HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC

This position is set aside for a person with a disability according to the Ability One government contract. Verified proof of disability is required prior to interviewing.

This position requires certification from The Automotive Service of Excellence (ASE) Program and two years of experience assisting skilled trade people in repairing and maintaining heavy equipment.

This position is located at Fort George G. Meade and pays $32.85 per hour.

The hours are 6:30 am to 3:30 pm, M-F.

The Heavy Equipment Mechanic analyzes malfunctions and repairs, rebuilds and maintains power equipment, such as cranes, power shovels, scrapers, paving machines, motor graders, trench-digging machines, conveyors, bulldozers, dredges, pumps, compressors, and pneumatic tools.

This worker operates and inspects machines or equipment to diagnose defects, dismantles and reassembles equipment, using hoists and hand tools, examines parts for damage or excessive wear, using micrometers and gauges, replaces defective engines, and subassemblies, such as transmissions, and tests overhauled equipment to ensure operating efficiency.

The mechanic welds broken parts, and structural members may direct workers engaged in cleaning parts and assisting with assembling and disassembling equipment. They may repair, adjust and maintain mining machineries, such as stripping and loading shovels, drilling and cutting machines, and continuous mining machines.

Key Responsibilities

Diagnoses, services, and repairs various systems found on pieces of heavy equipment such as mechanical and computer electronic controls, air brake systems, transmissions, computer-controlled automatic and 13-speed manual transmissions, high voltage generators, propane-powered equipment, and pneumatic systems.

Troubleshoots malfunctions in the equipment and repair.

Repairs and services track drive sprockets, rails, idler wheels, hard bars, track adjusters, hydraulic reversers, final drives, brake bands, steering clutches, and hydrostatic transmissions.

Fabricates modifies, and installs special equipment or replacement parts using mills, lathes, welders, torch sets, plasma cutters, and metal cutting saws.

Performs routine maintenance checks and adjustments on fluid levels, hoses, belts, brakes, tires, and clutches; changes filters and oil; and lubricates vehicles and motor-driven equipment.

Services, diagnoses, repairs, and maintains speed tandem drive axles with air or electric shift, hydrostatic driven, heavy-duty multi-axle suspensions, both conventional steel or air springs.

Tunes gas and diesel engines, services valves, fuel filters, turbochargers, pressure checks fuel filters, adjust injector heights, fuel racks, governors, etc.

Diagnoses problems, disassemble units, repairs or replaces parts, and reassembles brake, cooling, and drive systems.

Repairs or replaces fuses, batteries, lights, instruments, warning devices, controls and switches, computer controls, modules, alternators, starters, and defective cables and wiring.

Replaces mufflers, manifolds, catalytic converters, turbochargers, blowers, and pipes.

Repair or replace heating and air conditioning, hydraulic, air, and steering/suspension systems.

Qualifications

Possession of an associate’s degree in Heavy Duty Truck/Heavy Equipment Repair may be substituted for two years of experience assisting skilled trade people repairing and maintaining heavy equipment. Must possess a Medium/Heavy Truck Brake Technician, Refrigerant Recovery & Recycling Technician, Maintenance & Inspection Technician, Rotating Electrical Failure Technician, Brake Part Analysis & Replacement Technician, Brake Adjustment Technician, Pneumatic Systems Technician, Enhanced Ignition Diagnostics Technician, and Hazardous Waste/Hazardous Waste Handling Technician certifications from The Automotive Service of Excellence (ASE) Program. Must know the standard practices, materials, tools, and equipment used in the repair and maintenance of motor vehicles and engines; knowledge of safety issues in the use of tools, equipment, and supplies used in repair; ability to diagnose mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic malfunctions and to read manuals and schematics of motorized vehicles and equipment. Must have a clean driving record.