Heavy Equipment Technician-App - DPW-Fleet Services

City of Indianapolis and Marion County; Indiana (PA); On-site; USD 48,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Indianapolis and Marion County is seeking a maintenance technician to service heavy vehicles and equipment, focusing on preventive maintenance, inspections, and minor repairs. The role may support higher-classification technicians and perform regular repairs when requested.

Duties include using handheld scanners and laptop diagnostics, disassembling components, interpreting manuals, recording parts usage and labor, and ensuring safety.

Qualifications

• Experience with heavy vehicle maintenance and safety practices.
• Ability to read manuals and perform diagnostics.
• Willingness to travel and work in varied conditions.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventive maintenance and inspections on heavy vehicles.
• Repair minor components and assist senior technicians.
• Operate service trucks or wreckers when needed.

Skills

Leadership

Safety awareness

Manual reading

Teamwork

Tools

Handheld scanners

Laptop diagnostics

Grinders

Drills

Job description

Position is responsible for providing maintenance and repair on the City's heavy vehicles and equipment in support of Department operating activities. This position is focused primarily on Preventive Maintenance (PM), Vehicle/Equipment inspections, and minor repairs. When this type of work is not readily available, the apprentice may be called upon to assist a higher classification technician; may be assigned regular repairs to vehicles/equipment and may request guidance or technical assistance from a higher classification technician.

Examines equipment and attachments for wear, breakage, and malfunctions of such assemblies as hoists, boom mechanism, final drive and power train, steering mechanisms, suspension, stabilizer systems, winches, chassis, and framework.

Employs specialized testing equipment to localize malfunctions in electronic control systems.

Dismantles such components as power transmission units, diesel engines, power controls, and hoist shaft mechanisms to determine repair and replacement parts required.

Disassembles and inspects gears, shafts, and other moving parts to determine the need for adjustment and/or repairs.

Removes engines drivetrain, or other defective parts.

Employs precision measuring devices and power shop tools such as grinders, drills, and cutting torch.

Test operates equipment to ensure correction of all deficiencies.

Interprets and applies information contained in manufacturers manuals, computer-based manuals, and other data pertinent to maintenance of vehicles and equipment.

Performs final inspection.

Assists workers of other classifications with their duties.

Operates service truck or wrecker when necessary.

Observe all job-site safety regulations.

Prepares the necessary records for reporting parts usage, and labor accounting requirements.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities of a comparable level/type that management may deem necessary from time to time.

Must be able to use hand-held scanners and laptop diagnostic equipment. Ability to lift and carry up to 50 lbs. Proven leadership ability, dependability, and cooperation. Ability to plan, organize, and effectively direct the work of co-workers. Knowledge of safety practices and procedures to ensure all co-workers operate in a safe manner. Ability to communicate effectively. Ability to perform the following assignments: straight pulling, reaching over the shoulder, pushing, walking, standing, kneeling, etc. Ability for rapid mental muscular coordination simultaneously. Working ability to read and understand operating manuals, service manuals, (both written and computer) and written instructions relative to the job. Ability to operate and test all equipment that the incumbent is responsible for repairing. Ability to repair and perform work on any piece of equipment City owns. Must have a general working knowledge of electrical, electronic, hydraulic, mechanical, and air systems. Must have hand tools relevant to this type of repair work upon reporting to work. Must be able to obtain and hold a CDL, Group B, within 60 days from date placed into position. Working knowledge of equipment used for engine electronic, and engine component test analysis. Must successfully pass a pre-employment physical.

Work is performed in a maintenance facility with frequent travel and exposure to dust, silica, electrical energy, solvents, vibrations while road testing vehicles, and subject to various road conditions. May work on slippery/uneven surfaces, around machinery with moving parts, around moving objects, vehicles, on ladders/scaffolding and with hands in water/wet material. Incumbent works alone and may work in awkward and cramped positions. Incumbent may be required to work alone or with others.