Superintendent of Utilities, HVAC

Superintendent of Utilities, HVAC

Why UT Southwestern?

With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. UT Southwestern is honored to be a veteran-friendly work environment that is home to approximately 800 veterans. We value your integrity, dedication, and the commitment you’ve made to our country. We’re proud to support your next mission.

Ranked as the #1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth for the sixth consecutive year, we invite you to continue your healthcare career with us at UT Southwestern. You will discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and consistent opportunities for learning and advancement into leadership roles.

All full-time employees will have a robust benefits package including employer paid medical insurance. Children and family medical insurance plans are available at a cost to the employee.

To learn more about the benefits UT Southwestern offers visit https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/employees/hr-resources/.

Job Summary

UT Southwestern is in search of a skilled and experienced Superintendent of Utilities, HVAC. The incumbent oversees and directs daily operations, maintenance, and repair of heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) equipment and electrical, water, and gas distribution systems.

Experience and Education

• Required graduation from high school or vocational school.
• Required minimum of seven (7) years of work experience in operation and maintenance of large (25,000 cfm) air-handling equipment, steam reducing stations, pumps, steam boilers, refrigeration equipment, and water, gas, and electrical systems.
• Required minimum of two (2) years of work experience as a supervisor or higher-level experience.

Job Duties

• Plans, schedules, coordinates, and directs operation, maintenance, and repair of heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) equipment and electrical, water, and gas distribution systems.
• Determines priority of work to be performed and issues necessary work orders.
• Determines need for and schedules utilities shutdowns for major repairs and maintenance work with minimal interruption to normal activities of university.
• Plans and schedules long-range maintenance programs; determines frequency, scope, and type of equipment to be included.
• Reviews and approves or disapproves requests and specifications for purchase of tools, parts, and equipment, such as water pumps, air compressors, filters, etc. that involve expenditure of significantly large amounts of money.
• Coordinates with private contractors engaged in installation of renovation of mechanical, refrigeration, air-conditioning, and heating equipment as required.
• Using the EMS, operators remotely monitor and control the campus air handlers, exhaust fans, chillers, boilers, pumps, space temperatures, humidity, etc.
• Monitors critical customer equipment and freezers.
• Performs database management of HVAC field panels and controllers.
• Troubleshoots programs of building HVAC systems.
• Trains workers in methods, procedures, and use of equipment, and work aids, such as drawings, hand tools, and test equipment.
• Ensures quality and quantity of work performed by assigned crew is appropriate.
• Ensures client is satisfied with work.
• May assist in preparation of annual Physical Plant budget as it relates to Facilities Management in terms of capital expenditures and manpower requirements.
• May compile and prepare required periodic reports relating to operations of Facilities Management’s CDAS.
• May schedule and supervise the work of CDAS operators.
• May operate the CDAS system, which consists of Energy Management Software from multiple Building Automation Systems.
• Monitors the utility alarms on campus and analyzes alarm conditions to determine course of action.
• Assists in remote troubleshooting of equipment failures.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Work requires proficiency in all phases of work supervised.
• Work requires exercise of considerable judgment.
• Work requires contact with members of faculty and staff concerning resolution of problems of non-routine, non-recurring nature.

The following is the acronym, “PACT”, and is fundamental to all non-clinical positions at UT Southwestern Medical Center:

• P-Problem Solving: Employees take ownership in solving problems effectively, efficiently, and to the satisfaction of customers, or managers. They show initiative in addressing areas of concern before they become problems.
• A-Ability, Attitude and Accountability: Employees exhibit the ability to perform their job and conduct themselves in a professional and positive manner reflecting a professional environment readily assuming obligations in a dependable and reliable manner.
• C-Communication, Contribution, and Collaboration: Who are our customers? Anyone who requests our help, needs our work product, or receives our services. Employees focus on customer service with creative solutions while improving the customer experience through clear, courteous, and timely delivery and communication. Sharing ideas with others helps expand our contribution to department goals.
• T-Teamwork: Employees work to contribute to the department’s success by supporting co-workers, promoting excellence in work product and customer service, and in maintaining a satisfying, caring environment for each other.

Working Conditions

• Work is performed primarily in the general office area.
• Working conditions involve moderate exposure to disagreeable elements, such as dust, dirt, heat, fumes, etc.

Any qualifications to be considered as equivalents in lieu of stated minimum require prior approval of Vice President for Human Resources Administration or his/her designee.

This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code §51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information.

UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status. To learn more, please visit: https://jobs.utsouthwestern.edu/why-work-here/diversity-inclusion.