heavy equipment mechanic - Purple Hill, Canada - LANSDOWNE EXCAVATION LIMITED

Description

• Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
• Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• Cold/refrigerated
• Dusty
• Hot
• Noisy

Tasks

• Instruct apprentices
• Troubleshoot and inspect equipment to detect faults and malfunctions
• Diagnose faults or malfunctions using computerized and other testing equipment to determine extent of repair required
• Order parts and maintain inventory
• Adjust equipment and repair or replace defective parts
• Keep maintenance reports and documentation
• Test repaired equipment for proper performance and to ensure that work meets manufacturers' specifications
• Clean, lubricate and perform other maintenance work
• Perform repair work on heavy trucks
• Service attachments and working tools
• Verify and repair emission control systems
• Perform other routine maintenance

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Handling heavy loads
• Manual dexterity
• Overtime required
• Sound discrimination
• Standing for extended periods

Own tools/equipment

• Tools
• Steel-toed safety boots
• Safety glasses/goggles
• Gloves
• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 30 to 44 hours per week