HVAC Technician
University of Denver
- Denver, CO
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Performs daily rounds to check equipment in various mechanical rooms throughout campus to include, but not limited to
- checks and maintains alignment of motors with pumps, compressors and V-belt drive equipment,
- checks and maintains operation of electric controls and starters,
- logs equipment temperatures, pressures, and amperage draw,
- monitors all water columns, gauges, meters, thermometers, and other indicating equipment, and
- performs chemical analysis and adds chemicals to equipment as needed.
- Diagnoses repair needs on all heating and cooling equipment and performs full corrective actions.
- Performs seasonal changeover of heating and cooling systems as well as seasonal shutdown and start-up of various systems.
- Cleans waterside equipment, cooling towers, condenser tubes, and pump strainers.
- Able to operate steam and hot water boilers, auxiliary equipment, transmission, and distribution systems.
- Reads and sketches control diagrams and schematics.
- Works with high-temperature solders, brazing methods, oxyacetylene, and electric arc welding.
- Keeps records and prepares analytical reports. Completes work orders distributed by the foremen on a daily basis and tracks time and material for each work order.
- Regulates and adjusts operating controls.
- Responds to call-outs for all shops and take appropriate action.
- This position will be part of an on-call rotation.
- Must have adequate computer skills to monitor building automation systems and to respond to alarms generated by the software.
- Must be able to read and interpret construction drawings and specifications and must be able to effectively communicate with supervisor, co-workers, and other staff and faculty within the community.
- Detailed procedures. Daily priorities are established by the employee. The employee responds to situations requiring immediate attention.
- Expert skills. Competency in electrical fields/functions. Ability to read and understand service manuals technical specifications, control diagrams, schematics, and blueprints.
- Computer skills are necessary.
- Must be knowledgeable of related OSHA and EPA regulations and able to take appropriate safety precautions.
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot control circuits with and without printed schematics, using a multi-meter.
- A high school diploma or G.E.D.
- Journeyman skill level and a minimum of five years experience in the HVAC field
- EPA Universal Refrigeration Certificate
- Must possess a valid Colorado Driver's License and be insurable under University guidelines.
- Must be knowledgeable of related OSHA and EPA regulations and be able to effectively communicate regulations to others.
- Pass a pre-employment physical exam, and lift 100 lbs.
- Stationary Engineer Certificate or
- Boiler Operators Class A or B license Supervisor
- Steamfitter Journeyman License or
- Heating and Ventilation Journeyman, Class A or B Supervisor License or
- Refrigeration Journeyman, Class A or B Supervisor License
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to extreme heat, risk of electrical shock, and vibration.
- The employee frequently moves near moving mechanical parts, in highly precarious places, and in outside weather conditions and is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and fumes or airborne particles.
- The noise level in the work environment can be extremely loud.
- Unexpected interruptions often occur, and stress level is moderate to high.
- Moderate to strenuous physical effort required.
- This position demands frequent amounts of crouching, walking, standing, bending, reaching, and repetitive motions of the hand wrist, and elbow-shoulder.
- The employee is occasionally required to climb and balance, talk and hear.
- Tasks involve being in cold and hot, noisy, possibly constricted spaces.
- Workers are required to push, pull, carry, and lift objects of up to 100 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities demanded by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
- Should be able to wear approved OSHA respirators.
- Cover Letter
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