HVAC Certified Mechanic

about us

we’re maimonides health, brooklyn’s largest healthcare system, serving over 250,000 patients each year through the system’s 3 hospitals, 1800 physicians and healthcare professionals, more than 80 community-based practices and outpatient centers. At maimonides health, our core values h.e.a.r.t drives everything we do. We uphold and maintain honesty, empathy, accountability, respect, and teamwork to empower our talented team, engage our respective communities and adhere to planetree's philosophy of patient-centered care.

The system is anchored by maimonides medical center, one of the nation’s largest independent teaching hospitals and home to centers of excellence in numerous specialties; maimonides midwood community hospital (formerly new york community hospital), a 130-bed adult medical-surgical hospital; and maimonides children’s hospital, brooklyn's only children's hospital and only pediatric trauma center. Maimonides' clinical programs rank among the best in the country for patient outcomes, including its heart and vascular institute, neuroscience institute, boneand joint center, and cancer center.

Maimonides is an affiliate of northwell health and a major clinical training site for suny downstate college of medicine.

engineering department

certified hvac mechanic

full time

permanent

#12697

transfer rate $50.72

performs installation, preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance and repair on all steam generation units, absorption systems, reciprocating systems, cooling towers, air handling and water delivery systems, fans and pumps to ensure uninterrupted operation of the cooling system and supporting equipment. Diagnoses problems, orders parts, repairs, services and/or otherwise equipment that uses freon as the basic cooling vehicle. Develops solutions to installation and maintenance problems.

Services and repairs pneumatic controls and associated equipment.

weekends rotate

weekdays/weekends rotate

7:00am-3:30pm

times may vary

37.5 hours per week

• reads and uses blueprints, schematics, specifications, mechanical, electrical and plumbing drawings in order to effect repairs; works from oral, written and electronic work orders
• installs portable air/water cooled refrigeration units, ice machines, walk in boxes. Fabricates and install metallic and non-metallic parts
• inspects equipment on a regular basis as part of preventive maintenance program and conducts required tests as scheduled to anticipate malfunctions that may lead to breakdown of cooling system and/or supporting equipment; lubricates, adjusts and cleans equipment as directed by the preventive maintenance work order and/or supervisor
• determines cause of breakdowns; removes, disassembles, cleans and lubricates all component parts as appropriate
• removes and replaces worn or broken parts and reassembles and adjusts cooling unit
• performs major rebuilding work on absorption/reciprocating equipment and supporting system
• repairs or salvages defective components
• determines type and quantity of chemicals required to keep cooling system and supporting equipment operational and uses appropriately
• maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety, environmental, and infection control standards
• prepares bills-of-materials to order replacement parts as necessary and in a timely manner to avoid prolonged shutdown of equipment or systems.

high school graduation or equivalent required
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graduation from a trade school with specialization in refrigeration mechanics required. Section 608 epa universal certified required.

certificate of qualification/fitness for refrigerating system operating engineer (q01/q99) preferred.

-- certification must be obtained within one (1) year of employment.

certificate of fitness to operate air compressor (g35) required -- certification must be obtained within ninety (90) days of employment. Certificate of fitness for hot torch work (g60) preferred. 5 years’ experience in a similar position. Must demonstrate thorough knowledge of all required operational theory and the ability to make mechanical repairs as required in this trade. Ability to…