tractor mechanic

NORTH EASTERN TRUCKING INC; Hamilton; On-site; CAD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

NORTH EASTERN TRUCKING INC. is seeking an on-site technician to repair heavy trucks and mentor apprentices. You will diagnose faults, order parts, perform welding, and ensure equipment meets manufacturer specifications.

Responsibilities include maintaining maintenance records, testing repaired equipment, and aiding operators in ore and metal processing. Relocation may be required; strong attention to detail and safety are essential.

Qualifications

• 1 year to less than 2 years of experience
• On-site work; no remote option
• Willing to relocate

Responsibilities

• Instruct apprentices
• Troubleshoot and inspect equipment to detect faults and malfunctions
• Diagnose faults or malfunctions using testing equipment
• Order parts and maintain inventory
• Adjust equipment and repair or replace defective parts
• Keep maintenance reports and documentation
• Welding experience
• Test repaired equipment for proper performance and to meet manufacturers' specifications
• Attach components and adjust new farm equipment
• Clean, lubricate and perform other maintenance work
• Perform repair work on heavy trucks
• Service attachments and working tools
• Verify and repair emission control systems
• Assist process and machine operators in mineral ore and metal processing
• Perform other routine maintenance

Skills

Instruct apprentices

Troubleshoot faults

Diagnose faults

Order parts

Repair heavy trucks

Welding experience

Test equipment

Maintenance documentation

Attach components

Clean & lubricate

Service attachments

Emission systems

Assist operators

Routine maintenance

Education

High school diploma

Equivalent experience

Tools

Steel-toed boots

Job description

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• or equivalent experience

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work setting

• Willing to relocate

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Instruct apprentices
• Troubleshoot and inspect equipment to detect faults and malfunctions
• Diagnose faults or malfunctions using computerized and other testing equipment to determine extent of repair required
• Order parts and maintain inventory
• Adjust equipment and repair or replace defective parts
• Keep maintenance reports and documentation
• Welding experience
• Test repaired equipment for proper performance and to ensure that work meets manufacturers' specifications
• Attach components and adjust new farm equipment
• Clean, lubricate and perform other maintenance work
• Perform repair work on heavy trucks
• Service attachments and working tools
• Verify and repair emission control systems
• Assist process and machine operators in mineral ore and metal processing
• Perform other routine maintenance

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Own transportation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Handling heavy loads
• Manual dexterity
• Sound discrimination
• Standing for extended periods

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Client focus
• Dependability
• Excellent oral communication
• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Reliability
• Team player
• Organized