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The HVAC Mechanic III position will perform skilled service, installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of HVAC, refrigeration, and mechanical systems, including boilers, chillers, cooling towers, air handlers, pumps, valves, piping, and special equipment. Ensure safe and efficient operation of facilities systems, adhere to regulatory standards, and support renovations and essential building operations, including standby and call-in responsibilities.

This is a required personnel position that necessitates the employee’s physical presence in the workplace. The employee must also report to or remain at work during university emergencies or closures and maintain a valid, insurable driver’s license under the University’s insurance policy.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Refrigeration Systems: Service, install, and troubleshoot refrigeration systems. Safely handle refrigerants in compliance with safety standards and federal refrigerant guidelines. Accurately document any refrigerant transfers.
• Boilers: Service, install, maintain, clean, and troubleshoot hot water supply, hydronic heating, steam, associated piping, insulation, and other pressure vessels.
• Cooling Towers and Chillers: Service, install, maintain, clean, and troubleshoot water-cooled and air-cooled chillers, along with their associated condensers, cooling towers, piping, and insulation.
• Steam Systems: Service, install, maintain, clean, and troubleshoot steam piping, control valves, condensate return systems, and insulation.
• Air Handling Units: Service, install, maintain, clean, troubleshoot, and insulate, including but not limited to supply air fans, return air fans, exhaust fans, and makeup air fans.
• Gas-Fired Appliances: Service, install, maintain, clean, troubleshoot, and insulate gas-fired appliances.
• Renovation: Service, fabricate, install, maintain, clean, troubleshoot, insulate, and order materials for all aspects of renovation work.
• Pumps, Valves, and System Piping: Service, install, maintain, clean, troubleshoot, and insulate, including but not limited to, all aspects of hot/chilled water and condensate return pumps, seals, bearings, couplings, isolation valves, control valves, proper shaft alignment, and related piping.
• Special Equipment: Install, maintain, clean, troubleshoot, and insulate, including but not limited to, all aspects of environmental boxes, growth chambers, air compressors/air driers, vacuum pumps, liebert units, spot coolers, humidifiers, dehumidifiers, and autoclaves.
• Other Duties: This position may be required to work overtime, be on the call-in/standby schedule, and work scheduled events.

TARGET COMPENSATION

• Minimum: $24.74/hr.
• Midpoint: $30.94/hr.

Compensation will be commensurate to candidate experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of Louisville is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. The University strives to provide equal employment opportunity on the basis of merit and without unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, sex, age, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, or pregnancy. In accordance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Vietnam Era Veteran Readjustment Act of 1974, the University prohibits job discrimination of individuals with disabilities, Vietnam era veterans, qualified special disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, and other protected veterans. The University acknowledges its obligations to ensure affirmative steps are taken to ensure equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. It is the policy of the University that no employee or applicant for employment be subject to unlawful discrimination in terms of recruitment, hiring, promotion, contract, contract renewal, tenure, compensation, benefits, and/or working conditions. No employee or applicant for employment is required to endorse or condemn a specific ideology, political viewpoint, or social viewpoint to be eligible for hiring, contract renewal, tenure, or promotion.

Consistent with applicable law, demographic information is collected for aggregate reporting requirements. Demographic information provided through this application is not available to hiring managers/committees and is not considered in hiring or employment decisions.

Assistance and Accommodations

Computers are available for application submission at the Human Resources Department located at 2315 South First Street Walk, Room 02C - Louisville, Kentucky 40292.

If you require assistance or accommodation with our online application process, please contact us by email at [email protected] or by phone 502-852-6258.