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Location: Columbus, OH (or) WEST JEFFERSON, OH

Duration: 6+ Months

Employment Type: Temp to permanent

Description:

Services, maintains, and repairs machinery or mechanical equipment associated with laboratory and office facility heating, ventilating, air conditioning, refrigeration systems, plumbing, and related electric or pneumatic control systems. Reviews and updates all equipment records for history of preventive/predictive maintenance and service activities to ensure adequate maintenance schedule is in place; logs all mechanical functions. Ensures that the operation of systems and components remains in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local regulations as well as client-driven requirements for specific kinds of equipment. Monitors equipment to ensure operation is within specified parameters, especially to meet the requirements of conducting project work for clients; makes adjustments and repairs as necessary; conducts necessary tests and inspects system equipment and components to detect actual and potential mechanical problems that would affect project work, and takes corrective action. Performs repairs using hand tools associated with heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems maintenance work; replaces broken or defective parts; orders production of replacement parts or machine shop services; reassembles machines and makes adjustments. Work may be performed indoors or outdoors. Reports on status of assigned equipment maintenance and repair activities to supervisor; advises on mechanical system capacity and efficiency; makes purchases of mechanical equipment related to facility heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems; instructs and advises equipment users on capacity and proper operation of equipment. Responds and assists in performing emergency repairs on the facility's heating, ventilating, air conditioning, refrigeration systems, and related electric or pneumatic control systems. May be required to work overtime and outside of normal working hours (including holidays and weekends). Performs self-development activities sufficient to maintain craft specialty skills and certifications required to perform assigned tasks. Performs special assignments, as directed, requiring skills related to facility heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems.

Minimum Requirements:

1. High school education, trade or vocational school certification, and approved apprenticeship or equivalent with 2 to 5 years experience as a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning mechanic.
2. Demonstrated knowledge of heating, ventilating, air conditioning, or refrigeration systems and related pneumatic and electrical control systems as applicable to work specialty.
3. Knowledge of tools, materials, procedures, and hazards of the trade, and ability to perform delicate repairs and adjustments.
4. Physical ability to perform medium difficulty work, including lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling work materials and tools; ability to climb ladders, maintain balance, stoop, kneel and crouch to gain access to equipment components; ability to read meters and use tool accessories; acuity of vision for close work; depth of perception, field of vision, and color vision.
5. Good oral and written communication skills, and ability to follow through and carry out assignments.
6. May be required to obtain certain government clearances; inoculations against certain diseases; asbestos awareness training and certification; universal refrigeration certification; licenses to operate a forklift, overhead crane, aerial lifts and power tools; and radiation worker's training.

Seniority Level

Associate

Job Function

Other

Industries

Non-profit Organizations