Major Systems Specialist

This position is responsible for maintaining the facility in proper working order to ensure a safe work environment for employees and a healthy living environment for laboratory animals; and providing on call emergency maintenance services, either as the primary contact or as a backup, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Key Responsibilities

• Responds to requests for maintenance and service from building occupants to include emergencies, maintenance problems, requested installations, modifications, repairs and adjustments, and other similar tasks.
• Observes appropriate operational, safety and study requirements by reading, understanding, and following Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) and study protocols.
• Member of facility emergency response team.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned or directed by Division management and supervision.

Position Specific

• Installs and maintains laboratory equipment, animal racks and cages, and company vehicles as necessary.
• Maintains and performs repairs, modifications, replacements and installations of automatic temperature control, controllers, relays, variable drives, variable inlet vanes, valve and damper actuators, pneumatic and electronic control systems, boiler fire control systems, and other similar equipment.
• Operates, adjusts installs and maintains computerized energy management and control systems for electronic, direct digital and pneumatic control systems for HVAC equipment, chillers, boilers and other similar type equipment. Operates, adjusts, calibrates and maintains automatic temperature controls, controllers, variable speed motor drives, variable inlet vanes, valve and damper actuators, pneumatic and electronic control systems, boiler fire control systems and other similar type equipment.
• Maintains and performs repairs, modifications, replacements and installations of HVAC equipment to include steam, gas, electrical and hot water heating systems, terminal reheat and VAV boxes, air handling units, ducts, chilled water systems, pumps, fan units, radiation and convection unit, valves, lamps, cooling tower, damper and valve actuators, T-Stats, pneumatic systems, coils, DX Units, hot water and steam converters, condensate systems, and other similar type equipment. Maintains and performs repairs on drinking water coolers.
• Measures, calculates, balances and adjusts CFM readings for air handling systems.
• Performs routine and preventive maintenance on steam, gas, electric and hot water heating systems, VAV boxes, pumps packaged air conditioning units, DX Units, reheat units, air handling units, boilers, cooling towers, chillers, hot water converters, control valves and dampers, air compressors, room T-Stats, air ducts, condenser and evaporator coils, ice machines, freezers, coolers and other similar type equipment.
• Utilizes CFCs and HCFCs refrigerant recovery/recycling equipment, maintains records, and performs all service and maintenance repairs in accordance with current EPA regulations.
• Reads, understands and interprets blueprints, drawings, floor plans, schedules and manufacturers operating and/or maintenance specifications as they relate to electrical, mechanical, plumbing, HVAC and special equipment, building structures and finishes.
• Maintains and performs repairs, modifications, replacements and installations on a wide variety of light and heavy duty heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration equipment for both existing facilities, and those under renovation.
• Performs routine and preventive maintenance to include operating, cleaning, inspecting and troubleshooting, adjusting, tightening, replacing, lubricating, reporting problems, and other similar tasks on a wide variety of light and heavy duty heating ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration equipment.
• May be called upon to assist other maintenance personnel in the completion of their work to include Electricians, Plumbers, Maintenance Technicians, Sheet Metal Workers and others.