HVAC Helper

Company Overview

NYU Langone Health is a fully integrated health system that consistently achieves the best patient outcomes through a rigorous focus on quality that has resulted in some of the lowest mortality rates in the nation. Vizient Inc. has ranked NYU Langone the No. 1 comprehensive academic medical center in the country for three years in a row, and U.S. News & World Report recently placed nine of its clinical specialties among the top five in the nation.

NYU Langone offers a comprehensive range of medical services with one high standard of care across 6 inpatient locations, its Perlmutter Cancer Center, and over 320 outpatient locations in the New York area and Florida. With $14.2 billion in revenue this year, the system also includes two tuition‑free medical schools, in Manhattan and on Long Island, and a vast research enterprise with over $1 billion in active awards from the National Institutes of Health.

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a HVAC Helper. In this role, the successful candidate under the direction of a foreman and shop manager, performs the duties peculiar to and normally required in the trade of H.V.A.C. controls.

• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Assists mechanic with all repairs, tests, replacements and installation of H.V.A.C. equipment, using necessary hand tools and testing instruments. Assists mechanic to install, repair, adjust, balance, service and maintain pneumatic control systems for heating, ventilation; including calibration of related instruments, gauges and controls. Assists mechanic to install, operate, service and air conventional mechanical air conditioning equipment including exhaust systems and all primary chilled water systems.
  
  As required, assists mechanic to estimate materials needed and record materials expended on each work order. Assists mechanic to conduct necessary tests of equipment to determine malfunctions or causes of breakdown, remove and replace faulty parts, subassemblies and major components and make required adjustments and corrections. Understands mechanical symbols and must be able to interpret mechanical drawings. Assists mechanic to examine and test H.V.A.C. systems to locate obvious problems.
• Assists mechanic to maintain systems operating at peak efficiency by interfacing with management clients, other shops, other foremen, contractors and outside vendors. Assists mechanic to acquire and maintain overall knowledge of facility operations and reports status to management. Assists mechanic to ensure equipment is operating according to given schedule. Has a good knowledge of NYU Medical Centers emergency procedures and coordinates information with other shops, clients, and management during emergencies such as floods, fire alarms.
  
  This includes interaction with outside municipal agencies (for example Fire Department) as necessary. Interacts with mechanics, peers, management, and clients; outside personnel is performed in an interpersonally smooth and courteous manner.
• Assists mechanic with utilization of equipment and maintenance. Assists mechanic to utilize equipment in a safe and proper manner, in accordance with departmental and NYU Medical Centers procedures. Assists mechanic with repairs when appropriate and notifies the appropriate person, including management, when equipment is damaged or in need of repair. Assists mechanic to make rounds of the Medical Center to ensure that appropriate corrective and preventive maintenance measures are being taken care of and to continue uninterrupted, efficient service.
  
  Institutes corrective action when necessary. Assists mechanic to maintain a clean and safe environment, obtaining the assistance and support of management when necessary.
• Assists mechanic to record materials needed for daily operations and planned activities. Assists and makes recommendations to mechanic in ordering necessary parts and supplies for maintenance of equipment. Assists mechanic to estimate materials needed and record time and materials needed on each work order and PMR. Performs work directed by assigned mechanic and foreman with competency. Understands…