Airport Services - Maintenance Repair Technician I - Fort Lauderdale Int'l Airport - FLL

About the role

Oshkosh AeroTech is a leading provider of aviation ground support products, gate equipment, and airport services to commercial airlines, airports, air-freight carriers, ground handling, and military customers. They own many of the most trusted brands in the air transportation industry, including LEKTRO®, JetAire®, JetPower®, AmpTekÔ, Jetway®, and more. Oshkosh Airport Services is an industry leader in providing maintenance services to airlines across North America.

Responsibilities

• Provide troubleshooting, repair, and preventative maintenance of PLC controlled baggage, conveyor systems, and related equipment, components, and systems.
• Provide concise, accurate, and sufficiently detailed data for input of all maintenance information.
• Perform mechanic duties including mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic troubleshooting, and repair of conveyor and control systems.
• Drive and operate different equipment such as golf cart, company vehicles, forklift, etc.
• Support the operations with clearing bag jams.
• Aid in the development and ensure proper input of the maintenance data into the computerized maintenance management system.
• Respond to maintenance calls when required and/or requested.
• Comply with company safety program and trainings.
• Perform other duties as assigned or needed.

Work Environment

The work environment is similar to airport operation with vehicular traffic. The employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, high, precarious places, outside weather conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, cold, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. Employees will work on an airport ramp around aircrafts and around heavy equipment.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent experience.
• Valid Driver’s License Required.
• Ability to obtain airport security clearance.
• Availability to work day or night shift including weekends and holidays.

Preferred Qualifications

• 1+ years’ experience in the area of maintenance operations.
• Industrial Electrical Experience; specifically with 3 phase motors and 480v.
• Mechanic skills including mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, troubleshooting, and repair.
• Familiarity with Airport operations a plus.
• Intermediate understanding of PLC Control systems.
• Computer skills with proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Ability to read blueprints and electrical schematics.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of an MRT 1, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands and fingers to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.
• The employee is frequently required to climb or balance and work in small spaces.
• Ladder work required.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 49 pounds.
• Ability to work in outside weather conditions on an airport ramp around aircrafts and the confined areas of baggage conveyor systems.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include good close proximity vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Good hand / eye coordination is required.