Trades Specialist - HVAC

Washington Elementary School District 6 Maintenance And Operations - Phoenix, Arizona

Job : 4496598
Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled
Re-Posted: Feb 06, 2025 12:00 AM (UTC)
Starting Date: Immediately

Pay Grade: AH (Non-Exempt Support Staff Salary System)

Department: Maintenance

Accountable to: Maintenance HVAC Supervisor

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Calendar: 261 Days

Creation/Revision Date: October 30, 2024

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 ensures compliance.

• 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.

To be eligible for this position, an applicant must meet the following required qualifications. Verification of these required qualifications is necessary.

• 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

It is preferred that applicant possesses the following preferred qualifications; however, the following qualifications are not required to be eligible for this position.

• 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

To perform the job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The qualifications for this job description are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.…