Heavy Mobile Equipment Mechanic, XF 5803-11 (54544)

Mississippi Valley Division (MVD) - New Orleans District, New Orleans, LA

About the Role

Serves as a Heavy Mobile Equipment Mechanic responsible for the repair, maintenance, and general servicing of floating plant, heavy mobile equipment, automotive equipment, and other mechanical equipment.

Responsibilities

• Maintains, overhauls, and repairs various types of cranes, trucks, gas and diesel-powered tractors, draglines, compressors, and marine engines (outboard and inboard for launches and towboats).
• Performs major repairs on large floating cranes, spud barges, trailerable tugboats, 100-ton crawler cranes, generators, and compressors.
• Maintains land-use crawler cranes with capacities up to 200 tons.
• Improvises or alters components for systems not originally designed for specific uses.
• Diagnoses complex performance problems and devises replacement, repair, and troubleshooting techniques when standard procedures are insufficient.
• Performs mechanical maintenance, overhaul, and repair of gasoline and diesel-powered heavy construction equipment, including wheel- and crawler-type tractors, road graders, backhoes, track hoes, front-end loaders, drilling machines, compressors, and stationary engines.
• Completes minor and major repairs according to work orders, diagnosing issues to ensure satisfactory completion.
• Determines additional work needed during disassembly and inspection to restore equipment to operational condition.
• Installs and overhauls engines, transmissions, differentials, transfer cases, clutches, track links, fuel injection pump housings, and cylinder blocks.
• Repairs and adjusts brakes, ignition, and fuel systems; overhauls generators, starters, distributors, and magnetos.
• Requisitions replacement parts as necessary.
• Performs mechanical maintenance, overhaul, and repair of launches and towboats, including repair of remote controls for engines and steering mechanisms, and removal/installation of propellers and propeller shafts.
• Repairs gasoline and diesel equipment in the field, diagnosing issues and determining if repairs can be made on-site or require shop facilities.
• Operates a diesel tandem tractor with 13-speed transmission and various trailers in the absence of the primary operator.
• Maintains various types and sizes of trucks, using mechanical and electronic test equipment to troubleshoot problems.
• Performs general shop maintenance, including cleaning tools and maintaining good housekeeping.
• Drives mobile truck cranes, tractor-trailers, and various light-duty pickups with equipment, materials, and supplies (grossing over 26,000 lbs., requiring a commercial driver's license).
• Operates vehicles with manual and automatic transmissions, including 2- or 4-wheel drive pickups, dump trucks, rollbacks, and stake bodies of varying sizes and models.

Work Conditions

• Works in tiring or uncomfortable positions for long periods, involving frequent standing, bending, reaching, stretching, climbing, and crouching.
• Works on top of, under, and in tight compartments of vehicles in cramped or awkward positions.
• Performs strenuous work while standing, lying, or sitting, frequently lifting and carrying items up to 40 pounds unassisted.
• Lifts and moves heavier items with assistance from other workers or lifting devices such as jacks, hoists, and cranes.
• May work from ladders or work platforms at varying heights.

Requirements

• Knowledge of repair, maintenance, and modification of complex vehicles and equipment.
• Understanding of the mechanical makeup, operation, and working relationships of equipment systems, assemblies, and parts.
• Knowledge of how electrical, hydraulic, or pneumatic systems affect mechanical systems.
• Ability to troubleshoot mechanical defects causing equipment failure or decreased performance.
• Skill in measuring, fitting, and installing components and adjusting them for effective operation.
• High skill in using diagnostic equipment and improvising parts to fit systems for which they were not originally designed.
• U.S. citizenship is required; proof of citizenship must be provided.
• One-year trial or probationary period may be required.
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• Direct deposit of pay is required.
• Must observe established safe working procedures and use provided protective clothing/equipment.
• Requires a pre-employment physical and annual physicals thereafter.
• Must be able to lift at least 30 lbs.
• Requires a valid state Driver’s License in one of the 50 U.S. states or possessions to operate vehicles.
• Travel (TDY) may be required up to 50% of the time.

Qualifications

Candidates will be evaluated in accordance with OPM General Schedule (GS) Qualification Standards or Federal Wage System (FWS) Qualifications and Job Elements. FWS Qualifications.