Service Tech Jrnymn (CMD - 509) (3987)

About the role

The employee serves as a lead worker overseeing two or more lower-level Service Technicians. The Service Technician Journeyman provides technical assistance in diagnosis and repair of heavy equipment, working closely with lower level technicians. Under guidance of supervision, the Journeyman schedules work, monitors quality control for work performed, and customer relations.

Responsibilities

• Fabricates, modifies, and installs special equipment or replacement parts using mills, lathes, welders, torch sets, plasma cutter, and metal cutting saws.
• Troubleshoots malfunctions in the equipment and repair.
• Repairs and services track drive sprockets, rails, idler wheels, hand bars, track adjusters, hydraulic, reversers, final drives, brake bands, steering clutches, and hydrostatic transmissions.
• Services, diagnoses, repairs and maintains speed tandem drive axles with air or electric shift, hydrostatic driven, heavy-duty multi-axle suspensions.
• Tunes gas and diesel engines, services valves, fuel filters and turbo chargers, and pressure checks fuel filters, adjusts injector heights, fuel racks, governors, etc.
• Diagnoses problems, disassembles units, repairs or replaces parts, and reassembles units in the cooling, drive, brake, electrical, steering, heating and air conditioning, hydraulic and air systems.
• Overhauls engines, replaces engines, and rebuilds components.
• Diagnoses, services and repairs various systems that are found on pieces of heavy equipment such as mechanical and computer electronic controls, transmissions, computer controlled automatic transmissions and pneumatic systems.
• Keeps tools, equipment, and work area clean, organized and in good working condition.
• May assist in training lower-level workers in mechanical repair techniques.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent; accredited trade school graduate preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in the construction and mining machinery industry.
• Working knowledge of the standard practices, materials, tools, and equipment used in the repair and maintenance of machinery and engines.
• Knowledge of safety issues in the use of tools, equipment, and supplies used in repair of equipment.
• Skills in the use of a variety of hand tools, mechanized tools, jacks, and hoists.
• Skills in the use of a variety of diagnostic testing and tuning equipment, and the use of gas and electric welding equipment.
• Ability to pass and maintain drug and alcohol testing requirement as outlined by WPI’s policy.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds, and be able to bend and twist several times a day.
• Ability to read manuals and schematics, rebuild engines and major driveline components.
• Dependable and able to work independently.
• Good client relations and ability to communicate with other mechanics about repair work needed.
• Current driver’s license and acceptable driving record per WPI insurance carrier standards when driving a company vehicle.
• Ability to effectively operate test equipment, and have good trouble-shooting skills.
• Ability to read hydraulic and electrical schematics.

Schedule

Typical hours of work Monday through Friday; 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Weekend hours as necessary. May require work in inclement weather conditions and/or hazardous work environments.