HVAC REFRIGERATION MECHANIC

Maintains, modifies, troubleshoots, repairs, adjusts, and operates air handling systems, package air conditioning, heating units, fan coil units, heat pumps, chillers, exhaust fans, heat exchangers, and HVAC related pumps and cooling towers, as well as clinical, laboratory, research and food storage refrigerators, freezers, ice machines, and environmental control rooms and similar equipment. Maintains building HVAC electronic and pneumatic control systems, control air compressors and thermostat controls. Uses hand and power tools to repair and/or fabricate items by sketches, diagrams or manufacture specification to restore equipment to operation.

Job Responsibilities:

• Maintains, modifies, troubleshoots, repairs, adjusts, calibrates, validates, certifies, tests, and operates domestic and industrial year-round air conditioning and heating units , as well as clinical, laboratory, research and food storage refrigerators, freezers, ice machines, and environmental control rooms and similar equipment. Maintains internal electrical circuitry. Replenishes lubricants and refrigerants. Connects vacuums and pressure gauges, electromechanical controls and other accessories. Performs installation and setup of refrigeration equipment.
• Maintains, modifies, troubleshoots, repairs, adjusts, and operates air handling systems, package air conditioning, heating units, fan coil units, heat pumps, chillers, exhaust fans, control air compressors, and HVAC related pumps and cooling towers. Maintains building air handling units, package air conditioners, and exhaust systems. Maintains HVAC electronic and pneumatic control systems (valves, positioners, thermostats, dampers, actuators, lab hood systems, etc.) Performs troubleshooting and repairs to electrical control circuits. Replaces filters in air conditioning equipment, and air cleaning units. Performs cleaning of all HVAC equipment heating, cooling, evaporator, and condenser coils. Performs air flow testing and makes necessary corrections to return air systems to design conditions. Maintains heat exchangers and associated equipment for building heating water systems. Performs installation and setup of HVAC and/or refrigeration equipment.
• Provides assistance and direction for project helpers and coordinates and assigns specific job duties. Ensures quality, quantity, and thoroughness of helper assigned duties.
• Interprets and clarifies work order request for all types of HVAC or Refrigeration duties. Evaluates to ensure requests do not violate regulatory codes. Responds to requests and provides a time frame of completion and a cost estimate.
• Orders material according to specifications. Interprets blueprints and sketches to determine specific materials list. Evaluates inventory and re-orders for necessary materials to maintain minimum stock.
• Assists staff with related work requests to accurately determine specific needs. Draws rough sketches to ensure clear understanding of requests. Measures items or areas in order to fabricate or submit measurements to vendors for cost estimates.
• Uses hand and power tools to repair and fabricate necessary requests. Uses job related equipment to perform duties by specification. Troubleshoots A/C related equipment to determine problems and necessary repair.
• Installs A/C Refrigeration related equipment submitted by vendors or purchased by owners. Ensures equipment meets designed specification. Assembles and installs equipment as specified by manufacturer. Removes and replaces compressors, condensing units, water pumps, fans and other system components.
• Performs Preventive Maintenance (P.M.). Evaluates (P.M.) procedures to determine specific needs and completes as directed. Implements recommended procedures if approved and makes recommendations of any changes needed. Adds and subtracts equipment from (P.M.) schedules as required for accurate inventory list.
• Performs other related duties as assigned, or directed, in order to meet the goals and objectives of the department and the institution.
• Maintains regular and predictable attendance.

Minimum Education and/or Training:

• High School Diploma or GED required

Minimum Experience:

• Four (4) years of HVAC mechanic experience required
• Experience in a hospital or similar environment preferred
• Experience maintaining ultra low freezers preferred

Licensure, Registration and/or Certification Required by Law:

• (LC: EPA-RECOV) EPA Refrigerant Recovery Certification (EPA-RECOV) required.

Licensure, Registration and/or Certification Required by SJCRH Only:

• (LC: STEAM-1st and REFRIG-1st) First Class Steam (STEAM-1st) and First Class Refrigeration (REFRIG-1st) licenses frm the Memphis and Shelby County Office of Construction Code Enforcement must be obtained within two (2) years of assuming the position.

Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; talk or hear; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• The employee frequently is required to talk or hear and or smell
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, extreme hot or cold surfaces, sharp edges, and outside weather conditions
• The employee will be expected to work in mechanical equipment rooms where low clearance and slip or trip hazards exist
• The employee may be exposed to high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals; risk of electrical shock; and vibration
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud
• An essential function of the job is to be able to comply with all applicable federal, state and local safety and health regulations that would apply to this job
• The employee must move about the work space to access work surface and shelves, cabinets, drawers, and equipment that are at, below or above the work surface.
• Nothing in this job description limits management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time as business needs dictate. This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; it does not proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job.

Compensation

In recognition of certain U.S. state and municipal pay transparency laws, St. Jude is including a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This is an estimate offered in good faith and a specific salary offer takes into account factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the salary range and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current salary range is $24.00 - $42.00 per hour for the role of HVAC Refrigeration Mechanic.

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