Equipment Mechanic Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• High school completion or trade school coursework in welding, basic electricity, and mechanics.
• Ability to read and understand blueprints, design parts for fabrication, investigate equipment malfunctions, and determine solutions.
• Knowledge of standard maintenance and metalworking tools and electronic diagnostic tools, including digital and analog multimeters, leakage meters, signal tracers, or logic probes, and their proper use and care.
• Thorough understanding of electronic controls and pneumatic principles for maintaining the pneumatic tube system.
• Good driving record and ability to obtain and maintain appropriate valid driver’s licenses to operate motor vehicles as required by Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations and Brown University Health’s Fleet Risk Control Policy.
• Three to four years of related experience.
• Physical ability to carry tools and lift moderately heavy items.
• Manual dexterity to disassemble machinery.

Responsibilities

• Observe pumps, motors, conveyors, and other mechanical systems in operation to identify the cause of problems.
• Coordinate repair timing with affected personnel and requisition necessary materials.
• Dismantle equipment to access, remove, and replace defective parts; adjust components and control instruments; and install functional or structural parts or modifications.
• Test equipment performance after repairs.
• Weld, braze, solder, burn, and operate hand and drill presses.
• Operate sheet metal shears, lathes, benders, mechanic’s tools, and an engine timing light.
• Troubleshoot and repair electronic control circuits on beds, pneumatic tube systems, and automatic-door sensors, ensuring compliance with Joint Commission regulations and local safety codes.
• Repair or fabricate equipment parts using metalworking tools, duplicating or designing parts to suit their required use, size, and frequency of use.
• Inspect, maintain, and repair laundry machinery, trayveyor systems, automatic doors, beds, wheelchairs, stretcher tables, carts, vehicles, and snowplow equipment.
• Assemble, clean, inspect, and test mechanical and electrical repairs in the bed shop, garage, and field.