Heavy Vehicle & Construction Equipment Mechanic I

County of Kauai

12d•Onsite

About The Position

Repairs and overhauls a variety of heavy vehicle and medium and heavy construction equipment such as, but not limited to, refuse trucks, ladder trucks, dump trucks, truck tractors, cranes, bulldozers, rollers, graders, loaders, backhoes, scrappers, hydraulic cranes, and extractors as a substantially full-time assignment; and performs other related duties as required.

Requirements

Training & Experience: A combination of education and experience substantially equivalent to graduation from a high school; and three (3) years of automotive repair experience under a journey level mechanic, or successful completion of apprenticeship training involving heavy vehicle and/or construction equipment repair work; and one (1) year of work experience in construction equipment repair work.
License Requirement: Possession of a valid Commercial Driver's License (Class B); current Department of Transportation Medical Examiner's Certificate; and by the completion of probationary period, a valid commercial Driver’s License (Class A).

Responsibilities

Diagnoses motor knocks, noises, and other mechanical failures, disassembles diesel or gasoline engines
Inspects, removes, repairs, and replaces such parts as injection valves, cylinder heads, cylinder sleeves, pistons, rings, connecting rods, bearings, gaskets, etc.
Repairs and overhauls major units such as brake systems, transmissions, etc.
Inspects, repairs and overhauls complex hydraulic and electrical systems
Repairs various specialized mechanical parts or equipment such as crawlers tracks and drivers, winches, bulldozer blades, scoops, excavating and loading bucket chains, power take-off and control mechanisms, centrifugal pumps, ladder and articulating booms, conveyor belts, etc.
Road tests equipment repaired
Performs minor welding in connection with repair work
Performs other related duties as required.