AWP Technician (Mechanical) L1

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Maintain a clean and safe work area adhere to best practice safety procedures.
• Maintain positive customer relations through professional interactions with customers.
• Responsible for the safe maintenance and repair of a variety of Aerial Work Platforms and associated equipment which utilise mechanical dieseland electronic systems.
• Installs and repairs mechanical parts such as hydraulic cylinders engine parts switches controllers and associated components.
• Dismantles devices to gain access to and remove defective parts
• Examines form and texture of parts to detect imperfections
• Lubricates and cleans parts
• Starts / operates devices to test their performance
• Sets up and operates repair equipment and repair parts according to instruction & procedure
• Diagnose and carry out preventive maintenance according to manufactures and Manlift requirements as well as fault finding troubleshooting and attending breakdowns on all equipment in rental and sales fleet.
• Reads follows understands oral and written instructions.
• Issue “Field Service reports” and “service work orders” on maintenance tasks and faults and the parts labour and time taken to complete the task.
• Maintain service vehicle in a clean & professional manner
• Operates equipment demonstrate and familiarise customers when necessary.
• Inspects used parts to determine imperfections or changes in dimensional requirements
• Adjusts functional parts of devices and control instruments & repairs or replaces defective parts & components
• Installs special functional and structural parts in devices & equipment.
• Calibrate equipment using electronic aids and procedures and programmable controllers.
• Troubleshoot and Inspect machine (mechanical and hydraulic components) to detect faults and malfunctions.
• Perform a variety of specialized maintenance and repair work assigned such as –major overhauls of engine hydraulic pumps & cylinders rotary coupling swing drive torque hub and other mechanical components.
• Perform first check and final inspection of machines in accordance with TMW guidelines.
• Test and perform pressure setting procedures of function pump control valves charge & pressure valves Engine valve lash adjustment.
• Use basic testing and measuring instruments such as JLG and Ezcal analyzer multi meter battery tester and mechanical testing/adjusting tools to Test analyze calibrate and adjust equipment parameters.
• Read and interpret basic hydraulic & Mechanical schematic and troubleshoot faults on various AWP’s.
• Work individually and will lead a team in major repair and maintenance.
• Flexible in responding to changes in schedules and scope of job required on all equipments.
• Travel extensively as workload and schedule demands change and respond to 24 hours emergency calls in an efficient and timely manner to effect immediate repairs.

Education :

• HIgh school / Diploma /bachelors in Mechanical

Skills:

• Ability to install electrical components cable PCB’s and on board computer on various machines.
• Knowledge to read & understand schematics
• Proactive to learn new equipment systems and procedures of fleet
• Knowledge of Mechanical components and its functions
• Use appropriate tools
• Testing and calibration of machines based on manufacturer specifications and settings
• Able to accept challenges that need to be resolved.
• The challenges can range from figuring out/troubleshoot/restore the machine operating function in totality.

Key Skills
Mechanic Experience,Hand Tools,Industrial Equipment,Industrial Maintenance,Machining,Mechanical Knowledge,Assembly Experience,Precision Measuring Instruments,Schematics,Maintenance,Programmable Logic Controllers,Troubleshooting
Employment Type : Full Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1