HVAC Lead

HCA Healthcare, Inc.; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

401(k) with match

Tuition assistance

Career development

Job summary

HCA Healthcare, Inc. is seeking a Senior HVAC Technician/Lead at Methodist Hospital Stone Oak to maintain, troubleshoot, and commission hospital HVAC systems. You will mentor apprentices, lead maintenance activities, and ensure CMMS documentation meets engineering standards.

The role emphasizes safety, reliability, and cost control, with responsibilities across central plant equipment, AHUs, and energy management systems in a hospital setting.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• 3 years of HVAC experience in commercial, industrial, or healthcare settings.
• EPA Universal Refrigerant Certification required, 90 grace period.
• Valid Driver’s License in good standing required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain chilled water and AHUs with preventative maintenance.
• Perform coil cleanings, filter changes, and sensor calibrations.
• Lead apprentices in troubleshooting and repair of HVAC systems.
• Create cost and downtime estimates for major repairs.
• Document work and labor time in the CMMS.
• Communicate equipment conditions to Facility Management.

Skills

HVAC maintenance

Troubleshooting

Leadership

CMMS

Safety compliance

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Are you passionate about the patient experience? At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family! Jump-start your career as a HVAC Lead today with Methodist Hospital Stone Oak.

SCHEDULE: Monday - Thursday 1:30am - 12pm

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Division Senior HVAC Technician performs preventative and corrective maintenance, troubleshoots, and services industrial HVAC systems in multiple acute care and non-acute care hospital settings. The technician performs tests and analysis of data to assure the proper functioning of equipment and provides recommendations as appropriate. Recommendations shall include remaining life expectancy, potential replacement and repair costs as well as business interruption risks. The senior HVAC technician will be expected to reliably maintain all equipment per HCA Healthcare Engineering standards to ensure the highest level of efficiency and to minimize impact to revenue. In the event of HVAC Capital Reinvestment projects, the senior technician shall perform quality control throughout the project and perform final commissioning of the equipment. Must be well organized, keep accurate service and maintenance records using HCA Healthcare’s computerized maintenance management system, and communicate in a clear and professional manner with all patients, visitors, colleagues and leaders. Training and mentoring of apprentices and fellow colleagues are expected.

Major Responsibilities:

• Maintain chilled water and centralized air handling units through regularly scheduled preventative maintenance activities
• Perform coil cleanings, filter changes, test and balance activities, sensor calibrations, and UV bulb replacements
• Belt alignments and replacement, drain pan treatments, damper calibration and repairs, cleaning interior of AHU
• Perform electrical safety inspections
• Leads apprentice level HVAC technicians in troubleshooting, diagnosis, and repair of commercial air conditioning and multi-zone heating and cooling systems that incorporate pneumatic, digital, and central energy management system controls
• Ability to create cost and downtime estimates for major repairs and/or equipment replacement
• Perform work to the highest industry and manufacturer recommended standards
• Follow all applicable federal, state, and local safety guidelines including, but not limited to, lock-out/tag-out, OSHA, confined space, PPE, etc.
• Completes and documents all work and labor time using HCA Healthcare Engineering’s CMMS
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with the hospital’s Director of Facility Management about equipment conditions

Education & Experience:

• High School Diploma, or equivalent Required
• 3 years of experience in a commercial, industrial, or healthcare environment Required

Licensure, Certifications, Training:

• EPA Universal Refrigerant Certification Required (90 grace period to complete after date of hire)
• Valid Driver’s License in good standing Required

Benefits

Methodist Hospital Stone Oak, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefitsfor medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support,including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from workprograms for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education supportthrough tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefitsfor fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HealthTrust Supply Chain is a critical part of HCA Healthcare’s strategy. Our focus is to improve performance and reduce costs. We do this by joining non-clinical and administrative functions. HealthTrust Supply Chain best practice methodologies. We develop, apply and monitor cost-efficient initiatives and programs for HCA Healthcare. By improving facility efficiency, medical professionals can focus on our mission - patient care.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated 3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patients family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual." - Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.