Service Tech Class A (CMD-515) (4512)

Waukesha Pearce Industries, LLC; Texas; On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Waukesha Pearce Industries, LLC is seeking a skilled maintenance technician to diagnose, service, repair, and overhaul heavy equipment used in construction and mining. The role requires reading manuals and schematics, working with hydraulic and diesel systems, and performing audits with diagnostic tools.

You will operate with considerable independence, ensuring safety, accuracy, and reliability while servicing transmissions, engines, and control systems on site in Texas.

Qualifications

• Must have a High School Diploma or equivalent; accredited trade school graduate preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in the construction and mining machinery industry.
• Ability to read manuals and schematics; read hydraulic and electrical schematics.
• Must be able to lift 50 pounds and work independently; valid driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Diagnoses, services and repairs various systems on heavy equipment, including mechanical and electronic controls, transmissions and hydraulic systems.
• Troubleshoots malfunctions in the equipment and repairs.
• Repairs and services track drive components, hydraulic systems, and drive axles.
• Tunes diesel engines, checks fuel systems and injectors, and troubleshoots engine performance.
• Disassembles and reassembles units, maintains engine and driveline components; services cooling, electrical, hydraulic and HVAC systems.
• Overhauls engines and rebuilds components when needed.
• Keeps tools and work area organized and clean; may train lower-level workers.

Skills

Diagnostics

Troubleshooting

Safety compliance

Read schematics

Independent worker

Manual dexterity

Tool use

Hydraulics

Maintenance planning

Physical stamina

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Accredited trade school graduate preferred

Tools

Diagnostic testing equipment

Gas welding equipment

Electrical schematics reading tools

Job description

Job purpose

The employee performs a full range of maintenance, repair, and service activities on construction and mining machinery. The employee uses considerable independent judgment in making decisions without the availability of supervision.

Duties and responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.
• Service, diagnoses, repairs and maintains speed tandem drive axles with air or electric shift, hydrostatic driven, heavy-duty multi-axle suspensions.
• Tunes diesel engines, services valves, fuel filters and turbo chargers, and pressure checks fuel filters, adjust 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
• Keeps tools, equipment, and work area clean, organized and in good working condition.
• May assist in training lower-level workers in mechanical repair techniques.
• Perform related work as assigned.

Qualifications

• Must High School Diploma or equivalent, accredited trade school graduate preferred.
• Must have a minimum of 3 years of experience in the construction and mining machinery industry.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Must have a working knowledge of the standard practices, materials, tools, and equipment used in the repair and maintenance of machinery and engines
• Must have knowledge of safety issues in the use of tools, equipment, and supplies used in repair of equipment.
• Must possess skills in the use of a variety of hand tools, mechanized tools, jacks, and hoists.
• Must possess skills in the use of a variety of diagnostic testing and tuning equipment, and the use of gas and electric welding equipment.
• Must be able to pass and maintain drug and alcohol testing requirement as outlined by WPI's policy.
• Must be able to lift 50 pounds and be able to bend and twist several times a day.
• Must have the ability to read manuals and schematics, rebuild engines and major driveline components.
• Must be dependable and work independently.
• Must have a current driver's license and acceptable driving record per WPI insurance carrier standards when driving a company vehicle.
• Must have the ability to effectively operate test equipment and have good trouble-shooting skills.
• Must be able to read hydraulic and electrical schematics.

WPI is an EEO/AA (equal opportunity/affirmative action) institution and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, age, race, color, religion, physical or mental disability, creed, national origin, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, or gender expression in the programs or activities which it operates.

En Espanol

WPI es una institucio n EEO/AA (igualdad de oportunidad/accio n afirmativa) y no discrimina en base al sexo, edad, raza, color, religion, discapacidad fisica o mental, credo, origen nacional, estatus veterano, orientacio n sexual, infomacio n genetica, identidad de genero, o expresio n de genero en los programas o actividades los cuales opera.