HVAC Specialist

Position Information

Posting Number: NC0762026

Working Title:

HVAC Specialist

Department Org: 550000 - Office-Physical Plant

Will this position be Onsite, Remote, or Hybrid? Onsite

We are excited that you are considering joining the UCA Family—the faculty, staff, students and alumni—who make the University of Central Arkansas a great place to work!

At the University of Central Arkansas, we value our employees striving to maintain a work-life balance. We realize that this affects the overall well-being of employees while learning to prioritize challenging work and the ability to make a difference. Participation in university-wide flexible work schedules may be available for certain positions. Training is provided on systems or job‑specific software, and tools are available supporting professional and personal development.

The benefits package allows you to customize your benefits to meet your current needs, with the ability to adjust them as your priorities change. This includes university contributions to health, dental, life and disability insurance, 80% tuition waivers for employees and their families, 12 official holidays, immediate leave accrual, and a retirement program with university contributions of 10% of employee salary.

Also available are health and wellness incentives, as well as access to sports and cultural activities on campus for the family, free gym membership and equipment rentals.

The HVAC Specialist provides HVAC services with a specific responsibility to identify repair and/or replacement needs, installs, maintains, and upgrades HVAC systems and equipment, and assists other skilled trades in the Physical Plant.

This list is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities required of all personnel within this position.

• 1. Responsible for the maintenance and repair of heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration equipment; performs inspections on boilers, air compressors, heat decks, chillers, air dampers and pumps; checks control gauges for proper temperature and pressure; observes operations and makes adjustments as necessary; checks motors, controls, switches, wiring valves, condensers and cores for operation; checks seals for leaks and corrosion; disassembles structural components when problems arise.
• 2. Installs, services and repairs heating, cooling, and refrigerating systems according to blueprints and engineering specifications using knowledge of heating, refrigeration, structural layout and function and design of components.
• 3. Performs general duties:
  Changes filters in air outlets and cleans casings; performs preventative maintenance inspections and repairs; prepares reports showing date of inspection, repairs made, and cost of material; maintains complex set of tools; inventories supplies, and notifies supervisor of material needed; cleans and maintains work‑area; calibrates thermostats.
• 4. Coordinates with assigned supervisor and/or other trades for the purpose of completing projects and work orders efficiently.
• 5. Diagnoses causes of problems and/or failures in heating/air conditioning systems repair and/or replacement needs.
• 6. Responds to emergency situations during or after hours.
• 7. Participates in meetings, workshops, training seminars, as assigned, for the purpose of conveying and/or gathering information required to perform job functions.
• 8. Maintains vehicle, tools and equipment for the purpose of insuring availability in safe operating condition.
• 9. Other duties as assigned.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, go up and down stairs, operate foot and hand controls, use a telephone and write. Occasionally, the employee must lift and/or move up and to forty (40) or more pounds. This position requires accurate perceiving of sound, near and far vision, depth perception, handling and working with educational materials and/or objects, and providing oral information.

Must have the ability to work for the duration of the daily contracted time period, and to be physically present and at…