Maintenance Technician

Prime Healthcare; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 26,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Prime Healthcare is seeking an HVAC Mechanic I to maintain, repair, and install HVAC systems across hospital facilities. The role supports a safe, comfortable environment for patients, visitors, and staff under engineering management.

You will handle chillers, pumps, BAS, and related equipment, ensuring compliance with relevant codes and standards. The position requires ability to read schematics/blueprints, a valid state driver’s license, and 2+ years in healthcare/HVAC settings, with a

Qualifications

• Two years of experience in an acute healthcare setting preferred.
• Two years of HVAC or refrigeration maintenance, repair or construction preferred.
• Two years of HVAC construction preferred.
• Two years of hospital maintenance or construction preferred.
• Able to troubleshoot, read schematics, and/or blueprints.
• Valid state driver’s license.
• Certified and/or licensed in a specified trade relative to healthcare engineering (Steam boiler, HVAC, etc.)
• High School Diploma or equivalent required

Responsibilities

• Provide general heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration maintenance, repair, and installation services for hospital facilities.
• Operate, maintain, repair, and install HVAC systems, equipment, and apparatus in cooperation with engineering management.
• Work on chillers, pumps, cooling towers, heat exchangers, air handlers, fans, VFDs, and BAS components.
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, codes, building standards, and hospital policies.
• Contribute to a safe, comfortable environment for patients, visitors, and staff.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Reading schematics

HVAC maintenance

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

HVAC certification/licensing

Job description

Overview

Prime Healthcare stands apart from others by its unique ability to save and transform hospitals. We have been named the “fastest-growing hospital system” in the country by Modern Healthcare. And as we continue to grow and fulfill our mission of “saving hospitals, saving jobs and saving lives,” we remain committed to delivering exceptional care, and creating a legacy that will improve healthcare.

Prime Healthcare and the not-for-profit Prime Healthcare Foundation employ more than 60,000 employees and physicians and own and operate 54 acute care hospitals in Alabama, California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Texas.

If you wish to contribute to the Prime Healthcare legacy within a Administrative capacity for a hospital within our family of acute care hospitals (or one of our future hospitals), then join our executive leadership network to begin exploring immediate and future opportunities!

Responsibilities

The HVAC Mechanic I provides general heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration maintenance, repair, and installation services for hospital facilities under the direction of engineering management. Examples include, but are not limited to: Chillers, pumps, cooling towers, heat exchangers, air handlers, fans, variable frequency drives, air distribution systems including air balance and air exchanges for critical areas or isolation, refrigeration equipment, ice makers, medical gas systems, and building automation systems (BAS). The HVAC Mechanic performs duties in compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements, codes, building standards, and hospital policies. The HVAC Mechanic participates with the facility service team to operate, maintain, repair, and install HVAC systems, equipment, and apparatus to provide a comfortable and safe environment for patients, visitors, and staff.

Qualifications

• Two (2) years of experience in an acute healthcare setting preferred.
• Two (2) years of HVAC or refrigeration maintenance, repair or construction field preferred.
• Two (2) years of HVAC construction preferred.
• Two (2) years of hospital maintenance or construction preferred.
• Able to troubleshoot, read schematics, and/or blueprints.
• Valid state driver’s license.
• Certified and/or licensed in a specified trade that is relative to healthcare engineering (Steam boiler, HVAC, etc.)
• High School Diploma or equivalent required

Pay Transparency

Olympia Fields Hospital offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that provides employees the flexibility to tailor benefits according to their individual needs. Our Total Rewards package includes, but is not limited to, paid time off, a 401K retirement plan, medical, dental, and vision coverage, tuition reimbursement, and many more voluntary benefit options. A reasonable compensation estimate for this role, which includes estimated wages, benefits, and other forms of compensation, is $19.00 to $28.00. The exact starting compensation to be offered will be determined at the time of selecting an applicant for hire, in which a wide range of factors will be considered, including but not limited to, skillset, years of applicable experience, education, credentials and licensure.

The company is dedicated to empowering its staff with a comprehensive, competitive benefits package, allowing them the freedom to customize their benefits to fit their unique needs. Our abundant resources, programs, and voluntary options serve as a foundation for individual growth and well-being. Learn more here: https://www.primehealthcare.com/benefitsthatmattermost/

Employment Status

Full Time

Shift

Days

Equal Employment Opportunity

Company is an equal employment opportunity employer. Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf