Manager, HVAC & Controls

Ohio University

The Manager, HVAC & Controls, position exists to provide a safe and healthy environment where members of the campus community can pursue their diverse institutional goals and objectives. They are directly responsible for daily service, repairs, maintenance, and operation of campus HVAC and building automation systems, as well as specialized temperature control equipment. They oversee seven (7) technicians, as well as outside contractors, temporary workers, and student labor. Their primary objectives are to maintain thermal comfort, ensure indoor air quality, perform maintenance, make repairs, improve reliability, and reduce energy consumption.

• Daily Operations
• Lead and Supervise HVAC/Controls Team
• Technical Assistance
• Examine work orders and converse with customers and technicians to detect equipment problems and implement corrective actions.
• Directly supervises five (5) HVAC/R Technicians and two (2) Senior Automation Controls Technicians. May also supervise contract, temporary, and student employees. Possess a strong personal desire for improvement; and the desire to motivate HVAC technicians to be better tomorrow than they are today. Work with other departmental managers to meet company and departmental goals and objectives.
• Hands-on experience in the operation, maintenance and repair of legacy, proprietary, and BACNET building automation systems, air and water-cooled chillers, package HVAC equipment and various hot water generating systems.

This position involves traveling throughout the University and campus and could, on occasion, require bending, reaching, kneeling, crouching, crawling, standing walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, talking, and hearing. Must be able to spend prolonged periods of time working on an office PC; must be able to work under deadlines. Required to observe conditions of mechanical equipment. Manager may be subject to drug screening and background checks at any time during employment, able to occasionally drive a university vehicle, work evenings and weekends as needed, and meet attendance standards.

The full salary range for this position is $68,299 – $117,127. The target salary range for this position is $68,299 – $80,252. Salary is commensurate with education and experience, while also considering internal equity.

RELOCATION allowance or SIGN ON BONUS of up to 10% of the base salary may also be available!

Ohio University is proud to offer a robust healthcare plan that includes maternity care, transgender care, counseling and mental healthcare, prescription coverage, vision, dental, orthodontia care, and more. Our robust benefits package also includes paid holidays, sick time, personal time, a tuition waiver up to 100% for self and dependents, an excellent retirement plan with up to a 14% employer contribution, a 12-week parental leave program, adoption reimbursement, flextime and flexplace policies, an employee assistance program, access to professional development programs, and additional employee resources. Additional information is available at https://www.ohio.edu/hr/benefits.

• Associate’s degree, or vocational or technical school degree in HVAC/Engineering Tech or related
• A minimum of six (6) years of work-related experience
• A minimum of three (3) years of supervisory or managerial experience

An equivalent combination of education and experience may also be considered.