Process Equipment Mechanic - Construction

SUMMARY

Performs maintenance and repair work on equipment for the Public Works Department.

• Perform repairs and maintenance to pumps, chain saws, road saws, multipurpose saws, tamps/jumping jacks, arrow boards and generators that are used by the Public Works Department.
• Perform minor repairs and preventative maintenance to loaders, backhoes, rollers, dump trucks, trash trucks, and other equipment and vehicles that are used in the Public Works Department.
• Be able to weld, cut, and fabricate materials and equipment in the Public Works Department.
• Perform annual preventative maintenance to the equipment in the Solid Waste Transfer station and adjoining facility.
• Assist all Public Works Divisions and other Departments in the City with any repairs or maintenance that may needed.
• Other duties may be assigned.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each 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.

Required

• Minimum one (1) year of driving experience with Valid CDL commercial class “A” driver’s license with endorsement for air brakes
• Must have current DOT physical card and ability to pass all mandated alcohol/drug tests.

Preferred

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• 2
  -3-years of machinal experience working on small and large equipment is preferred
• Welding and fabrication experience preferred
• Hazardous material, combination vehicles, and tankers experience preferred

Must be able to work a variety of schedules. Must provide employer with a telephone number where employee can be contacted. In the event of hazardous weather, employee will be called to duty during off hours in order to maintain continuous operation of equipment.

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.

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.

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

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. The employee is regularly required to talk or hear, stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls;

reach with hands and arms; and climb or balance. The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds with assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

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 regularly works near moving mechanical parts. The employee occasionally works in high, precarious places and in outside weather conditions and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme heat, and risk of electrical shock.

The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.