Mechanic

General nature of position: Working in shop environment repairing and performing preventative maintenance on Refuse and Recycling Trucks.

Essential Duties and responsibilities:

• Review of the pre and post trip inspection sheets and perform necessary repairs to trucks and equipment.
• Complete scheduled preventive maintenance service on all equipment.
• Diagnoses malfunctions & repairs, rebuilds, adjusts heavy duty diesel powered equipment.
• Dismantles, rebuilds, replaces, and adjusts engines, brakes, transmission drivelines, electrical, fuel, exhaust, cooling, suspension & hydraulics in heavy duty diesel trucks.
• Repairs equipment using acetylene & arc welding tools.
• Writes up brief descriptions of repair work performed & parts used.
• Operates heavy equipment to insure proper working order.
• Mechanics are responsible for the clean up of shop area to assure a clean safe work area.
• Mechanics will be required to obtain a Forklift operators certificate at the companies expense.
• Mechanics will follow company safety procedures and attend shop safety meetings.

 Summary of other job duties:

• Mechanics will assist in the inspection of the truck parking area and will assist in the clean up off any spilled material.
• On rare occasions a Mechanic may be asked to respond to an off-site location to assist in some sort of clean up.
• On occasion Mechanics may be asked to respond to a repair issue off of company property regarding one of our fleet vehicles.
• Any and all maintenance duties as may be assigned from time to time.

• Knowledge of operation & principles of diesel engines: methods, material, tools & equipment used in the repair of diesel powered vehicles & related parts, hydraulic & air brake systems, electrical & cooling systems, automatic & standard transmissions, hydraulic pumps, motors & control valves.
• Ability to recognize & diagnose heavy duty diesel equipment mechanical problems, properly repair & adjust diesel equipment & component parts, read & understand repair manuals & schematics, improvise repair of equipment, follow oral & written directions, acetylene & arc welding, work safely in & around equipment, safely operate refuse trucks, safely & properly operate tools & equipment in repairing & rebuilding diesel powered equipment.
• Mechanics will possess their own tools and the knowledge to use them safely.
• Ability to understand instructions written and verbal in English.
• Ability to work well under pressure, independently or as a team.
• CDL is a PLUS