What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assembly Technician - RailTrucks position at SkyMark Refuelers?
SUMMARY
The Assembly Technician for RailTrucks is responsible for installing components and equipment, including hydraulics and rail gear on light and heavy duty chassis frames.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Plans and performs a wide variety of fitting, assembly, installation, and alignment of complicated parts to exact engineering tolerances and operating requirements.
- Performs work as outlined on build request order with efficiency and accuracy, in accordance with engineering standards.
- Builds all units consistently by utilizing quality standards.
- Reads and interprets blueprints and specifications to determine sequence, tooling requirements, measurements and allowable tolerances.
- Installs piping, stainless steel lines, and air lines.
- Fabricates and installs 12V/24V electrical systems.
- Builds a variety of parts; installs boxes and special components for the truck design.
- Verifies conformance of workpieces to specifications, using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes.
- Aligns and fits parts according to specifications, using jacks, turnbuckles, wedges, drift pins, pry bars, and hammers.
- Positions and/or tightens braces, jacks, clamps, ropes, bolt straps or bolt parts in position.
- Moves parts into position, manually or with hoists or cranes.
- Properly documents work performed.
- Uses and maintains all necessary shop and personal equipment required to complete repairs or inspections.
- Keeps shop area neat and clean and is accountable for all tools at all times.
- Ensures that customers’ trucks and equipment are kept neat and clean.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS to perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty and/or responsibility 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.
ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES include, but are not limited to the following.
- Must have experience installing and/or maintaining rail gear on specialty use vehicles.
- Must have experience installing and/or maintaining hydraulic systems.
- Ability to read hydraulic, electrical, pneumatic blueprints and schematic drawings.
- Must have high quality mechanics tools with upright rolling tool box.
- Must be familiar with shop tools and equipment such as torque wrenches and impact tools.
- Must have a working knowledge and understanding of safety requirements and practice them.
- Must have the ability to work efficiently with all departments.
- Must have good time management, planning, organization and prioritization skills.
- Must be able to work assigned shift, arriving on time and abiding by all attendance policies.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
- High School diploma, GED, or equivalent work experience.
- At least two years of mechanical/heavy equipment experience, including the use of mechanical tools.
- Experience with hydraulics and rail gear.
- Experience with electrical systems, including 12V/24V systems.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
None required.
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, crawl, stoop and reach and feel with hands and arms, use hands to assemble parts and will occasionally use a ladder or stepstool. The employee is required to see to inspect the details of each assembled truck. The employee is occasionally required to sit and must be able to clearly communicate with others verbally or via written communication. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and might occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds with assistance.
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.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud, consisting of normal vehicle shop equipment and activities. Employee works inside a building that is not a climate controlled environment.
SkyMark Refuelers is a market leading manufacturer of custom work trucks serving the aviation refueling, liquid waste removal, hi-rail maintenance, direct-to-locomotive refueling, and refined fuel delivery industries. With its headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri, SkyMark also operates a world-class aviation refueler facility in Findlay, Ohio along with a tank plant in Sullivan, Illinois.
