The HVAC Technician is responsible for performing inspections, servicing, and repair to heating, cooling, ventilating and refrigeration equipment.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Install, inspect, troubleshoot and repair HVAC equipment to include the following: central air conditioning systems, heat pumps, wall heaters, central heating systems, portable heaters, air flow ducting, walk-in coolers, freezers and all hydronic equipment.
-Troubleshoot and repair HVAC equipment, control circuitry and refrigerant circuitry.
-Maintain accurate maintenance records on equipment.
-Perform preventative maintenance on commercial equipment.
-Serve as boiler operator as needed.
-Must wear proper PPE (safety shoes, hearing and eye protection)as required.
-Perform other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
-Ability to communicate effectively and appropriately.
-Ability to interact in an effective and appropriate manner with diverse populations, the University community and the public.
-Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
-Ability to successfully complete assignments using appropriate methods, materials, tools and equipment in maintenance work as described above.
-Ability to recognize occupational hazards and take appropriate safety precautions.
-Ability to follow instructions.
-Ability to drive light motor vehicle.
-Ability to maintain accurate records.
-Ability to perform light to heavy manual labor for extended periods of time under some unfavorable climatic conditions.
-Ability to work overtime as required.
-Ability to work in an on-call capacity and inclement weather duties.
Required Minimum Qualifications
-High school diploma
-A minimum of two (2) year of commercial HVAC experience.
-Refrigerant-handling certification.
-Valid driver’s license.
Physical Requirements
-Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
-Bending, twisting and lifting weights to 100lbs.
-Heights and working on elevations of 60 feet.
-Work off ladders and lifts.
Austin Peay State University is a four-year public, doctoral-level university, with six colleges and four Chairs of Excellence. The University has an enrollment of over 11,000 students and is located in Clarksville, Tennessee, a community of an estimated 150,287 people located approximately 40 miles northwest of Nashville, TN.
Austin Peay State University is a proud supporter of hiring veterans. We hire veterans with equivalent experiences and pay grades from their military service, rather than requiring or preferring only college degrees. Please visit our website for more information on how veterans can qualify for additional employment opportunities at APSU: https://www.apsu.edu/human-resources/hiring-veterans/.
Austin Peay State University (APSU) prohibits discrimination in all employment, programs, and activities based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), disability, age, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected status. For Title IX inquiries or complaints, contact: Chief of Institutional Culture & Title IX Coordinator, LaNeeça R. Williams at williamslr@apsu.edu | 931-221-7690, Browning Building, Room 140, Clarksville, TN 37044. For other non-discrimination concerns, contact: Director of Institutional Culture & Title VI & Title VII Coordinator, Dr. Jo Baldwin at baldwinjapsu.edu | 931-221-7178 or Associate Director of Accessibility Compliance & ADA/504 Coordinator, Jayme Glover at gloverj@apsu.edu | 931-221-7160. View APSU’s full nondiscrimination policy at Policy 6:001.
