**HVAC/ Refrigeration Mechanic** Print (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/louisiana/jobs/newprint/4645370)  **HVAC/ Refrigeration Mechanic** Salary $3,649.00 - $6,566.00 Monthly Location Baton Rouge, LA Job Type Classified Job Number BRCC090424 Department Baton Rouge Community College Opening Date 09/05/2024 Closing Date 10/5/2024 11:59 PM Central **Supplemental Information** Baton Rouge Community College (BRCC) seeks to fill the position of HVAC / Refrigeration Mechanic. The HVAC / Refrigeration Mechanic is located in the Facilities Department. This is a full-time position. This position is open for recruitment. **REPORTS TO** : Director of Facilities **COMPENSATION:** Anticipated starting salary will be commensurate with education and work experience. For more information about Baton Rouge Community College (BRCC), visit http://www.mybrcc.edu/ . **APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:** **No Civil Service test score or assessment** is required to be considered for this vacancy. To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page. Attached cover letter, resume and references are encouraged; however, resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete. **CONTACT INFORMATION:** LaTasha Howard, MBA Office of Human Resources Baton Rouge Community College 201 Community College Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70806 RecruitTalent@mybrcc.edu A criminal background check will be required of all selected applicants. An offer of employment is contingent upon passing a pre-employment background check. This organization participates in the E-Verify program. For more information on E-Verify, please contact DHS at (888) 464-4218. **BRCC is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.** We promote diversity of thought, culture, and background, which connects the entire BRCC family. We don’t just accept difference – we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our students, and our institution. **Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability** As an executive branch state agency, the Baton Rouge Community College is required by La. R.S. 46:2597 to establish annual strategies and goals related to employment of individuals with disabilities. In order to effectively measure and report our progress to this end, La. R.S. 46:2597 requires us to ask employees if they have a disability or have ever had a disability. Because a person may become disabled at any time, we ask all of our employees to update their information at least every five (5) years. Identifying yourself as an individual with a disability is voluntary, and we hope that you will choose to do so (if applicable). Your answer will be maintained confidentially. Completing the form will not negatively impact you in any way. For more information about this form or the Americans with Disabilities Act, visit the Office of the State Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Coordinator’s website at https://www.doa.la.gov/doa/office-of-state-ada-coordinator/ . **Minimum Qualifications** MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Two years of experience in the installation and/or maintenance of heating, ventilating, or air conditioning systems. SUBSTITUTIONS: Training in the installation, operation or maintenance of air conditioning and refrigeration systems will substitute for the two years of required experience on a month for month basis. NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENT: As of November 14, 1994, employees must possess the appropriate EPA refrigerant recycling and recovery certification for technicians (as required under Section 608 of the Clean Air Act, 1990). NOTE: Additional information regarding technician certification requirements and programs may be obtained by calling the Stratospheric Ozone Protection Hotline at (800) 296-1996 (10am-4pm Eastern Time, Monday-Friday except federal holidays) or by visiting the EPA's Stratospheric Ozone Depletion Web Site at www.epa.gov/ozone/title6/608. **Job Concepts** Function of Work: To provide skilled installation, maintenance, and repair on heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration units in large office buildings, hospitals, and multi-building complexes. Level of Work: Experienced. Supervision Received: General from a HVAC/Refrigeration Foreman or maintenance supervisor of higher grade. Supervision Exercised: None. Location of Work: May be used by all state agencies. Job Distinctions: Differs from Trades Apprentice by presence of journeyman level duties. Differs from HVAC/Refrigeration Master Mechanic by lack of responsibility for major overhaul and modification of complex large tonnage, high horsepower centrifugal chillers, and other advanced HVAC/Refrigeration systems. **Examples of Work** Repairs and maintains heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration equipment in buildings or complexes requiring total HVAC capacity of 20 tons or more. Performs preventive maintenance duties on motors: adding coolant, adjusting controls, changing filters, etc. Recharges air conditioning systems with proper amount of lubricant or refrigerant. Overhauls and repairs pumps, motors, control systems, piping, and other equipment used in refrigerating and air conditioning systems. Reports temperatures produced by machines and makes necessary adjustments to produce desired temperatures. Installs, replaces, adjusts, and calibrates major components of refrigeration units: compressors, condensers, expansion valves, service valves, thermostats, coils, and drive assemblies. Maintains records, log sheets, inventory, etc. Services equipment with lubricants and chemicals. Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to _make a difference_ through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career. As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program: **Insurance Coverage** More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/ **Parental Leave** – Up to six weeks paid parental leave More information can be found at https://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx **Holidays and Leave** – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year: + New Year's Day + Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, + Mardi Gras, + Good Friday, + Memorial Day, + Independence Day, + Labor Day, + Veteran's Day, + Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. ***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase. **Retirement** – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to): + Louisiana State Employees Retirement System ( www.lasersonline.org _). LASERS has provided this_ video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) _to give you more detailed information about their system_ + Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana ( www.trsl.org ), + Louisiana School Employees Retirement System ( www.lsers.net ), among others