Heavy Equipment

SUMMARY: Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul trucks, or maintain and repair any type of diesel engines. This position reports to the Fleet Manager.

GENERAL TASKS: Inspect brake systems, steering mechanisms, wheel bearings, and other important parts to ensure that they are in proper operating condition. Use hand tools such as screwdrivers, pliers, wrenches, pressure gauges, and precision instruments, as well as power tools such as pneumatic wrenches, lathes, welding equipment, and jacks and hoists. Adjust and reline brakes, align wheels, tighten bolts and screws, and reassemble equipment. Examine and adjust protective guards, loose bolts, and specified safety devices. Perform routine maintenance such as changing oil, checking batteries, and lubricating equipment and machinery. Test drive trucks and buses to diagnose malfunctions or to ensure that they are working properly. Raise trucks and heavy parts or equipment using hydraulic jacks or hoists. Attach test instruments to equipment, and read dials and gauges to diagnose malfunctions. Rebuild gas or diesel engines. Inspect and verify dimensions and clearances of parts to ensure conformance to factory specifications.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.

REQUIRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: Commercial Driver’s License. High school diploma or G.E.D. OTHER KNOWLEDGE,

SKILLS & ABILITIES: Repairing — Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. Troubleshooting — Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. Operation and Control — Controlling operations of equipment or systems. Operation Monitoring — Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. Equipment Maintenance — Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. Quality Control Analysis — Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. Equipment Selection — Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job. Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively. Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). Finger Dexterity — The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. Manual Dexterity — The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. Arm-Hand Steadiness — The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. Control Precision — The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. Hearing Sensitivity — The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. Multi-limb Coordination — The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. Extent Flexibility — The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This position must regularly lift or move up to 50 lbs. and occasionally lift or move up to 100 lbs. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands or arms, talk or hear, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The Mechanic and Diesel Engine Specialist occasionally must stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel and to reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision and the ability to adjust focus. WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the essential functions of this position, the Project Manager is not exposed to any unusual environmental conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT: This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. A review of this position has excluded the marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of fundamental job duties. All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbent(s) will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities.