UNDERCARRIAGE SPECIALIST I

Gregory Poole•Raleigh, NC

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The purpose of this position is to rebuild track rollers, load tracks onto the track rebuilding “bench”, dismantle & rebuild track links. This role involves checking equipment and supplies, complying with PPE requirements, and preparing for duties. The specialist will use various equipment like forklifts and hoists to move and assemble/disassemble parts of undercarriage systems, including track rollers and links. Tasks include replacing worn parts, bushings, and bearings, and assisting with pin and bushing turns. The job requires the ability to write repair activities on customer work orders and possess cognitive reasoning and problem-solving skills to address technical equipment issues.

Requirements

Must have a high school education or GED.
Requires up to two years schooling or direct work experience.
Must be mechanically inclined and have good basic knowledge obtained through schooling or work experience.
Must be able to daily and repeatedly stoop, kneel, bend and climb beside, onto and underneath various equipment to perform diagnosis and repairs.
Must be able to effectively see to perform repairs, research technical manuals, and develop written repair work order reports.
Must be able to routinely and physically lift/position various parts to perform repairs/service and manually handle parts up to 80 pounds, as well as use mechanical hoist for heavier parts.
Must be able to effectively write repair activities on customer work orders.
Must have cognitive reasoning and problem solving skills to apply knowledge, written information and verbal instructions in repairing/servicing unusual and/or unknown technical equipment operational problems.

Nice To Haves

Should have exposure to P.C. base equipment and parts information.
Capable of learning and understanding technical information, service manuals and reports.

Responsibilities

Check the equipment and supplies required to perform the work scheduled, comply with PPE requirements, and otherwise prepare for duties.
Use forklift to move pallets loaded with rollers, use hoist to lift rollers onto worktable, replace worn parts of rollers.
Use forklift to move tracks & load them onto the track rebuilding bench, unbolt tracks.
Use cable to pull links to the pin driver mechanism, lift links to rebuild bench, replace bushings, reassemble track.
Use material movers to move pallets of track rollers to the rebuilding station, use special hoist to lift rollers onto the rebuild bench, use tools to dismantle the rollers & replace worn parts.
Use mauls/drivers to remove pins from tracks, use forklift to remove track from vehicle & move the track to the track rebuilding bench.
Assist in performing pin and bushing turms using press tooling.
Use rebuilding equipment to pull track onto the repair bench, use hand/power tools to remove fasteners that hold the track pads to the links, attach a cable to the links & pull the links to the link disassembly equipment.
Use the link disassembly equipment to separate links, lift the links to the building table, & replace bearings in the links.
Lift the links back onto the link disassembly equipment & reassemble the links, reattach the pads, & reinstall the track.