Service & Repair Mechanic (HVAC-R)

Position Summary

Campus Living invites applications for the Service & Repair Mechanic ( HVAC -R) position. In this role, you will perform journey-level work in the operation, maintenance, repair and installation of heating, refrigeration, and air-conditioning equipment.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Supervising and training designated staff as applicable
• Overhauling compressors, pumps and electric motors
• Replacing parts and controls
• Installing/ maintaining equipment
• Operating and performing repairs to refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment
• Inspecting and troubleshooting equipment for leaks and electrical/mechanical failures
• Adjusting controls, cleaning and lubricating parts, preparing brine mixtures

At Campus Living , our mission is to provide inclusive residential communities, as we strive to achieve personal growth and learning every day, for everyone. We are a community that welcomes and celebrates every student, staff and guest with all of their diverse identities, beliefs and ways of thinking.

Our team recognizes the advantages diverse perspectives and backgrounds bring to the workplace. We are particularly interested in candidates who share this value and will work to achieve the university’s goals of inclusive excellence.

About Campus Living
Campus Living, a unit within the division of Student Life, serves to provide the best residential living experience for students at the University at Buffalo. Campus Living offers quality, affordable and desirable campus housing in support of the university’s mission. Campus Living is comprised of 13 residence halls and five apartment complexes accommodating 8,000 residents on the North and South Campuses. Approximately 5,800 students reside in the residence halls and 2,200 students reside in the apartment complexes. Campus Living is comprised of 210 professional and classified staff with a total operating budget of $70m.

About UB
The University seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serve the diverse people of Buffalo, to maintain the excellence of the university and to offer our students richly varied disciplines, perspectives and ways of knowing and learning.

University at Buffalo is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and, in keeping with our commitment, welcomes all to apply including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Minimum Qualifications

One or more of the following:

1. Successful completion of a NYS two-year Service & Repair Mechanic ( HVAC -R) Traineeship or NYS two-year refrigeration repair and maintenance training program;
2. OR successful completion of any equivalent refrigeration two-year training or apprenticeship program;*
3. OR four (4) years of full-time experience in the mechanical or electrical trades under a skilled journey-level mechanic or electrician which would provide training equivalent to that given in an apprenticeship program, one (1) year of which must include both training and work in the operation and maintenance of commercial type refrigeration or air-conditioning equipment.
4. Apprenticeship training in the mechanical or electrical trades or training gained by completion of technical courses in the mechanical or electrical trades at a school, institute, or branch of the Armed Services may be substituted on a year-for-year basis.
   
   

*Successful completion of the traineeship and the training program includes a total of 288 hours of trade-specific class room instruction, 45 hours of technical math course work, 45 hours of technical communications course work, and 15 hours of blueprint/schematic reading course work. Course work must be completed with an average of “C” or better. Additionally, successful completion of the traineeship also includes 4,000 hours of on-the-job training.

Preferred Qualifications

• Based on the transportation needs of the position, a valid NYS Driver’s License is preferred.

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