Under the general direction of the Manager of Plant Operations. Assign and lead the work of the HVAC mechanics
and performs HVAC work as needed.
- Meets all standards of the Patient Satisfaction Initiative Criteria in order to make Abington Jefferson Health (AJH) the hospital of choice for Patients and Employees.
- Assigns and leads the work HVAC mechanics, plans installation of new equipment,repair of existing equipment, inspects, maintains and repairs piping, HVAC, changing of temperatures and Monitor building controls systems. Oversees vendor contractssuch as chiller plant and building automation, ensuring that critical HVAC equipment is operational. This include quality assurance of work by people within crew.
- Trouble shoots HVAC and refrigeration problems, assists mechanics in problem resolution for equipment failures. Investigate customer complaints related to the environment of care.
- As certains and orders materials necessary for the completion of projects and to HVAC shop minimum operating inventories.Assigns, leads and performs HVAC preventive maintenance work and repairs include fire systems, ice machines, monitoring and remediation of legionella, building automation, chillers, towers, heating and cooling systems, valves, and pumps. In order to comply with codes and standards; fire dampers, negative / positive pressure humidity / temperatures and air balancing.
- Reads and works from blueprints, sketches, welds, silver solders as required, in order to complete work load.
- Assists with inspections by Abington Township, State of Pennsylvania and other
- inspectors, to ensure hospital meets codes and standards.
- Assists on Fire and Disaster teams, as needed and assigned.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Five + or a journeyman HVAC Mechanic
Education & Training: High school or Vocational school graduate
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Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.
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