Mechanical Equipment Specialist

Job Description Summary

Reporting to the Assistant Supervisor Building Repairs or other supervisory official, the Mechanical Equipment Specialist performs work on heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems and related electrical and pneumatic control systems. This position is responsible for performing skilled labor installations, alterations, and calibrations, as well as repairing and maintaining HVAC control systems, building automation systems, and energy management control systems to ensure safe and comfortable environmental conditions.

• Maintains, repairs, and replaces air conditioning equipment of centrifugal, reciprocating, absorption types and direct expansion systems including related electrical motors, steam turbines, and controls, with calibration of equipment, gauges, and controls.
• Maintains, repairs, and replaces hot water, condenser, and chilled water systems, including pumps, control valves, heat exchangers, cooling towers, and related controls.
• Maintains, repairs, and replaces heating, cooling, humidification, and filtering equipment and systems such as fans, heat pumps, fan coil units, rooftop package air conditioning units, solar panels, electronic and pneumatic modulating thermostats, pressure and volume controls.
• Maintains and repairs blowers, blower motors, fans and fan motors, belt drives, bearings, dampers, damper motors, compressors, checks and sets up thermostatic expansion valves, and calibrates pneumatic and electrical thermostats.
• Responds to HVAC system requests for service by conducting tests to determine malfunctions or causes of breakdown, removing and replacing faulty parts, re‑testing equipment with repaired components, and making required adjustments.
• Maintains, repairs, and replaces fume hood components.
• Installs and assists in the repair of sheet metal ducts and registers, insulation, cover piping, sheet metal ducts and fittings, or other components.
• Maintains, repairs, and replaces residential boilers used for heating and cooling air, their combustion and control systems, performs daily rounds on all boiler rooms, records temperature and utility meter readings, inspects function and operation, and takes corrective action promptly on deficiencies noted.
• Maintains, repairs, and replaces equipment related to heating and cooling, such as air compressors, air dryers, and associated controls.
• Fabricates tubing or piping for pneumatic control systems.
• Operates energy management or building automation systems that control heating and cooling systems.
• Responds to HVAC complaints; performs troubleshooting by reading and interpreting control logic diagrams, wiring schematics, and written instructions.
• Maintains, repairs, installs and operates all Direct Digital Control systems related to HVAC equipment.
• Installs, alters, maintains, and repairs pneumatic control systems and components of control systems.
• Calibrates all environment temperature, pressure and humidity controls, checks, adjusts and re‑calibrates all environmental controls as part of the preventive maintenance program.
• Repairs and maintains machinery and mechanical equipment in accordance with diagrams, sketches, operating manuals, manufacturer specifications or supervisor’s instructions, ensuring all work is performed within standards consistent with applicable law and codes.
• Assists in setting up preventive maintenance schedules and data cards, prepares inventory of equipment and attaches labels to record relevant data.
• Obtains, stores, records, safeguards, and properly uses equipment, materials and supplies.
• Maintains records of time spent, materials used and work completed.
• Uses work orders and fills in all pertinent information.
• Follows all safety procedures including wearing uniform and appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Utilizes various types of electronic and/ or manual recording and computerized management information systems used by the Facilities Maintenance and Engineering departments.
• Attends training sessions, such as safety meetings, procedural meetings, professional/technical training and refresher courses.
• Performs other duties as…