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Job Description

Overview

The HVAC Controls Mechanic is responsible for preventive maintenance, operation, and repair of various types of boiler and refrigeration plant equipment used in building heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems. This position requires experience in repairing and maintaining pumps and troubleshooting building systems.

Responsibilities

  • Perform operations as required by job work order and/or blueprint or diagram.
  • Repair and maintain all types of pumps handling water, condensate, and steam.
  • Repair or replace bearings, bushings, impellers, shafts, couplings, packing, drive belts, and sheaves without direct supervision.
  • Repair or fabricate parts using standard machine shop tools.
  • Troubleshoot, service, and perform preventive maintenance on fans and building systems computer control interfaces.
  • Respond to emergencies on a 24-hour basis and work overtime as required.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High School diploma, GED, or equivalent required.
  • Four years trade school required or equivalent in combination of education and experience.
  • Minimum of two years technical training in HVAC field.
  • Two years of experience in maintenance and troubleshooting of all control systems.
  • A total of six years of experience in HVAC required.
  • Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.

Additional Information

  • Job Type: Support Staff - Union
  • Bargaining Unit: TWU - B&G
  • Regular/Temporary: Regular
  • Hours Per Week: 40
  • Standard Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm
  • Salary Range: $37.92 - $47.40
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How this job compares in New York, NY

Pay in context

At roughly $43/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $41/hr median for welding jobs in New York, NY, whose middle half runs $33–$45/hr across 30 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 63% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in New York, NY

We're tracking 47 other active welding openings in New York, NY right now, from 36 different employers. 29 of them were added in the last week. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 151 other active welding openings from 101 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in New York, or widen the search to New York.

Columbia University Irving Medical Center currently has 2 other openings live in New York, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in New York at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in New York, NY (16), Alstom (4), and Metropolitan Transportation Authority (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within New York, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are New York at $41/hr and Brooklyn at $32/hr. New York is among them.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. HVAC Controls Mechanic figures were last recalculated when this page was built.