Job Description

Posting number: 2026-00149

Department: Department of General Services

Division: DGS 36 Facilities Maintenance

Job classification: HVAC Mechanic I

Posting type: Internal/External Applicants

Categories: Building Maintenance, Construction Maintenance, Construction Trades

Summary

Please note: The salary range above represents this position’s earning potential. The anticipated hiring range for this position will be $$62,328 to $89,492 based on the candidate’s qualifications and experience.

WHO WE ARE

The Department of General Services The Division of Facilities Management (DFM) delivers operational and mission critical services 24 hours a day seven days a week on behalf of County residents and Montgomery County Government. DFM manages over 400 County buildings, ensuring they are maintained at the highest level to provide a comfortable environment for employees and the public.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

The Department of General Services, Division of Facilities Management seeks an interested individual to be responsible for journeyman level work involving the installation, operation, modification, repair, troubleshooting, and testing of new and existing heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and associated equipment located in commercial sized-government facilities throughout Montgomery County.

Note that hours for this position are 2:30pm-11pm and includes off-site, weekend work.

Examples of duties

This is journey level work involving the installation, operation, modification, repair, troubleshooting and testing of new and existing heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and associated equipment. Duties also include performing routine and complex preventative maintenance on HVAC equipment. The employee will be responsible for removing, calibrating, overhauling, and replacing associated instruments and controls in the air conditioning, ventilating and heating systems pumps, chemical feeders, valves, traps, boilers, burners, monitors and other safety devices. This employee will also install, maintain and repair refrigeration equipment which includes refrigerators, freezers, and drinking fountains.

Please note at this time we will not be underfilling at the grade 11, HVAC Apprentice level. All applicants must possess a full, Maryland issued Journeyman License.

This position is considered Essential and employees are required to respond or may be placed on stand-by duty during severe weather or other urgent conditions. Employee must have the ability to work standby shifts and respond to after-hours emergency service calls. Work schedule may change to include weekends and/or evenings as part of the regular workweek.

Qualifications

Experience: Completion of a recognized apprentice HVAC program. Please include on resume.

Education: Graduation from high school or High School Certificate of completion recognized in the State of Maryland.

Equivalency: None.

Physical Ability:

• Ability to occasionally lift items that weigh as much as l00 pounds or more and to frequently carry items that weigh up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to perform work inside and outside year-round from scaffolding, ladders, platforms, and roofs and to work overhead or in stretched, cramped and awkward or tiring and uncomfortable positions.

License:

• Possession and maintenance at all times of valid driver's license.
• Possession of a Journey level HVAC license issued by the State of Maryland. Please include license number on resume.
• Possession of Environmental Protection Agency Universal Recovery and Recycling certification.