HEAVY MOBILE EQUIPMENT MECHANIC

Click on "Learn more about this agency" button below to view Eligibilities being considered and other IMPORTANT information. The purpose of this position is to maintain, troubleshoot, overhaul, repair, and modify heavy-duty vehicles and mobile equipment which have utility systems or special hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical, electrical., or electronic systems designed for such purposes as construction, combat, earth moving, firefighting, and comparable industrial or special applications.

- Troubleshoots hard-to-locate problems, identifies defects and causes of mechanical problems to determine type and extent of necessary repairs to a variety of heavy mobile vehicles and equipment. - Repairs, overhauls, and rebuilds a variety of heavy mobile equipment/vehicles such as bulldozers, road graders, fuel dispensing trucks, mobile cranes, heavy snow removal and fire protection equipment, including their major systems, i.e., diesel, multi-fuel, and gasoline engines (including supercharged and turbocharged), automatic/manual transmissions, multi-gear assemblies, and a variety of positioning systems. - Conducts functional and performance tests using a wide variety of test procedures and equipment on completed work assignments. - Utilizes safety practices and procedures following established safety rules and regulations and maintains safe and clean work environment.