HVAC/Control Technician Master

Nunez Community College; Ville Platte (LA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The Office of State Parks (OSP) maintains and repairs HVAC and refrigeration systems across state parks and historic sites. The role travels daily from the domicile at Chicot State Park in Ville Platte, LA to complete projects district-wide and statewide.

Required: three years in installation or maintenance of HVAC control systems, and current EPA refrigerant certification. Willingness to travel and work rotating schedules is essential.

Qualifications

• Three years of experience or training in installation or maintenance of pneumatic, electrical, or electronic control systems for HVAC.
• Current EPA refrigerant/recycling and recovery certification is required.

Responsibilities

• Maintains and repairs HVAC and refrigeration equipment of various sizes.
• Performs diagnostic analysis and complex repairs on HVAC instrumentation and controls.
• Inspects and calibrates HVAC controls and electrical systems; troubleshoots defects.
• Locates, transports, and delivers parts for approved projects.
• Assesses facilities safety issues including non-HVAC, electrical hazards, and trip hazards.

Skills

HVAC systems

Electrical controls

EPA refrigerant certification

Troubleshooting

Job description

The Office of State Parks (OSP) serves the citizens of Louisiana and visitors by preserving and interpreting natural areas of unique or exceptional scenic value, planning, developing and operating sites that provide outdoor recreation opportunities in natural surroundings, preserving and interpreting historical and scientific sites of statewide importance and administering intergovernmental programs related to outdoor recreation and trails.

This position is part of the Facility Services travel team, and is required to travel daily to complete projects both district-wide and sometimes statewide at various state parks and historic sites. The domicile for this position is located at Chicot State Park in Ville Platte, LA.

The purpose of this position is to perform complex/lead worker tasks in the skilled installation, maintenance, and repair on heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigerant units. This position will perfom adjustments and modifications of electrical controls and electronic and pneumatic instrumentation of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems, sound systems, and energy management systems for statewide agency facilities. They will perfom the installation and repair of HVAC units up to a capacity of 20 tons.

One year of the required experience for the following minimum qualifications must have been on-the-job experience:

Three years of experience or training in the installation or maintenance of pneumatic, electrical, or electronic control systems for heating (including boiler), ventilating, or air conditioning systems.

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Job Duties:

• Maintains current EPA refrigerant/recycling and recovery certification as required.
• Performs major replacements, new installations and modifications of HVAC and refrigeration equipment of all sizes.
• Performs and/or directs technical repairs and complex diagnostic analysis relative to all types of HVAC units and refrigeration instrumentation and controls.
• Inspects instrument and controls of HVAC refrigeration systems periodically and makes calibration adjusments; troubleshoots and repairs electrical control systems; dissembles malfunctioing instruments and test for defects, making repairs when necessary.
• Locates, transprots, and delivers parts for agency-approved projects.
• Regularly inspects facilities for safety and security issuese including non-HVAC, electrical, trip hazards, broken fences, exposed wiring, etc.
• Physical Requirements:
  • Standing for varied lengths of time
  • Lifting up to 50 lbs
  • Squatting, bending, climbing, balancing
  • Walking on uneven surfaces
  • Depth perception

Position-Specific Details:

Location: Facility Services, domiciled out of Chicot State Park in Ville Platte, LA

Appointment Type: Probational, Promotion, or Detail to Special Duty

Work Schedule: State Parks are open 365 days a year. Position will work a rotating schedule of 40 hours/week, which can include holidays and/or weekends as needed, to ensure coverage at the park.

Travel: Position requires travel 100% of the time. Travel is required within the domicile park, as well as within the district or sometimes statewide, depending on the location of the project at various state parks and historic sites. A state vehicle is available for employee use while on duty.

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

The Office of the Lieutenant Governor and the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism are participants in the E-Verify system for identification and employment eligibility purposes. Louisiana as a State, is a Model Employer for People with Disabilities.

Contact Information:

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Melissa Thibodaux
Department of Culture, Recreation, & Tourism
1051 N. 3rd Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]