Battery Charger Technician - IAH Airport (AOA)

Oshkosh AeroTech; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Oshkosh AeroTech, An Oshkosh Company, is seeking a Battery Charger Technician in Houston, TX. You will troubleshoot, diagnose, and repair industrial batteries and chargers, perform planned maintenance, and document maintenance data.

The role requires mechanical and electrical aptitude, familiarity with airport operations, and ability to work day or night shifts, including holidays and weekends. Valid driver's license is required, and you must be able to obtain airport credentials.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED equivalent preferred.
• Valid Driver’s License.
• 3+ years’ experience in equipment and maintenance operations; previous battery charger experience preferred.
• Familiarity with Airport operations a plus.
• Mechanical and electrical aptitude, with knowledge of electrical/electronic systems.
• PC skills with proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Ability to read blueprints and electrical schematics.
• Ability to be badged to work in secure areas of an airport.
• Ability to work Day or Night shift, including holidays and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot, diagnose and repair industrial batteries and chargers.
• Perform all assigned planned maintenance on customer/company industrial batteries and chargers.
• Provide concise, accurate, and sufficiently detailed data for input of all maintenance information.
• Provide emergency/unscheduled and scheduled maintenance repairs of equipment and facilities.
• Read and interpret equipment manuals and work orders to perform required maintenance and service.
• Complete daily work log and work order paperwork for tasks accomplished during shift.
• Respond to maintenance calls when required and/or requested.
• Comply with company safety program and trainings.
• Perform other duties as assigned or needed.

Skills

Maintenance

Electrical aptitude

Blueprint reading

Airport operations

MS Word

MS Excel

Badging / security

Shift work

Education

High School diploma or GED

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

About Oshkosh AeroTech, An Oshkosh Company

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. Oshkosh AeroTech offers products that make a difference in people’s lives by supporting those in our communities who do some of the toughest work. They own many of the most trusted brands in the air transportation industry, including LEKTRO®, JetAire®, JetPower®, AmpTekÔ, Jetway®, and more.

Scope Of Responsibility

• Troubleshoot, diagnose and repair industrial batteries and chargers.
• Perform all assigned planned maintenance on customer/company industrial batteries and chargers.
• Provide concise, accurate, and sufficiently detailed data for input of all maintenance information.
• Provide emergency/unscheduled and scheduled maintenance repairs of equipment and facilities.
• Read and interpret equipment manuals and work orders to perform required maintenance and service.
• Complete daily work log and work order paperwork for tasks accomplished during shift.
• Respond to maintenance calls when required and/or requested.
• Comply with company safety program and trainings.
• Perform other duties as assigned or needed.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED equivalent preferred
• Valid Driver’s License
• 3+ years’ experience in equipment and maintenance operations; previous battery charger experience preferred
• Familiarity with Airport operations a plus
• Mechanical and electrical aptitude, with knowledge of electrical/electronic systems
• PC skills with proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel
• Ability to read blueprints and electrical schematics
• Ability to be badged to work in secure areas of an airport
• Ability to work Day or Night shift, including holidays and weekends

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of a Battery Charger Technician, 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 50 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.

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.

Oshkosh is committed to working with and offering reasonable accommodations to job applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability for any part of the recruitment process, please contact our talent acquisition team by email [e-mail].

Oshkosh Corporation is a merit-based Equal Opportunity Employer. Job opportunities are open for application to all qualified individuals and selection decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected characteristic. To the extent that information is provided or collected regarding categories as provided by law it will in no way affect the decision regarding an employment application.

Oshkosh Corporation will not discharge or in any manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with Oshkosh Corporation's legal duty to furnish information.

Certain positions with Oshkosh Corporation require access to controlled goods and technologies subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations or the Export Administration Regulations. Applicants for these positions may need to be "U.S. Persons," as defined in these regulations. Generally, a "U.S. Person" is a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or an individual who has been admitted as a refugee or granted asylum.