HVAC Technician Job East Chicago area,Indiana USA,Trades / Skilled Labor

July 13, 2026

SCHOOL CITY OF EAST CHICAGO

School Year

Title: HVAC Mechanic

Reports to: Building and Grounds Manager

Job Classification:Exempt

Length:09-10 School Year

Job Goal: To help maintain the physical school plant in a condition of operating excellence so that full educational use of it may be made at all times.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities Required):

High School Diploma or general education degree (GED).
Competed an apprenticeship

Duties and Responsibilities

Maintains all safety and code requirements of the State, local and Board of Education guidelines.

Repairs and maintains all types of air conditioning and refrigeration units.

Repairs and maintains gas, hot water, steam and oil boilers and hot air furnace.

Rebuilds and repacks burned out boiler fire boxes.

Repairs and maintains air handlers, ventilators, cooling coils and radiators along with other mechanical heating and ventilating equipment.

Monitors and coordinates control panels and thermostats of all systems to maintain standard working temperature.

Performs regular preventative maintenance and boiler water treatment programs for all heating and air conditioning equipment.

Install and tests new equipment.

May be required to be on 24 hour call.

Must possess written communication skills, including the ability to draft, edit, and proofread emails, as well as reading comprehension to respond to those emails.

Accurately orders and accounts for material and labor relation to assignments.

Working Conditions and Physical Environment

Must have the ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time; exhibit manual dexterity to dial a telephone, to enter data into a computer terminal; hear and understand speech at normal levels; physical agility to lift up to 50 pounds; to bend, to stoop, to sit on the floor, to climb stairs, to walk and to reach overhead. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to angry students/parents and neighborhoods considered to have high levels of violence potential.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The HVAC Mechanic will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other related duties as assigned by the Director of Facilities or appropriate administrator. School City of East Chicago reserves the right to update, revise or change this job description and related duties at any time.

Final

date to receive applications

Open Until Filled