Heavy Mobile Equipment Mechanic

About the Position: Red River Army Depot (RRAD) is located in northeast Texas, 19 miles west of Texarkana and approximately 170 miles northeast of Dallas. RRAD is near the corners of 4 states - Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas. The depot's enormous maintenance mission includes the repair, rebuild, overhaul and conversion of tactical wheeled vehicles. For more information on Red River Army Depot, go to the following web site: www.redriver.army.mil.

Perform rebuild/repair, assembly, adjustment, troubleshooting, and applicable functional test of major mechanical systems and components for heavy mobile vehicles.

Diagnose malfunctions of defective units and repairs/replaces items as required, assembles and performs limited functional test such as testing for leaks, misalignments, misadjustments, etc.

Perform diagnosis of malfunctions on items being repaired/rebuilt by lower grad workers.

Work at either in-process, test track, or shipping operations and performs duties involved in the troubleshooting, checkout, adjustment and tune-up of assembled heavy mobile equipment.

Examine vehicles, starts, and performs necessary operational checks to detect malfunctions in various systems.

Repair generated type defects such as hydraulic line leaks, misalign or misadjust items.