Maintenance Officer - HVAC and Refrigeration at Aga Khan Education Service, Kenya (AKESK)

OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY

Reporting to the Team lead - Maintenance, the successful candidate will be responsible in ensuring that the existing and new refrigeration, air-conditioning, and mechanical ventilation installations are always in a safe and good working order and that they are in good repair state throughout the hospital and satellite facilities operated by the hospital.

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Carry out in a timely manner the planned preventive maintenance as per the PPM schedule.
• Maintain all the existing and new refrigeration, air-conditioning, and mechanical ventilation installations of the institution.
• Carry out in a timely manner the routine maintenance works raised in the maintenance help desk and those assigned by the supervisor.
• Performs preventive maintenance on a variety of HVAC and refrigeration systems, including cold rooms, refrigerators, freezers, Air handling units, split /VRF type air conditioners and portable cooling units.
• Create a preventive maintenance plan for all HVAC and refrigeration equipment and follow up to complete the planned maintenance in accordance with the Schedule and as per the statutory and industrial standards. 
• Maintain and repair a variety of HVAC and refrigeration systems, including cold rooms, refrigerators, freezers, Air handling units, split /VRF type air conditioners and portable cooling units.as a result of a complaint received or after any inspection.
• Create requisitions for materials required for the smooth operation of the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning equipment.
• Perform Pre-purchase technical appraisal to advise the hospital on the selection of correct technology for the HVAC and Refrigeration.
• Perform technical Inspections to ensure the selected technology has been received as per the specifications agreed.
• Perform Installations with the help of Vendors once the HVAC and refrigeration equipment are received and inspected.
• Proper coordination between team members.
• Ensure all work follow the Joint Commission International standards, International Standard Organization standards and any other quality patient safety standards practiced by the institution
• Record the true status of all the elements on the daily maintenance checklist.

REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum a Diploma in Refrigeration and Air-conditioning work.
• 3 years of relevant work experience – experience in a busy medical institution is highly desirable.
• Good organizational, problem solving and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work at odd hours and / or travel at short notice.
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent Customer Service skills
• Computer literate.