HVAC Technician

State of Iowa - Executive Branch; Mitchellville (IA); Sur place; USD 52 000 - 78 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

State of Iowa - Executive Branch seeks an HVAC Technician to install, maintain, operate, and repair heating, cooling, and refrigeration systems, including boilers and heat pumps, as described in our maintenance duties.

The role conducts inspections and diagnostics, performs preventative maintenance, tests system performance, and manages project and inventory tasks from construction blueprints to ensure reliable operation.

Qualifications

• Five years of full-time HVAC installation, maintenance, repair and operation experience.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience in HVAC accepted with substitutions for post-high school education.

Responsabilités

• Installation & Maintenance of heating, cooling, and refrigeration systems including boilers and heat pumps.
• Inspections, diagnostics, and testing of building automation systems.
• Preventative maintenance on boilers and related equipment; maintain operator logs.
• System testing and adjustments of controls; repair or replacement of components.
• Project & inventory management: interpret blueprints, estimate materials, manage inventory.

Connaissances

HVAC experience

Boiler operation

Electrical work

Building automation systems

Formation

Post high school HVAC education

Outils

GUI programs

Forklift operation

Description du poste

• Installation & Maintenance: Installs, maintains, operates, and repairs a wide variety of heating and distribution systems (e.g., geothermal, gas central heat forced air, gas-fired radiant tube, electric radiant panel, hydronic radiant, packaged terminal units, heat pumps, and low-pressure steam boiler systems), air conditioning systems (e.g., air conditioners, chillers, packaged terminal units, window units), and refrigeration units (e.g., built-up coolers/freezers, domestic appliances, ice-making machines, and commercial systems).
• Inspections & Diagnostics: Conducts routine inspections of equipment to ensure proper operation according to specifications and trade standards. Inspects buildings, makes calculations, and installs ductwork. Conducts diagnostic procedures on building automation systems using GUI programs, testing electrical to pneumatic transducers, actuators, valves, control relays, and sensors.
• Preventative Maintenance & Repairs: Performs preventative maintenance on boilers, maintains operator logs, services off-season equipment, and prepares boilers for annual inspections. Diagnoses, repairs, or replaces system components including compressors, condensers, valves, motors, pumps, cooling towers, electrical circuits, and computer control systems.
• System Testing: Conducts audible, visual, and mechanical tests to determine operational status. Diagnoses malfunctioning components, tests solder joints and connections for leaks, inspects oil/refrigerant levels and belts, and adjusts controls to ensure proper operation. Serves and splices power lines, insulates exposed wires, and lubricates moving parts.
• Project & Inventory Management: Reviews construction blueprints and specifications to compile material estimates. Researches component costs, submits purchase orders, maintains parts inventory, safeguards tools, and keeps historical maintenance records.

HVAC Technician Responsibilities

• Installation & Maintenance: Installs, maintains, operates, and repairs a wide variety of heating and distribution systems (e.g., geothermal, gas central heat forced air, gas-fired radiant tube, electric radiant panel, hydronic radiant, packaged terminal units, heat pumps, and low-pressure steam boiler systems), air conditioning systems (e.g., air conditioners, chillers, packaged terminal units, window units), and refrigeration units (e.g., built-up coolers/freezers, domestic appliances, ice-making machines, and commercial systems).
• Inspections & Diagnostics: Conducts routine inspections of equipment to ensure proper operation according to specifications and trade standards. Inspects buildings, makes calculations, and installs ductwork. Conducts diagnostic procedures on building automation systems using GUI programs, testing electrical to pneumatic transducers, actuators, valves, control relays, and sensors.
• Preventative Maintenance & Repairs: Performs preventative maintenance on boilers, maintains operator logs, services off-season equipment, and prepares boilers for annual inspections. Diagnoses, repairs, or replaces system components including compressors, condensers, valves, motors, pumps, cooling towers, electrical circuits, and computer control systems.
• System Testing: Conducts audible, visual, and mechanical tests to determine operational status. Diagnoses malfunctioning components, tests solder joints and connections for leaks, inspects oil/refrigerant levels and belts, and adjusts controls to ensure proper operation. Serves and splices power lines, insulates exposed wires, and lubricates moving parts.
• Project & Inventory Management: Reviews construction blueprints and specifications to compile material estimates. Researches component costs, submits purchase orders, maintains parts inventory, safeguards tools, and keeps historical maintenance records.

E-Verify and Right to Work

The State of Iowa participates in E-Verify, a federal program that helps employers confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. Within the required timeframe, new hires will be verified through the E-Verify system to ensure authorization to work in the United States. The State of Iowa also complies with the federal Right to Work laws, which protect employees’ rights to work without being required to join a labor organization. For more information, please visit www.e-verify.gov .

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Experience equal to five years of full-time work in the installation, maintenance, repair and operation of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, boilers, refrigeration, ancillary equipment, and building automated systems related to HVAC;

OR

an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting 30 semester hours of accredited post high school education in HVAC for each year of the required experience to a maximum substitution of two years.

Additional Qualification Requirements

• Within a period of time as determined by the appointing authority, persons in this class may be required to obtain a license to perform electrical work in accordance with Chapter 103, Iowa Code.
• Within a period of time as determined by the appointing authority, certain employees in this class may be required to obtain a Fire Sprinkler Installer and Maintenance License in accordance with Chapter 100D, Iowa Code.
• Must possess a valid driver's license.
• Must be able to obtain Class B commercial driver's license.
• Must be able to obtain certifications as required by regulatory authorities pertaining to HVAC, boilers, and refrigeration.
• Must be capable of obtaining forklift and other material handling equipment operator's permits as necessary.
• Must be willing to work weekends and after hours on a rotational basis performing boiler operations and must be willing to respond to alarm pager on weekends and after hours on a rotational basis.