What are the responsibilities and job description for the Service Field Tech Class A (CMD) position at Waukesha Pearce Industries?
The employee performs a full range of maintenance, repair, and service activities on construction machinery. The employee uses considerable independent judgment in making decisions without the availability of supervision.
Duties and responsibilities
- Diagnoses, services and repairs various systems that are found on pieces of heavy equipment such as mechanical and computer electronic controls, transmissions, computer controlled automatic transmissions and pneumatic systems.
- Troubleshoots malfunctions in the equipment and repair
- Repairs and services track drive sprockets, rails, idler wheels, hand bars, track adjusters, hydraulic, reversers, final drives, brake bands, steering clutches, and hydrostatic transmissions
- Service, diagnoses, repairs and maintains speed tandem drive axles with air or electric shift, hydrostatic driven, heavy-duty multi-axle suspensions
- Tunes gas and diesel engines, services valves, fuel filters and turbo chargers, and pressure checks fuel filters, adjust injector heights, fuel racks, governors, etc.
- Diagnoses problems, disassembles units, repairs or replaces parts, and reassembles units in the cooling, drive, brake, electrical, steering, heating, and air conditioning, hydraulic and air systems
- Overhauls engines, replaces engines and rebuilds components
- Keeps tools, equipment, and work area clean, organized and in good working condition
- May assist in training lower-level workers in mechanical repair techniques
- Perform related work as assigned
Qualifications
- Must High School Diploma or equivalent, accredited trade school graduate preferred
- Must have a minimum of 3 years of experience in the construction and mining machinery industry
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Must have a working knowledge of the standard practices, materials, tools, and equipment used in the repair and maintenance of machinery and engines
- Must have knowledge of safety issues in the use of tools, equipment, and supplies used in repair of equipment
- Must possess skills in the use of a variety of hand tools, mechanized tools, jacks, and hoists
- Must possess skills in the use of a variety of diagnostic testing and tuning equipment, and the use of gas and electric welding equipment
- Must be able to pass and maintain drug and alcohol testing requirement as outlined by WPI’s policy.
- Must be able to lift 50 pounds and be able to bend and twist several times a day
- Must have the ability to read manuals and schematics, rebuild engines and major driveline components.
- Must be dependable and work independently
- Must have a current driver’s license and acceptable driving record per WPI insurance carrier standards when driving a company vehicle
- Must have the ability to effectively operate test equipment and have good trouble-shooting skills
- Must be able to read hydraulic and electrical schematics
