Senior HVAC Specialist

The Senior HVAC Specialist provides maintenance for the RCC and RHA venues, which includes maintaining and repairing the venues, preventative maintenance and responding to clients’ requests and troubleshooting technical issues efficiently. This position will be devoted to performing complex, specialized and skilled maintenance troubleshooting and repair of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems across our three venues. Additionally, this position will support the safe, efficient, and reliable operation of our HVAC systems and provide emergency response coverage if necessary.

About You:
We are looking for candidates with strong HVAC and maintenance knowledge, looking to bring years of experience and expertise to our venues! You take pride in keeping complex systems running smoothly and know your way around boilers, chillers, rooftop units, and everything in between. You love the puzzle of troubleshooting stubborn mechanical and electrical issues and take pride in keeping systems running smoothly. You are also a team player who enjoys sharing what you know with other members of your department and are always willing to lend a helping hand. You will be an asset to our team as we balance the expansion of our venues along with the maintenance of our current facilities.

About Us:
The Raleigh Convention and Performing Arts Center (RCPAC) has an amazing team of people who operate four unique venues known as The Complex– Raleigh Convention Center, Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts, Red Hat Amphitheater, and Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek. Our venues are a welcoming crossroads for visitors from near and far, a gathering place for community activities, a significant economic engine, and an important tool for building positive brand awareness for the City of Raleigh.  

This department thrives on vision, focus, flexibility, and commitment to operational excellence. As part of the city system, we’ve made it our mission to elevate the city’s reputation, set the standard for best practices, and raise awareness of Raleigh as a cultural and economic destination. Our ability to meet this demand speaks volumes about our team’s commitment to ongoing quality and exceptional hospitality. 

Work Hours:
This position will primarily work first shift with some nights, weekends, holidays, and emergency coverage required. 

Duties and Responsibilities

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by employees in this job. Employees may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

• Install, maintain, diagnose, and repair commercial and industrial HVAC and refrigeration systems, including boilers, chillers, cooling towers, air handlers, rooftop units, and exhaust systems
• Program, calibrate, and troubleshoot HVAC control systems and building automation systems (BAS) while monitoring performance and adjusting settings to optimize performance
• Ensure HVAC systems comply with federal, state, and local codes, including EPA, OSHA, and energy regulations
• Troubleshoot complex mechanical, electrical and electronic system failures and replace motors, compressors, controls, valves, and related components when needed
• Provide technical assistant and training to maintenance staff
• Participate and adhere to department safety policies and procedures

Typical Qualifications

Education and Experience:

High School diploma or G.E.D. equivalency; 3 to 5 years' experience in construction or skilled maintenance and repair of a variety of building systems, including HVAC, electrical and plumbing, or related work

OR

Any equivalent combination of training and/or experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities may be substituted

Preferred Qualifications:

• EPA 608, North American Technician Excellence (NATE), HVAC Excellence or similar certifications

Additional Information

Knowledge Of:

• HVAC Systems
• Fire systems and fire panels
• Sprinkler system regulations
• Maintenance and repair techniques for building systems and equipment
• Facilities management principles and practices
• Modern office practices and procedures including the use of standard office equipment and computer applications such as word processing, database, and spreadsheet applications

Skill In:

• Planning, scheduling, and coordinating facility maintenance projects such as renovations, upgrades, or expansions
• Verbal and written communication

Ability To:

• Follow preventive maintenance schedules
• Troubleshoot common issues and coordinate repairs with contractors or in-house maintenance staff
• Oversee projects from conception to completion while ensuring on time completion within budget

ADA and Other Requirements

Work Environment and Physical Effort:
Medium: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, up to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Work Environment:
Work is typically performed in an office or similar indoor environment, outdoor environment, and construction site. Employees may occasionally work in or around street environment (near moving traffic), vehicles, warehouse environment, and shop environment.

Work Exposures:
There is frequent exposure to moving mechanical parts. Employees may occasionally interact with individuals who are hostile or irate, be exposed to extreme cold (below 32 degrees), extreme heat (above 100 degrees), fumes or airborne particles, loud noises (85+ decibels average over8-hour working day such as heavy trucks, jack hammers, leaf blowers, lawn mowers, construction).

City of Raleigh is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. Accommodations for individuals with disabilities are provided upon request.