HVAC/Refrigeration Master Mechanic

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HVAC/Refrigeration Master Mechanic

Salary

$3,904.00 - $7,025.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

418-202176-SAJ

Department

DPS-Office of Management & Finance

Opening Date

11/04/2024

Closing Date

11/11/2024 11:59 PM Central

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Supplemental Information

This vacancy is located in the Facility Services division of the Office of Management and Finance.

This position will be filled as a classified 4 year job appointment.

No Civil Service test score is required in order 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 by selecting the 'Applications' link after logging into their account. Below are the most common status messages and their meanings.

Applications without the education and/or work experience sections completed will be considered incomplete and will not be accepted.

Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of work experience.An application may be considered incomplete if the work experience and education sections are not completed.

In the event there is a preferred reemployment list for this position, the position may be filled from that list with no other interviews.

For more information, please contact: Department of Public Safety ATTN: Human Resources/Samantha Johnson P.O. BOX 66614 Baton Rouge, LA. 70896 Email: Samantha.Johnson@la.gov

If you are contacted for an interview, please let us know at that time if you will need special accommodations.

NOTE: THE SELECTED CANDIDATE MUST TAKE AND PASS A DRUG SCREEN AND BACKGROUND CHECK PRIOR TO APPOINTMENT.

The Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Public Safety Services, is a State as a Model Employer (SAME) agency that supports improved employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities. For more information on employment-related resources available for those with disabilities, refer to theLouisiana Employment Resource Guide (http://www.laworks.net/Downloads/LRS/EmploymentResourceGuide_2018.pdf) _

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Three 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 a maximum of two years of the 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 perform major repairs and highly complex and technical installation and modification work (larger tonnage, multifunction electronic and electro-pneumatic controls, complete system installations, system modification, etc.) on all types of heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC), and refrigeration equipment for a large complex or to serve as lead worker for a group of journeyman HVAC/Refrigeration Mechanics.

Level of Work:

Advanced.

Supervision Received:

General from a HVAC/Refrigeration Mechanic Foreman.

Supervision Exercised:

Lead worker over HVAC/Refrigeration Mechanics, apprentices, and helpers.

Location of Work:

May be used by any state agency.

Job Distinctions:

Differs from HVAC/Refrigeration Mechanic by responsibility for major overhaul and modification of complex, large tonnage, high horsepower centrifugal chillers and other advanced HVAC systems or lead worker responsibilities.

Differs from HVAC/Refrigeration Mechanic Foreman by lack of responsibility for full supervision of at least three subordinate mechanics and apprentices.

Examples of Work

Performs advanced repairs, troubleshooting, and modifications to all types of HVAC and refrigeration systems.

Performs major complete system overhauls of large tonnage, high horsepower centrifugal and reciprocating chillers and refrigeration equipment used in comfort conditioning and in large walk-in food coolers and freezers.

Performs highly specialized electrical power installations; pneumatic, electrical, and electronic controls; and sheet metal and plumbing installations relative to each job.

Performs major replacements, new installations, and modifications of HVAC and refrigeration equipment of all sizes.

Assists in the training of HVAC/Refrigeration Mechanics and apprentices.

Regulates flow and starts and stops pumps, chillers, hot water systems, etc. associated with HVAC and refrigeration systems.

Operates, regulates, and adjusts domestic and hot water boilers, circulating pumps, chillers, and refrigeration systems associated with building operation.

Performs air balancing in HVAC distribution systems.

Oversees work of subordinate HVAC/Refrigeration Mechanics.

Estimates time and material for HVAC/Refrigeration repair jobs.

Inspects and approves work of contractual employees.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough 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 athttps://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

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  To ensure compliance with DPS-PSS Policy 01-02.01 Nepotism, no individual may be hired, promoted, demoted or transferred within DPS, if the individual is related to another employee who is, or would be, within their line of supervision. Relative is defined as: child, step-child, sibling, spouse, parent, step-parent, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, grandchild, grandparent, and any "in law" relationship. Are you related to anyone employed with the Department of Public Safety, Public Safety Services?

• Yes

• No

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  If you answered "Yes" to the above question, please list the name of your relative and relationship. If you answered "No" to the above question, enter N/A.

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  Do you possess the appropriate EPA refrigerant recycling and recovery certification for technicians (as required under Section 608 of the Clean Air Act, 1990)?

• Yes

• No

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  Did you list all of your experience and education on your application? If not, please do so now.

• Yes

• No

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For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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