Facilities HVAC Technician - In House

• We are hiring immediately for a full time FACILITIES HVAC TECHNICIAN for an in‑house facilities position.
• Location: AstraZeneca – 290 Binney St., Cambridge, MA 02142.
  
  Note:
  
  online applications accepted only.
• Schedule: Full time;
  Monday through Friday, 7:00 am to 3:30 pm. More details upon interview.
• Requirement: Five to eight years of prior HVAC experience and an HVAC license are required.
  • Maintain, troubleshoot, repair, and optimize facility and lab HVAC and environmental control systems—including air handlers, chillers, exhaust and ventilation systems, humidification/dehumidification equipment—to ensure safe, compliant, and stable temperature, humidity, and air‑quality conditions that support uninterrupted R&D lab and office operations. Provide rapid response to system alarms or conditions that could impact research activities or facility comfort.
  • Collaborate cross‑functionally with onsite mechanical, plumbing, controls, and building automation teams to coordinate HVAC system repairs, calibrations, and upgrades that directly influence laboratory equipment performance, ventilation integrity, pressure relationships, and overall facility reliability.
  • Independently manage a personal queue of corrective and preventative HVAC work orders while overseeing vendor‑supported maintenance and small‑scale mechanical projects to ensure timely resolution, accurate documentation, and adherence to environmental, regulatory, and safety standards.
• Perks: Commuting benefit!
• Pay Range: $42.00 per hour to $51.00 per hour.

Summary
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The HVAC Maintenance Technician performs a variety of skilled maintenance duties related to the facilities engineering and maintenance functions and is assigned to work for a Supervisor, Foreman, and/or Master Mechanic on a regular basis.

Incumbent is guided by a comprehensive and proven skill in one trade as evident by possession of an appropriate license from the state. Within the incumbent’s chosen trade, he/she will work independently to analyze and correct complex problems and ensure that non‑license workers perform work in a manner consistent with correct work practices.

• Updates work statuses and documents tasks completed in the CMMS utilizing a mobile device.
• Helps determine manpower, material needs, and deadlines for jobs and projects.
• Cleans, lubricates, services, repairs, and diagnoses malfunction of HVAC, electrical and mechanical building systems, sterilizers, food service equipment, sprinkler and standpipe systems, transport systems, electronic signaling systems, fire alarm systems and similar plant and specialty equipment items.
• Assists in making decisions on all repairs and reports major problems to the Maintenance Supervisor, Foreman, and Manager as appropriate.
• Constructs, finishes, installs, maintains, and repairs electrical and mechanical systems, or the facilities of any related systems, using power & hand tools and other necessary equipment.
• Reviews outside vendor projects and makes punch lists.
• Analyzes and corrects complex building system problems and electro/mechanical problems related to utilities.
• Supports project management activity as needed.
• Responds to emergency problems in the facility and makes emergency repairs as needed.
• Maintains logs, performs rounds, and completes P.M. work orders, tests, and inspections.
• Makes recommendations for modification or improvement of preventive maintenance systems.
• Maintains shops and mechanical areas in a clean and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• 5 years’ experience as a Maintenance Technician in an institutional setting in an engineering or maintenance discipline.
• One of the following:
  Journeyman Electrical License, Registered ACR Technician with EPA certification in Refrigerant, or Journeyman Plumber License.
• Experience working with blueprints and schematics.
• Valid driver’s license.
• A general understanding of electro‑mechanical equipment.
• Rudimentary ability to utilize hand‑operated construction equipment.
• Ability to repeatedly lift 50 pounds and kneel/bend/stoop and perform strenuous labor for extended periods of time.

Some exposure to elevated…