2018-04-24
Lockheed Martin (www.lockheedmartin.com)
Other
/yr
full-time
employee
contract
Fort Worth
Texas
United States
Maintains, installs, and overhauls refrigerated air conditioning and mechanical refrigeration systems and alters existing installations as required. Checks and balances complete system after installation or alteration and make all necessary adjustments in conjunction with the above. Sets thermostats, sets and adjusts controls and regulators, and adjusts air conditioning systems to maintain air at specified temperatures and proper humidity. Removes, repairs electrically operated magnetic clutches.
Charges air conditioning and refrigeration systems with proper type and amount of refrigerant.
Performs the changeout of the hermetically sealed refrigeration units that he/she services.
Performs electrical work associated with heating, refrigeration and air conditioning systems which they service and maintain from the service disconnect to the units that they service and maintain except in case of emergency, at which time any qualified employee may be assigned to the work. Determines advisability or need for repair or replacement of magnetic starters, run and start capacitors, thermostats, relays, fuses, fan motors, compressor motors, and compressors.
May be required to operate electronic data entry, storage, processing, and/or retrieval equipment as a routine part of accomplishing their normal job assignments.
May be required to be certified under Federal, State, or Local Codes and Ordinances.
Basic Qualifications
Materials worked on: Refrigeration and air conditioning compressors, thermostats, regulators, timers, expansion valves, power panels, gauges, tubing, electric motors, magnetic clutches, safety devices, relays, cooling towers, heat exchangers, and other materials pertaining to refrigeration and air conditioning
equipment.
Materials worked with: Wire, tape, solder, tubing, insulators, fuses, switches, relays, screws, bolts, lubricants, Freon and/or other refrigeration gases, insulation, silfos, silversolder, filter media, fillings and other materials required to install and maintain refrigeration and air conditioning equipment.
Tools used: Hand tools; Freon gauges and hoses; leak detectors; acetylene, propane and prestolite torches; tubing benders; soldering irons; wire strippers; wire pullers; wire gauges; measuring instruments; such as ammeters, voltmeters, wattmeters, and ohmmeters.
Equipment used: Power tools, threaders, soldering furnaces, block and tackle, scaffolding, ladders, safety belts, vacuum pumps, liquid pumps, spray nozzles, and any newly developed equipment required to maintain this equipment more efficiently.
KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY REQUIRED
To use electricians' hand tools and electrical testing and measuring instruments. To use electrical shop power tools, equipment and accessories.
To understand and know electrical shop theory practice and procedure, including applicable specifications, codes and ordinances. To understand complex wiring and circuit diagrams and installation blueprints. To use mathematics involving algebra. To use electrical handbooks and charts.
Must have thorough knowledge of installation, repair and maintenance of refrigeration and air conditioning equipment.
Desired skills
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Job Location(s): Fort Worth Texas