HVAC Installation and Repair Technician/Boiler Plant Operator
Title: HVAC Installation and Repair Technician/Boiler Plant Operator
Hiring Range: $69,000 – $80,000 annually
Pay Band: 4
Agency: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Location: MAIN MUSEUM
Recruitment Type: General Public – G
Job Duties
At the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), we value our employees. The Building and Grounds team is relentlessly passionate about their work. Every day we come to work and support the needs of the museum by completing the necessary work to ensure that operations run smoothly.
We welcome applications of skilled service professionals who are team-centric and positively energetic to join the museum as the HVAC Installation and Repair Technician/Boiler Plant Operator. This is a non-exempt position which offers Commonwealth of Virginia employee benefits such as 12 paid holidays, health benefits and more.
About the Work:
The HVAC Installation and Repair Technician/Boiler Plant Operator purpose is to develop, maintain and secure the Museum’s buildings and grounds to support its collections, education and research functions.
The HVAC Installation and Repair Technician/Boiler Plant Operator is responsible for:
• Maintaining continuous, 24-hour operation of the buildings located on the Museum’s campus by providing troubleshooting and maintenance skills for a wide variety of air conditioning, refrigeration, heating, and ventilation equipment.
• Providing a stable museum environment with strict parameters of temperature and humidity levels through the use of specialized skills and computer-based Building Automation System, with “On Call” responsibilities for first response to problems or emergencies that occur after normal business hours that could disrupt or endanger the Museum’s operation, patrons, staff, or the art collections.
• Acting as Museum’s on-site coordinator with contractors to correct problems and make emergency repairs after normal working hours when necessary.
• Testing and maintaining Life Safety Systems at the Museum consisting of Fire Suppression and Emergency Generator when needed.
Minimum Qualifications
• Extensive knowledge of steam boiler plants and associated equipment.
• Knowledge of various types of heating, air conditioning and ventilation equipment, centrifugal chillers, low pressure steam boilers, and support equipment.
• Knowledge of temperature and humidity control and computerized building automation systems.
• Working skill in the use of HVAC diagnostic equipment and tools.
• Considerable experience in the field of commercial/industrial heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration.
• Journeyman’s license or the union equivalent of the DPOR journeyman’s card.
• Valid Virginia Driver’s License.
Additional Considerations
• High school graduate.
• Certificate of completion from accredited mechanical trades school.
• Certification from an EPA approved school for refrigerant handling (preferred).
Special Instructions
The selected candidate must pass a criminal history background check. All applicants must submit an online application. This posting will remain open until filled.
Contact Information
Name: Human Resources Services
Email: recruitment@vmfa.museum
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