JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Summary:
Perform daily responsibilities of operating and maintaining the site steam boilers, water chillers, and air compressors to optimal standards and as required by the site. Other duties include scheduled HVAC equipment maintenance, troubleshooting, repairs, and administration of the sites steam and chilled water chemical water treatment program.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Essential Job Duties:
1. Operate and maintain site mechanical equipment, site high-capacity air compressors, site centrifugal water chillers, and site steam boilers, to provide utilities, such as heat, chilled water (HVAC), and compressed air for buildings and site processes. Ability to reads gauges and recording devices.
2. Ability to perform operations on a site computerized building management systems (BMS) to verify proper operating conditions, and perimeters. Identify, and respond to equipment alarm situations through the site BMS. Perform manual overrides, switch to backup equipment or systems, or to shut down equipment if necessary. Reasonable computer skills and proficiency is necessary.
3. Possess a knowledge of facility HVAC systems such as chillers, boilers, air handling equipment, piping, pumps, and other components. Have a reasonably competent ability to identify failures, potential failures, hazards, defects, or the need for adjustments or repair. Monitor performance of site HVAC related equipment and inform management of potential problems.
4. Possess the ability to reasonably analyzes and troubleshoot HVAC equipment and / or system deficiencies and problems. Effectively replace defective parts, re-assemble affected equipment, and tests for proper operation, and return to service.
5. Perform preventive maintenance (PM's) as scheduled on facility HVAC equipment as required by the site recurring computerized maintenance programs CMMP (filters, belts, lubrication, etc.).
6. Possess a reasonably competent ability to read, and comprehend facility drawings, schematics, specifications, codes, and technical publications related to the HVAC trade.
7. Possess a basic working knowledge of maintaining and performing on an on-site water treatment program. Responsibilities entail periodic testing of boiler and cooling tower water quality. Maintaining the water treatment chemical inventory through a water treatment contractor. Ability to take corrective action, such as adding / regulating water treatment chemicals to maintain conductivity, prevent corrosion, or scale build up in steam and cooling water systems at the direction of the sits contracted water treatment professional. Monitor and control harmful bacteria build up, and corrosion in the sites cooling towers at the direction of the site water treatment professional. Possessing a basic understanding of the current New York State Dept. of Health (NYSDOH) cooling tower / legionella monitoring and control program would be desirable.
8. Ability to work effectively with outside vendors, contractors, or appropriate specialists when necessary to resolve HVAC equipment or system problems. Confer with other contracted or in-house trades to assist in resolving site HVAC related problems or equipment malfunctions.
9. Maintain necessary work records including equipment records, logs, and time sheets as required.
10. Have basic experience with, and or knowledge of an organized company lock-out / tag-out program. (Compliance with OSHA 29 CFR 1910.147 control of hazardous energy).
11. Ability to operate and manipulate a boomed manlift (JLG, Genie Lift) is highly desirable. Manlift operation is an essential part of this position.
QUALIFICATIONS
Skills, Education, Requirements, and Experience:
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