Preventive Maintenance Technician

 

Job Title: Preventive Maintenance Technician

Department: HVAC Shop

Campus Location: Main Campus

FLSA Status: Nonexempt/ Hourly

Position Type/ Work Schedule

• 2080 Hours per year
• 12 Months per year
• 40 Hours per week (Estimated)

About Us

At Colorado College, 2,300 students learn and live on our beautiful 99-acre campus in downtown Colorado Springs. We attract top students seeking new perspectives with an array of experiential learning opportunities possible only in an immersive learning environment. Here, students take only one class at a time to facilitate deep exploration of a topic. We call this the Block Plan. This unique approach allows members of our campus community to share a rhythm of experience as we work together to fulfill our mission. 

Job Summary

The role is responsible for performing skilled troubleshooting, maintenance, and repair of HVAC systems, refrigeration units, restaurant equipment, and swimming pool systems across the campus. This includes diagnosing issues, ensuring optimal performance, and maintaining safety and compliance standards for all related facilities and equipment.

 

Responsibilities

• Perform preventive maintenance tasks as directed by the HVAC Supervisor and as determined by Facilities Services Department computer maintenance advisor program (TMA).
• Replace filters, grease bearings, replace belts, and wash coils brush chiller barrels, clean cooling towers and any other maintenance as required by manufactures specifications to keep all equipment operating at its highest efficiency with minimum down time.
• Perform daily pool maintenance; responsible for pool equipment operations records and standards (pool chemistry, meter readings, equipment maintenance including, deck maintenance, diving board maintenance and cleanliness, etc.) required by the department and regulatory and licensing agencies.
• Perform daily inspection of kitchen equipment in all campus cafeterias.
• Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain refrigeration equipment, walk in coolers, walk in freezers, ovens, exhaust fans, stoves and kitchen equipment systems in support of campus food service programs and operations.
•  Keep mechanical rooms clean and safe.
• Use lockout tagout program when working on electrical, water, and steam as required for safety.
• Respond to requests from campus requiring adjustments or repair to building equipment and/or systems.
• Respond to emergency HVAC hot and cold calls and participate in the 24-hour after-hours on-call program.
• May assist technical shops on in-house projects as needed.
• Continue to increase HVAC/refrigeration technical skills to journey-level.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School diploma plus preventative maintenance experience or related specialized training/education;
• knowledge of HVAC and refrigeration technical skills;
• ability to safely use of power tools such as to drills, rotor hammers, saws, grinders, tube brushing equipment, pressure washers;
• Universal EPA license and a MECH-4 license with the ability to pass required specialized training class for a certified pool operator certificate within the first 90 days of employment;
• ability to think critically and solve problems;
• good judgment;
• excellent organizational and customer service skills.

Must be able and willing to participate in the 24-hour on-call program once familiar with the campus.

Physical requirements include moderate physical effort (usually lifting/moving up to 50 pounds, occasionally up to 100 pounds); walking, standing, carrying of loads up and down stairs, reaching and/or grasping, stooping, kneeling, bending, crawling and crouching, pushing and/or pulling; working safely outdoors in all (sometimes extreme) weather conditions; exposure to noisy or dusty conditions, mechanical, electrical and/or other hazards chemicals and solvents.

Preferred Qualifications

• Graduate of a recognized heating, ventilation, and air conditioning educational/certificate program.
• EPA universal license and a Mech 4 license;
• TMA work order management system experience;
• Certified Pool Operator Certification;
• journey-level HVAC maintenance experience.

Applicants are welcome to apply even if you do not meet the preferred qualifications. We value diverse perspectives and encourage individuals with a genuine interest in the role to submit their applications. 

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