Utilities Station Operator I

Office Location
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
1201 W. University Drive
Human Resources
MASS Building 2 nd Floor
Edinburg, TX 78539

Edinburg:
Brownsville:
Office hours:
Monday-Friday
8:00a.m.

- 5:00p.m.

Faculty Recruitment:
College of Engineering & Computer Science: cecs

Robert

C. Vackar College of Business & Entrepreneurship: cobe

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Posting Number

SRGV
9063

UTILITIES STATION OPERATOR I

1

Edinburg, Texas

Campus Facilities Operations

1.0

Non-Exempt

To provide control, monitoring, troubleshooting, documentation, and notification for the status of cooling plant heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment as well as facility ambient conditions UTRGV
-wide from a centralized location.

• Efficiently controls cooling plant equipment, including centrifugal chillers, pumps, and tower fans.
• Produces and delivers chilled water at the proper operating conditions to cool campus-wide facilities.
• Monitors operating parameters and alarm conditions of cooling and delivery systems and equipment based on established standards.
• Efficiently controls heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment UTRGV
  -wide from one location.
• Utilizes building automation to monitor facility ambient conditions UTRGV
  -wide from one location.
• Utilizes building automation to monitor facility HVAC and other equipment from one location.
• Utilizes building automation to monitor and report (as a back-up) life safety alarms from one location.
• Troubleshoots cooling and delivery systems and equipment.
• Oversees facility ambient conditions UTRGV
  -wide from one location.
• Documents hourly reading of cooling plant chillers, related equipment, and other instrumentation.
• Documents and reports cooling plant equipment issues to plant mechanics and/or supervisors.
• Documents facility critical space ambient conditions UTRGV
  -wide and reports anomalies to designated personnel.
• Acts as after-hours dispatcher for UTRGV facilities, utilities, and health and safety issues.
• Available to work shifts with short-notice, including week-ends, holidays, and during emergency situations.
• Assists plant mechanics, EMS technicians, and general cleaning of work area.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Direct supervision from the assigned supervisor.

None.

High school diploma or equivalent.

N/A

N/A

One (1) year of experience in a technical trade, such as heating, ventilation, air conditioning ( HVAC ) and electrical/electronics.

N/A

Basic knowledge of standard office equipment. Knowledge of chilled water and condenser water systems or of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems.

Needs to be able to successfully perform all required duties. Exposure to Thermal Plant conditions. Ninety percent of time is spent in noisy machine and utility room. Exposure to outside environmental conditions. Constant weekend/evening work is required. Some exposure to mechanical +and/or electrical hazards.

Must be physically able to perform strenuous physical duties associated with the maintenance, installation, or repair of Thermal Plant systems equipment.

N/A

Full-Time

Commensurate with Experience

Commensurate with Experience

07/23/2026

No