Heavy Equipment Maintenance Technician

Turner Mining Group•Soda Springs, ID

About The Position

The Maintenance Technician is a skilled mining maintenance position within Turner Mining Group. This position will focus on maintaining equipment. The successful candidate must live the Turner Values and be an outward example to others. This position must demonstrate a strong commitment to “Safe Production” through decision making, priorities, and client relations. The Maintenance Technician is focused on key aspects that drive communication and safe production while maintaining a high level of efficiency, proactive training metrics, and preventative maintenance awareness requirements. The Maintenance Technician demonstrates safety ownership at a personal level and holds other crew members to the same high standard. The Maintenance Technician also assists in other production support functions as assigned.

Requirements

Willingness and ability to adhere to OSHA / MSHA regulatory requirements
1-3 years’ experience in mining / heavy industry preferred
Working knowledge of safety systems and processes
Appropriate attention to detail required
Strong communication skills
Strong morals and values
Exemplary attendance record
Exemplary safety and disciplinary record
Willingness to be flexible on daily job duty requirements
Maintains a positive outspoken learning attitude
The Maintenance Technician must be able to safely perform each of the following tasks
Weight Requirement: Ability to meet equipment manufacturer’s safety requirements, including a body weight under 330 pounds.
Mobility & Posture: Ability to kneel, crouch, squat, climb stairs, and climb ladders repeatedly.
Reaching & Movement: Ability to reach forward and overhead, and to perform sustained or repetitive movements of the neck, hands, wrists, and ankles/feet.
Strength & Endurance: Ability to push and pull with a force of at least 100 pounds.
Ability to lift, carry, and set down objects weighing up to 100 pounds.
Ability to lift and carry objects overhead weighing up to 45 pounds.
Ability to lift and move items from floor level to waist, shoulder, and overhead levels.
Ability to carry weights over distances of at least 20 feet.
Repetition & Duration: Ability to perform the above motions multiple times in succession and sustain activity for extended periods.

Nice To Haves

Can effectively communicate in English (multi-lingual preferred)
Available to travel on short notice to support timelines and production requirements at existing sites (Preferred)

Responsibilities

Work with employees to ensure a high level of accuracy and engagement on hazard identification and control
Engage crews and leadership to define processes that motivate working towards common goals
Assist with MSHA regulatory training and verify compliance to standards
Live the values as part of a visible daily decision-making process
Assist with training proficiency audits
Involvement in risk assessment processes at various levels of the organization
Holds themselves and others accountable for acting like an owner (taking care of equipment, not wasting resources, using time wisely, and being accountable for conditions and behaviors)
Maintains a high standard of housekeeping (machine and work areas)
Participate with site and project leaders to identify areas of improvement
Work with crews to support proactive near miss reporting
Leads by example (walks the talk)
Ability to perform quality pre-operation machine inspections (Based on mobile equipment physical demands analysis)
Accurately documents 5000-23 and training checklist requirements
Other regulatory & internal / external forms as required
Maintains a valid and insurable driving license
Available to travel on short notice to support timelines and production requirements at existing sites
The Maintenance Technician must be flexible on shift schedules (days and nights) to assist with training and production needs
The Maintenance Technician will be self-starting, motivated, with a strong desire to be part of a team and to influence improvement
Maintenance service truck
G.E.T replacement
Replacing equipment attachments
Minor equipment repairs
Preventative maintenance backlog repairs
Fuel / lube Truck
Fueling / lubing equipment
Equipment fluid level monitoring
Marshalling equipment
Washing equipment