HVAC Supervisor

University employees can choose from a wide range of professional training opportunities for career growth, skill development and lifelong learning and enjoy exclusive perks for numerous retail, restaurant and performing arts discounts, savings on local child care centers and special rates on select campus events. UNC
-Chapel Hill offers full-time employees a comprehensive benefits package
, paid leave, and a variety of health, life and retirement plans and additional programs that support a healthy work/life balance.

Building Services provide full maintenance and repair services for all UNC facilities and ensure the proper operation of those facilities in support of the UNC mission of teaching, research and public service. Building Services supports more than 300 campus buildings with more than 18 million gross square feet of space. The teams that provide quality maintenance, repair and construction services that support the teaching, research, and public service mission of the University include Campus Maintenance, EMCS, Facilities Operations Support, Housing Support, HVAC Systems, Life Safety Services, and the Office of Waste Reduction and Recycling.

The Refrigeration shop is a unit of Building Services that installs, operates, maintains, and improves DX systems, environmental chambers, process chillers, water coolers, freezers, refrigerated air dryers, window air conditioners, refrigerated scientific and food service equipment, and boilers. These diverse systems serve a variety of facilities including classrooms, auditoriums, offices, kitchen/dining areas, parking decks, arenas/athletic venues, laboratories, clinics, surgery suites, clean rooms, data centers, museums/repositories, and vivariums.

These customers depend on the Refrigeration shop to achieve UNC’s many missions.

Functions as the Refrigeration Shop Supervisor with responsibility for maintaining, optimizing, and improving indoor air quality, energy efficiency, and occupant thermal comfort. Proper operation and maintenance of building HVAC and refrigeration systems, including complex refrigeration equipment supporting an extensive biotechnology/life sciences research and health care campus. Systems supported include DX units, variable refrigerant flow systems, gas heaters, environmental chambers, walk‑in coolers and freezers, air dryers, ice machines, packaged units, CRAC units, dehumidification systems, refrigerated scientific equipment, ultra‑low and cryogenic equipment, small chillers, and specialized equipment.

Extend the life of building equipment as much as possible, given limited funding for replacements. Concurrently, with limited maintenance resources, help direct and optimize those resources to the most critical needs. Communicate replacement priorities to management as evidence of impending failure and corresponding occupant impact develops, to avoid unscheduled down time, and when failures do occur minimize time by ensuring availability of parts, equipment, and well‑trained professional staff needed to return UNC back safely and quickly to normal operations.

For projects and construction, participate in defining the scope, reviewing plans, performing inspections, and commissioning. Perform hands‑on work to land the project on time and schedule when in‑house staff are used. Consider energy efficiency and water use to meet UNC’s sustainability and energy reduction goals.

Exercise a high level of independent decision making and responsibility for compliance with university, town, state, and federal laws, ordinances, codes, and policies. Ensure that employee training is kept current and in compliance with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ( OSHA ) and other requirements. Evaluate opportunities for cross training and career development which enhance the shop’s ability to effectively respond to changes in its mission and organizational needs.

High school diploma or equivalency and two years of experience in trade(s) areas assigned; or equivalent combination of training and experience.