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Overview

The Maintenance Mechanic Specialist - HVAC position involves providing expert level maintenance and repair services on infrastructure systems under direct supervision. This role is part of the International Union Of Operation Engineers (IUOE), Local 30 union, and is located in various areas of New York City.

Responsibilities

  • Completes the installation, maintenance, troubleshooting and repair services on HVAC+R systems.
  • Completes and submits service requests and preventative maintenance tasks indicating work performed and time and material spent.
  • Develops scope of work for projects and identifies necessary materials and labor.
  • Obtains material pricing from vendors.
  • Oversees shutdowns of selected utility systems during construction activities.
  • Monitors and operates building automation systems.
  • Performs routine daily inspections of utility systems and records operational data.
  • Interprets operational data and makes adjustments to improve performance and resolve problems.
  • Provides stakeholders with status updates, issues, key activities, and changes to project scope.
  • Provides direction to other staff and trains co-workers in completing trades work.

Requirements

  • Completion of trade school.
  • High School Diploma.
  • 5-7 years of experience in general maintenance in a large institution or commercial facility, with a minimum of 3 years in HVAC and/or refrigeration.
  • Demonstrated ability to understand complex interrelationships between multiple utility systems.
  • Ability to work on off-shifts and be available for 24-hour emergency call-ins.
  • Maintain FDNY certifications necessary for the operation of utility systems.
  • EPA Universal Refrigeration Technician Certification.
  • FDNY RMO preferred.

Additional Information

  • Workdays are weekdays and some weekends.
  • Weekly hours are 37.50.
  • Location includes Upper East Side, Lower East Side, Midtown, and West Side.
  • Position requires working in a non-office environment with physical discomforts such as noise, dust, heat, and fumes.
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How this job compares in New York, NY

Pay in context

At roughly $48/hr, this posting sits about 17% above the $41/hr median for welding jobs in New York, NY — toward the top of a $36–$49/hr middle band drawn from 29 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 69% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in New York, NY

We're tracking 47 other active welding openings in New York, NY right now, from 31 different employers. 27 of them were added in the last week. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 146 other active welding openings from 94 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.

Weill Cornell Medicine currently has 1 other opening 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 (21), Cushman & Wakefield (5), and Con Edison (4). 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 $30/hr. New York is among them.

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