Overview:

Job Status/Type: Full time

Position Level: Level II

Shift/ Schedule Requirements: Ability to work various shifts and days including nights, weekends and holiday periods to meet business needs.

Assists with the maintenance and installation of all the HVAC needs in the Parks. Performs services of diagnosing, trouble-shooting and installing air conditioning and heating systems, air supply and return plenums with duct board, and flex ducting. Responsibilities and requirements may vary by location.

Benefits:

3 weeks paid vacation (6 sick days, 8 paid holidays)
Several medical coverage options to fit your needs best
401K match
Maintenance-specific scholarships available
FREE entry to ALL our parks and water parks!

Perks:

Yearly maintenance appreciation week celebration
Complimentary tickets for friends and family
Discounts on food and park merchandise
Full-time and part-time employee events and gatherings

Responsibilities:

Installs, repairs, adjusts, maintains, retrofits, and troubleshoots refrigerant controls, compressors, heat pumps, split systems, ductless splits, packaged units, electric motors, motor controls, commercial furnaces and related controls, water pumps, exhaust fans, unit heaters, economizers, humidifiers, capacity controls, sizes of air compressors and air dryers, and related accessories and controls, chillers, (reciprocating, screw and centrifugal), cooling towers, automation control systems, and all types of glycol systems.
Maintains accurate and up to date records and logs of all work performed.
Makes recommendations for improvements, modifications, upgrades and report findings to supervisor on a timely basis.
Assists with major overhauls, modifications, and alterations as required.
Ensures the safe operation of each work area and each work project.
Assists with general cleaning, inspection, and reassemble equipment as needed.
Assists in the maintenance of various other equipment, such as food preparation equipment, on an as needed or as assigned basis.
Maintains all required EPA documentation and follows all EPA and AQMD rules when working with refrigerants, oils, and other regulated chemicals.
Repairs and maintains various types of walk-in and reach-in coolers and freezers throughout the facility.
Interacts with and communicates with various groups and individuals, such as the immediate supervisor, other Park managers and staff, co-workers, guests, vendors, contractors, inspectors, etc.
Provides guest service according to Cedar Fair standards when serving the guest, including initiating guest interactions, answering questions, and giving directions.
Maintains cleanliness and safety in assigned work area and performs all duties in compliance with Cedar Fair safety guidelines and requirements and reports all unsafe or unusual conditions to supervisor.
Meets scheduling availability requirements, including nights, weekends and holiday periods to meet business needs.

Qualifications:

This position requires the following education and experience, or an equivalent combination of both:

Education

Associates degree/ vocational or technical school
Field of study: Refrigeration or HVAC

Experience

4-6 Years' Work-related experience required

Qualifications:

- At least 4 years' experience with the repair and maintenance of commercial air conditioning or refrigeration systems.
- Demonstrable familiarity with EPA refrigeration regulations and requirements. EPA universal refrigerant license needed.
- Documented experience with a variety of different refrigerants and equipment, including experience with both chilled-water and direct-expansion systems.
- Knowledge of building and structural ventilation systems.
- Fully understand and mastered the refrigeration cycles to include: identifying components in advanced refrigeration circuits, understanding how each component works, diagnosing and correcting problems in the refrigeration circuit, using manifold gauge set, pressure/temperature chart and temperature measuring devices for routine maintenance and to troubleshoot.
- Understands refrigeration recovery, evacuation and charging, understands the installation and sizing of refrigerant piping.
- Fully understands and has mastered the fundamentals of temperature and humidity measurement and control in air conditioning units. Understands the process of treating air so as to simultaneously control its temperature, humidity, cleanliness and distribution. Ability to use a psychometric chart to determine the results of mixing air having various properties.
- Proven experience in all types of HVAC systems and how each component within the system operates in conjunction with the other components and how that impacts the overall operations of the system. These systems include but are not limited to air cooled, water cooled, hot water systems, chilled water systems, VAV systems, steam heating systems and building-automation control systems.

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