors.

Facilities Services manages approximately 34 acres of campus grounds and 17 buildings totaling 296,484 square feet. The work unit plays a vital role in sustaining CSDB’s educational mission by maintaining effective, functional learning and residential environments across the entire campus.

• Maintain, repair, and install piping and plumbing systems, plumbing fixtures, wastewater, storm water, irrigation, natural gas, and HVAC-related systems. Equipment includes faucets, lavatories, toilets, flush valves, sinks, drinking fountains, domestic water heaters, garbage disposals, backflow devices, valves, and water/gas meters.

• Some repairs require coordination with other Facilities staff or outside contractors.

• Responds to routine and emergency service calls and work orders.

• Generate, complete, and document preventive maintenance tasks and work requests using the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS). Ensures all work orders and trouble calls are completed professionally, accurately, and in a timely manner.

• Perform preventive maintenance, inspections, and repairs on facility systems including domestic water and plumbing systems, irrigation systems, storm water systems, and sanitary waste drainage systems.

  • Creates and maintains equipment inventories, condition assessments, and location information.

  • Maintains up-to-date as-built drawings and identifies system repair/replacement priorities.

  • Coordinates documentation and inventory updates with the Supervisor and Facilities administrative staff.

• Operate, maintain, and install building mechanical systems and equipment associated with:

• Boilers

• Chillers

• Water treatment systems

• Pumps

• Deaerators

• Variable frequency drives (VFDs)

• Filters and traps

• Cooling towers

• Fan-coil units and air-handling units

• Energy recovery ventilators (ERVs)

• Chemical injection systems

• Meters and valves

• Building Automation System (BAS)

• Perform daily water chemistry testing and adjust boiler and chiller water systems as needed to ensure proper operation and equipment protection.

• Serve as an essential employee
  , reporting early and remaining available as needed for weather-related and campus-critical operations:

  • Removes snow and ice from walkways, entryways, sidewalks, and parking lots using trucks/plows, snow blowers, walk-behind brushes, shovels, and other snow-removal tools.

  • Applies salt and/or sand to ensure safe walking conditions.

  • May be required to work extended hours, weekends, or non-standard shifts to support campus operations.

  • Works in adverse weather, climate conditions, and physically demanding environments.

Residency Requirement: (New)

This posting is only open to residents of the State of Colorado at the time of submitting your application.

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PIPE/MECHANICAL TRADES II

Experience Only:

Three (3) years of relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned to this position

OR

Education and Experience:

A combination of related education, formalized apprenticeship program, and/or relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned equal to three (3) years

• Current Master-Level Plumber license (issued by the State of Colorado or another authoritative body).

• Experience maintaining plumbing and pipe systems in a large campus setting.

• Experience maintaining HVAC systems in a large…