HVAC Journey-Level Building Maintenance Worker - Full-Time (8.0 hpd) - 261 days per year - Maintenance Department en SPRINGFIELD SD 19

About the Position:

The HVAC Journey-Level Building Maintenance Worker a highly skilled position responsible for diagnosing, repairing, and installing HVAC systems across the district. This role includes work on refrigeration systems, including walk-in coolers and freezers, and plays a key part in maintaining safe and efficient building operations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Preventative Maintenance & Assistance

1. Diagnose and repair complex HVAC system failures and performance issues.
2. Install new HVAC equipment, including piping, ductwork, electrical, and refrigerant connections.
3. Perform refrigerant recovery, leak testing, and recharging procedures.
4. Maintain and repair walk-in coolers and freezers, including compressors, evaporators, and controls.
5. Perform inspections and repairs on boilers, chillers, RTUs, and control systems.
6. Conduct inspections and maintenance of closed-loop hydronic systems and assist with chemical treatment oversight.
7. Coordinate with other trade, engineers, and vendors for project execution.
8. Conduct inspections to ensure compliance with safety and environmental regulations.
9. Maintain current knowledge of applicable codes, equipment, and best practices. 
10. Interpret technical drawings, wiring diagrams, and specifications.

General Duties of Building Maintenance Workers

1. Transport tools, materials, and equipment as needed.
2. Document maintenance activities accurately and in a timely manner, maintaining accurate service logs and maintenance records.
3. Report issues beyond essential duties of this position to supervisors.
4. Follow safety procedures and District Guidelines

General Expectations of Employment:

All employees are expected to demonstrate professionalism, reliability, and accountability in the performance of their duties. This includes, but is not limited to, the following:

• Reporting to work as scheduled and on time, prepared to perform assigned duties. When this is not possible, employees are expected to adhere to internal procedures for requesting/notifying appropriate personnel of any deviations from one’s schedule or absences.
• Conducting oneself in a manner that reflects positively on the organization and serves as a role model for students, colleagues, and the broader community.
• Communicating clearly, respectfully, and professionally with all internal and external stakeholders.
• Actively participating in required meetings, training, and organizational initiatives. If unable to attend a required meeting, employees are responsible for proactively following up with the meeting organizer or presenter to obtain all relevant information upon their return.
• Completing all mandatory training within established timelines and maintaining awareness of applicable policies, procedures, and job-related responsibilities.

Qualifications:

Minimum Requirements for Initial Consideration

The following are minimum requirements to be hired or to transfer into this position:

• High school diploma or General Education Diploma (GED);
• HVAC Journey-Level certification, license, or equivalent experience;
• Oregon Refrigeration License;
• EPA Section 608 Technician Certification (Universal);
• Five years of experience in HVAC and refrigeration;
• Advanced knowledge of HVAC and mechanical systems, DDC controls, and refrigerants;
• Experience servicing commercial refrigeration equipment, including walk-in coolers/freezers;

Eventual Requirements of Incumbents

The following are not required before hire or transfer, but will be required once placed in the position:

• Valid Oregon driver’s license; or driver’s license from another state with ability to obtain Oregon license within 30 days of hire/transfer into position;
• CPR/First Aid card;
• Bloodborne pathogen training.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

The knowledge, skills, and abilities described below are those that enable an employee to complete this work successfully.  Individuals with disabilities may request a reasonable accommodation that would enable them to perform the essential duties of this position.

Knowledge

• Intermediate HVAC – Knowledge of HVAC systems, boilers, and hydronic operations.
• Mechanical - Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
• Building & Construction - Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures.
• Customer Service – Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services, including needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Mathematics - Knowledge of basic mathematics including arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and their applications.

Skills

• Operations Monitoring – Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Critical Thinking – Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Troubleshooting - Determining the causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
• Installation - Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.
• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
• Repairing - Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to the actions of others.
• Repairing - Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
• Systems Analysis - Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
• Systems Evaluation - Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.

Abilities

Cognitive:

• Problem Sensitivity – The ability to tell when something is wrong or likely to go wrong.
• Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Oral Comprehension – The ability to listen and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Inductive Reasoning – The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions.
• Visualization - The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when parts or moved or pieces are rearranged.
• Oral Expression – The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Written Comprehension – The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Written Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.

Physical:

• Strength - Ability to lift, push, and pull objects of up to 75 pounds
• Flexibility - The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
• Ability to work on ladders
• Ability to work in confined spaces

Psychomotor:

• Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
• Finger Dexterity - The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
• Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly move your hand or hands together with your arm or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
• Multilimb Coordination - The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down.
• Control Precision – The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle in exact positions.

Sensory:

• Near Vision – The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet).
• Far Vision – The ability to see details at a distance.
• Visual Color Discrimination - The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades or brightness.
• Peripheral Vision – The ability to see objects or movement of objects to one’s side when the eyes are looking forward.
• Hearing Sensitivity - The ability to detect or tell the difference between sounds that vary in pitch or loudness.
• Auditory attention – The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.

Work Environment:

Employees in this position work primarily in and around public school buildings, including classrooms, offices, mechanical rooms, crawl spaces, and outdoor areas such as rooftops and school grounds. The work involves exposure to a wide variety of environmental conditions depending on the assignment and season.

Work is performed both indoors and outdoors and may include:

• Working in confined spaces, attics, and mechanical rooms with limited ventilation.
• Climbing ladders, accessing rooftops, and working at various heights.
• Exposure to dust, dirt, fumes, and occasionally loud or vibrating equipment.
• Regular contact with hot and cold surfaces, electrical components, and moving mechanical parts.
• Periodic work in inclement weather, including rain, snow, and heat.
• Traveling between district sites using a district vehicle.
• Employees must be able to lift and carry materials and equipment weighing up to 50 pounds frequently.
• The position requires frequent standing, walking, bending, stooping, kneeling, reaching, and handling tools. Safety gear such as gloves, goggles, masks, and hearing protection is provided and required as appropriate.
• The work may occasionally require responding to emergencies after hours, such as HVAC system failures, and working around students and staff during the school day in occupied facilities.