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Join Our Team at UPMC Northwest as a Journeyman 1 – Service Technician!

Are you a skilled technician with a passion for keeping systems running smoothly and safely? UPMC Northwest is looking for a dedicated, full-time Journeyman 1 – Service Technician to join our facilities team. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in maintaining and servicing vital mechanical systems that support exceptional patient care.

Working a steady Monday–Friday schedule from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., you’ll enjoy a predictable routine with minimal weekend and holiday duties—just one weekend approximately every 8–9 weeks and the potential for one holiday per year. On-call responsibility is shared equally among an 8-person rotation, making it a manageable commitment (every 8 weeks).

If you’re HVACR certified or working toward it, and you take pride in preventative maintenance, quick problem-solving, and ensuring critical systems operate efficiently and safely—this is the role for you.

In addition to joining a supportive and experienced team, you’ll benefit from UPMC’s comprehensive Total Rewards Benefits package, designed to support your physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Take the next step in your career with a trusted healthcare leader—apply today to become a Journeyman 1 – Service Technician at UPMC Northwest and help power the systems that keep care moving forward.

_Applicants will be placed in appropriate title of the career ladder based on education and experience._

Responsibilities:

+ Inspect all facilities-specific mechanical air conditioning, refrigeration, and ventilation equipment to identify possible deficiencies and/or malfunctions.

+ Inspect mechanical devices and make any necessary repairs or corrections.

+ Interpret all information gathered from blueprints, instruction books, and sketches to maintain all equipment.

+ Ensure all equipment is kept in efficient working order and operated in a safe manner.

+ Perform preventive maintenance and take proactive steps to ensure equipment is properly maintained.

+ Check meters, gauges, signal lights, and other warning devices for possible problems and make necessary corrections.

+ Perform all work following infection control procedures.

+ Complete and record work orders.

+ Submit hours to supervisor on a daily basis.

+ Maintain clean and safe work areas, equipment rooms, and shop areas.

+ Maintain assigned mechanical area.

+ Fabricate and maintain ICRA consistent with UPMC policy and standards.

+ Perform in accordance with system-wide competencies and behaviors.

+ Perform all duties as assigned.

Required:

+ High School diploma or equivalent.

+ Three-year apprenticeship in institutional refrigeration, air conditioning and ventilation systems.

+ Completion of a recognized course in institutional refrigeration and air conditioning may be substituted year for year for apprenticeship and experience, or equivalent, such as on-the-job training.

+ Must have working knowledge of plumbing, steam fitting and sheet metal work.

+ May in the course of their duties be in rooms where medication is stored. No contact with medications is allowed.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

+ Valid Driver's License required.

+ Must possess appropriate license or registration to meet code requirements, as needed.

+ Driver's License

+ Act 34

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran