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Bates College

Bates is internationally recognized as a leading liberal arts college, attracting 2,000 students from across the U.S. and around the world.

Since 1855, Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential community. Committed to opportunity and excellence, Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender, race, religion, or national origin.

Cultivating intellectual discovery and informed civic action, Bates prepares leaders sustained by a love of learning and zeal for responsible stewardship of the wider world. Bates engages the forces — intellectual trends, demographic changes, and technology — that are transforming higher education and the world into which our students graduate.

Bates has highly competitive admissions, graduates over 90 percent of its entering students, and more than half of its alumni earn graduate degrees. Bates employs 200 faculty members and 550 staff.

The college is proud of deep roots in the Lewiston/Auburn community, Maine’s second-largest urban area with a population of approximately 65,000. Bates is located on a beautiful, 133-acre, traditional New England campus in Lewiston, an emerging city with an entrepreneurial climate, a lively arts scene, and a dynamic business community. Bates is 35 miles north of Portland, 140 miles north of Boston, and 350 miles north of New York City.

Nov 05, 2026
HVAC Lead Technician
$35.00 - $37.00 hourly
Bates College Lewiston, ME
Position Purpose: Direct and execute all varieties of HVACR related construction, maintenance, renovation, and repair projects on campus. Use high quality skills to train, coach, and schedule work of other members of the HVAC shop. Assist Manager in developing Capital and Operating budgets. *Sign-on bonus of $5,000 Job Duties: Assumes responsibility of Manager in their absence. Assists Manager in directing employees, including work orders and project tasks. Assists in training and safety requirements and recommendations. Orders shop parts and materials. Involved in planning and estimating. Provides Manager with HR recommendations for evaluations, hiring and potential discipline. Primary point of contact for daily calls and requests. Coordinate all HVAC work with other building trades, College staff, contractors, and students. Ability to read and interpret building mechanical plans, and equipment diagrams and schematics. Train fellow personnel in...