Heavy Duty Truck Mechanic III

Summary:  

Provide hands-on repair and maintenance of our fleet, striving for the safe operations of all trucks and service vehicles 24/7.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:  

• Reads job order and observes and listens to truck in operation to determine malfunction and to plan work procedures.

• Perform preventative maintenance such as engine tune-ups, Installs new brakes, tires, ignition systems, aligns front wheels, changes or recharges batteries, and replaces transmissions and other parts as needed.

• Examines protective guards, loose bolts, and specified safety devices on trucks, and makes adjustments.

• Lubricates moving parts and drives repaired truck to verify conformance to specifications.

• Fabricates special lifting or towing attachments, hydraulic systems, shields, or other devices according to blueprints or schematic drawings.

• Troubleshoot and repair defective parts in mechanical, electrical and electronic systems.

• Use computers to diagnose equipment and research information.
• Operate shop machinery and equipment including hoists, overhead cranes, forklifts, hydraulic jacks, compressors, steam cleaners, floor jacks, disassembly stands, grinders, drill presses, hydraulic presses, valve and seat grinders, and bead blasters.
• Select and use precision tools such as torque wrenches, micrometers, dial indicators, tap and dies, and bore gauges.
• All other job duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:   

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications:  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:   

A high school diploma or general education degree (GED) and 3 years heavy duty truck mechanic experience required.

Language Skills:   Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.  Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.  Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

Mathematical Skills:   Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.  Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability:  Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:   

• ASE Diesel Mechanic Certification required

• Chauffeurs’ license required

• CDL-A with Haz Tanker endorsements preferred, or able to obtain within 6 months

Physical Demands:  

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, 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.  The employee is occasionally required to sit and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.  

Work Environment:    

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; risk of electrical shock and explosives. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.