Mechanic HVAC Senior

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Children's Hospital Colorado has defined and delivered pediatric healthcare excellence for more than 100 years.

Here, the nation's brightest nurses, physicians, scientists, researchers, therapists, and care providers are creating the future of child health. With an optimist's outlook, a trailblazing spirit, and a celebrated history, we're making new strides every day.

We've been Magnet-designated four times by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and are consistently recognized among the best of the best pediatric hospitals with #1 rankings in Colorado and the region by U.S. News & World Report.

As a national leader in pediatric care, we serve children and families from all over the nation. Our System of Care includes four pediatric hospitals, 11 specialty care centers, 1,300+ outreach clinics and more than 10,000 healthcare professionals representing the full spectrum of pediatric care specialties.

Here, we know it takes all of us, every role, to deliver the best possible care to each child and family we treat.

That's why we build our teams toward a foundation of equity in access, advancement, and opportunity. We know teams of individuals with different identities and backgrounds can nurture creativity and innovation. We know we can see, treat, and heal children better when our team reflects the diversity of our patient population. We strive to attract and retain diverse talent because we know a truly inclusive and equitable workforce will help us one day realize our most basic calling: to heal every child who comes through our doors.

A career at Children's Colorado will challenge you, inspire you, and motivate you to make a difference in the life of a child. Here, it's different.

The Senior Mechanic HVAC performs scheduled and on-demand maintenance activities for all HVAC including patient related equipment and related systems to ensure maximum effectiveness, efficiency, and reliability of all HVAC and related equipment and systems. The Senior Mechanic works closely with the Building Automated System (BAS) controls team to achieve maximum efficiency from HVAC equipment.

Department Name: South Campus Facilities
Job Status: Full time, 40 hours per week
Shift: Day, 7am to 3:30pm

• EDUCATION - High School Diploma or equivalent.
• EXPERIENCE - Five (5) years healthcare, industrial or commercial HVAC experience.
• EQUIVALENCY - HVAC Associate Degree will substitute for a Certification for HVAC
• CERTIFICATION(S) - Universal CFC certificate. Certification for Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, (HVAC)

POPULATION SPECIFIC CARE

• No direct patient care

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following essential functions. These examples do not include all of the functions which the employee may be expected to perform.

• Performs on-demand electrical, plumbing, carpentry, critical HVAC, safety, and other miscellaneous maintenance duties.
• In the event of a critical patient related equipment failure, troubleshoots and diagnoses the problem and takes corrective action to fix the piece of equipment.
• Keeps track of all preventative, scheduled, equipment failures within the preventative maintenance program to begin to set trends and history on equipment and warranty compliance. Includes but not limited to completing Risk Assessments, Pre-Interim Life Safety Measures (Pre-ILSM), and full ILSM's if system failure calls for such action.
• Troubleshoots and repairs variable-frequency drives (VFD's), motor controls, electric motors, pneumatics and clean steam generators.
• Maintains safe and clean machine rooms, as assigned by the manager, to minimize work place injuries.
• Observes, documents and ensures preventative maintenance for peak operational efficiency of all HVAC equipment and systems as assigned by manager to minimize system failure and time off-line.
• To ensure accurate record keeping for all scheduled and on-demand work activity including inventory, work order, and parts processing. Documentation will be maintained in accordance to established protocol and in accordance with The Joint Commission and all regulatory requirements related to all CHCO locations
• To ensures consistent, accurate, and professional communication with all hospital staff, customers, and outside vendors/contractors.

SCOPE AND LEVEL

• GUIDELINES: Guidelines are generally but not always clearly applicable, requiring the employee to exercise judgment in selecting the most pertinent guideline, interpret precedents, adapt standard practices to differing situations, and recommend alternative actions in situations without precedent.
• COMPLEXITY: Duties assigned are generally complex and may be of substantial intricacy. Work assignment is performed within an established framework under general instructions but requires simultaneous coordination of assigned functions or projects in various stages of completion.
• DECISION MAKING: Exercises judgment and discretion, and is responsible for determining the time, place and sequence of the work performed.
• COMMUNICATIONS: Contacts with the public or employees where explanatory or interpretive information is exchanged, defended, and gathered and discretion and judgment are required within the parameters of the job function.
• SUPERVISION RECEIVED: Performs work with minimal supervisory oversight. Under general supervision, the employee receives assignments and is expected to carry them through to completion with substantial independence. Work is reviewed for adherence to instructions, accuracy, completeness, and conformance to standard practice or precedent. Recurring work clearly covered by guidelines may or may not be reviewed.

Ability to Perform Essential Functions of the Job

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Audio-Visual: Color Discrimination: Good
• Audio-Visual: Depth Perception: Good
• Audio-Visual: Far Vision: Good
• Audio-Visual: Hearing: Good
• Audio-Visual: Near Vision: Good
• General Activity: Stand/Walk: 6-8 hrs. per day
• Motion: Bend: 1/3 or more of time
• Motion: Carry: 1/3 or more of time
• Motion: Climb: 1/3 or more of time
• Motion: Lift: 1/3 or more of time
• Motion: Pull: 1/3 or more of time
• Motion: Push: 1/3 or more of time
• Motion: Reach: 1/3 or more of time
• Weight Lifted/Force Exerted: Up to 50 pounds: 1/3 or more of time

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Exposure: Exposure to blood/body fluid: Regular/Frequent.
• Exposure: Exposure to chemicals: Occasional.
• Exposure: Exposure to cold/heat: Occasional.
• Exposure: Exposure to dampness: Occasional.
• Exposure: Exposure to heights: Frequent.
• Exposure: Exposure to infectious diseases: Occasional.

It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information.

The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Please submit your application as soon as possible as the posting is subject to close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is obtained.

Colorado Residents: In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

Here, you matter. As a Children's Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children's Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.