About the Role
Installs, maintains, calibrates, troubleshoots, repairs, modifies, and overhauls heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration equipment throughout the treatment plant, ensuring efficient operation and maintenance.
Responsibilities
- Install, repair, align, and adjust controls for HVAC systems.
- Service and install components including compressors, heat exchangers, evaporators, regulators, fans, pumps, tubing valves, ducts, electrical wiring, sensing devices, burners, blowers, electrodes, relays, solenoids, switches, thermostats, conduit, process heating systems, and monitoring systems.
- Troubleshoot and adjust manual and automatic controls for HVAC equipment.
- Shape, size, and connect tubing using special bending, flaring, and coupling tools.
- Observe and interpret temperature and pressure devices.
- Utilize specialized tools and equipment including pyrometers, voltmeters, ammeters, fuel gas analyzers, and hydrometers.
- Use blueprints, sketches, and/or descriptions of parts to plan the sequence of operations.
- Maintain manual and/or computerized work orders and records.
- Provide assistance and direction to less experienced HVAC Technicians and/or assigned helpers.
- Provide support for other skilled trades workers as assigned.
- Perform general housekeeping of shop, job sites, work areas, and other assigned areas.
- Observe all on-the-job safety regulations.
- Maintain a high level of focus on health, safety, and environment, ensuring safety within all activities.
Requirements
- High School Diploma/GED is required.
- Eight (8) years of experience as an electrician, electronics repair person, or HVAC technician.
- Two years of related education at a college, trade school, or equivalent may be substituted for experience.
- Ability to read and understand operating manuals, written instructions, complex wiring diagrams, schematics, blueprints, and technical materials.
- Knowledge of algebra, geometry, and trigonometry.
- Knowledge of treatment plant machines and proper procedures for electrical and HVAC maintenance and repair.
- Ability to use electrical and other testing equipment to troubleshoot problems and make repairs.
- Ability to use a variety of tools including hammers, wrenches, metal snips, electric drill, pipe cutter and bender, and acetylene torches.
- Ability to communicate effectively with others, orally and in writing.
- Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
- Ability to perform straight pulling, pulling hand over hand, reaching above the shoulder, pushing, walking, standing, crawling, kneeling, repeated bending, and climbing.
- Thorough knowledge of principles and theories of pressure, vacuum, vaporization, condensations, heat conduction, radiation, and convection as they apply to air, steam, water furnace, boilers, heat exchangers, and pumps.
- Knowledge of principles of refrigeration and mathematics as they apply to refrigeration and HVAC systems.
- Thorough knowledge of chemistry and physics, oxygen/nitrogen production characteristics, chemical properties and application of refrigerants, techniques of installation, plant operation, maintenance, and automation of refrigeration, air conditioning equipment, and heating and cooling systems.
- Thorough knowledge of or experience with relevant electrical codes, principles, and theories applicable to the installation and maintenance of electrical equipment including solid-state electronic components and electrical/electronic circuits.
- Completion of a recognized Apprenticeship program.
Skills
- HVAC skills
- Electrical wiring
- Troubleshooting
- Repair
- Calibration
- Maintenance
- Blueprint reading
- Schematic reading
- Technical writing
- Communication
- Algebra
- Geometry
- Trigonometry
- Chemistry
- Physics
- Refrigeration principles
- Electrical codes
Location
- North America
Work Type
- Standard
Experience Level
- Eight (8) years of experience as an electrician, electronics repair person, or HVAC technician
- Two years of related education at a college, trade school or equivalent may be substituted for experience
Education Level
- High School Diploma/GED
- College
- Trade school
Salary/Compensations
- $44.38 per hour
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits packages including paid time off policies
- Health, dental, vision, and life insurance
- Retirement plans
- Savings accounts
- Tuition reimbursement
- Paid volunteering
About the Company
- Veolia in North America is the top-ranked environmental company in the United States for three consecutive years.
- It is the country’s largest private water operator and technology provider as well as hazardous waste and pollution treatment leader.
- Offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery.
- Helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education, and municipality customers throughout North America.
- Headquartered in Boston, Veolia has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across North America.
Equal Opportunity
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
