HVAC Mechanic III

Job Category: Installation Maintenance & Repair Occupations

Requisition Number: HVACM
001432

• Full-Time
• On-site

CDU University - LA
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
1731

E. 120th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90059, USA

The HVAC Mechanic III performs maintenance and service repairs on heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems. Install new units or replacement parts for existing units according to specifications and established safety guidelines. Follow blueprints or engineering specifications to install units. Performs troubleshooting to identify the cause of problems. Maintains and secures a spare parts inventory. Recommends purchasing maintenance equipment and supplies as required to improve processes and efficiencies.

• Install, service, refurbish, and preventively maintain HVAC and refrigeration equipment, including compressors, condensers, chillers, boilers, cooling towers, heat pumps, packaged AC units, and related controls.
• Diagnose and resolve complex system issues, including electronic, pneumatic, and network-connected controls.
• Perform routine inspections, cleaning, lubrication, alignment, and adjustments to ensure system efficiency and compliance with codes.
• Balance HVAC systems to optimize airflow and temperature distribution.
• Overhaul and recharge refrigeration systems, following EPA Section 608 certification requirements.
• Maintain spare parts inventory, recommend purchases, and coordinate material needs.
• Interact with and adjust Building Management Systems (BMS) to monitor and control HVAC operations.
• Respond to 24/7 service calls and critical alarms.
• Ensure all work meets local, state, and national codes; follow safe tool and equipment handling procedures.
• Other duties as requested.

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• HVAC Mechanical State License.
• Three (3) to five (5) years of related experience.
• Knowledge of general principles and theories of pressure, vacuum, vaporization, and heat conduction, and safety regulations.
• Skill in the use of tools required to maintain and repair HVAC equipment.
• Ability to understand and follow directions, work from blueprints and sketches, maintain proper HVAC levels, diagnose malfunctioning units, maintain records, and communicate effectively.
• Ability to perform highly detailed work with sustained attention and care while providing/obtaining information on numerous inquiries.

• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office.

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Trunk Strength – The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing.
• Occasional stooping and frequent standing, constant walking, sitting, climbing, reaching high/low levels, finger movement, feeling, speaking clearly, hearing conversationally, and seeing far and near.

Occasionally required to work in confined space.

• Team Player – Works well as a member of a group.
• Functional Expert – Considered a thought leader on a subject.
• Detail Oriented – Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well.

• Self‑Starter – Inspired to perform without outside help.
• Flexibility – Inspired to perform well when granted the ability to set your own schedule and goals.

Excellent benefits:
Medical, dental, vision, retirement plan, vacation accrues on first day of employment, wellness programs, 17 paid holidays per year, up to 16 hours of paid time off to participate in community service and much more.

Salary range: minimum $74,014.32 to maximum $92,517.90

Charles R. Drew University is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity. Applicants will be considered without regard to gender, race, age, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, marital status, disability or covered veteran status.

Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science will consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local “Fair Chance” laws.