Journeyman Facilities Maintenance Specialist

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The mission of Yakima County Government is to provide accessible, responsive and responsible public service through leadership and teamwork committed to understanding and meeting public needs.

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Facilities Maintenance Specialist-J23-U10-HRegular

Non-Exempt (eligible for overtime)
Overview:

Pay Range: $32.25 - $40.91 per hour (AFSCME 87 Pay Plan, C41, Step 1-13)
Hiring Range: $32.25 - $34.23 per hour (AFSCME 87 Pay Plan, C41, Step 1-4)
Job Closing Date:
October 28th, 2026 with weekly reviews starting October 5, 2026.

Note:

If a candidate is found job posting may close before the October 28, 2026 closing date.

There is one Journeyman Facilities Maintenance Specialist opening with the Yakima County Facilities department. This position performs skilled activities involving application of Heating, Ventilation and Air conditioning (HVAC), Direct Digital Control (DDC) and electrical principals and theories while diagnosing and troubleshooting systems and equipment problems. Monitors, services, inspects and repairs HVAC systems and performs various other skilled maintenance and repair activities in County facilities.

Performs various technical activities related to maintenance and repair of County facilities.

Benefits included in position:

-Health Care Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life and Basic LTD)-Retirement Benefits-Paid Vacation-Paid Holidays-Paid Sick Leave

Note:

This is a AFSCME 87 Bargaining Unit position.

This recruitment may be used to fill future vacancies that occur within 90 days of the closing of this position. (This excludes Yakima County Sheriff's Office and Department of Corrections)
Responsibilities:

Essential Duties:
1. Repairs, tests, modifies and installs HVAC components, parts, equipment and systems such as electric and gas fired boilers, screw and reciprocating chillers, package and split duplex heating box (DX) units, variable air volume boxes, room temperature air velocity, cubic feet per minute and outside air sensors, global controllers and base units. Reads, sketches and interprets HVAC blueprints and drawings.
2. Monitors HVAC performance and energy consumption utilizing digital sensors; maintains control systems that include electrical, electronic and pneumatic sensors and actuators; adjusts heat and air conditioning in buildings to ensure maximum effectiveness and energy savings by sequencing individual chiller operation; schedules the order in which motors start and stop; determines temperature set points; and repairs relays, timers, meters and switches with local or remote computer control.
3. Programs DDC computers, creates DDC floor plates and graphics and administers the Ethernet computer network connecting the energy controller to the general controllers in various buildings. Diagnoses potential problems or improvement; repairs air balancing, space use and other studies; communicates diagnostic and design information to the vendors for translation to computer code as a change to the Alterton energy management product;

and tests design changes.
4. Produces trend log programs to identify, diagnose and record HVAC problems; identifies intake air quality problems and maintains equipment to applicable codes. Establishing inspection schedules and prepares maintenance recommendations.
5. As a HVAC specialist, performs activities related to planning and implementing maintenance and repair projects such as: meeting with vendors; estimating costs; representing the department at meetings with stakeholders; evaluating code, safety or other implications and long and short term affects of the planned project.
6. Participates in and provides information and on the job training to other staff members in HVAC service activities such as lubrication of compressors, motors and moving parts.
7. Performs activities related to monitoring, servicing and repairing various electrical systems/units/components in County buildings by installing, modifying, maintaining and repairing interior wiring and cables, connections for electric machines, switches and controls, fuse boxes, breaker panels, distribution and instrument panels, buzzer and bell circuits, power circuits; by assembling, installing, testing and repairing control devices; by tracing out short circuits in wiring and electrical circuits;

by determining capacity; performing load calculations; writing…