AWP Technician – Mid Senior

Job Description

Job Description

Tasks and responsibilities
➢ Maintain a clean, and safe work area, adhere to best practice safety procedures.
➢ Maintain positive customer relations through professional interactions with customers.
➢ Responsible for the safe maintenance and repair of a variety of Aerial Work Platforms and associated equipment, which utilise mechanical, diesel, electrical and electronic systems.
➢ Installs and repairs mechanical, hydraulic or electrical parts such as hydraulic cylinders, engine parts, switches, controllers and associated components.
➢ Dismantles devices to gain access to and remove defective parts
➢ Examines form and texture of parts to detect imperfections
➢ Lubricates and cleans parts
➢ Starts / operates devices to test their performance
➢ Sets up and operates repair equipment and repair parts according to instruction & procedure
➢ Diagnose, and carry out preventive maintenance according to manufactures, and Manlift requirements, as well as fault finding, troubleshooting, and attending breakdowns on all equipment in the rental and sales fleet.
➢ Reads, follows, understands oral and written instructions.
➢ Issue “Field Service reports” and “service work orders” on maintenance tasks and faults, and the parts, labour and time taken to complete the task.
➢ Maintain service vehicle in a clean & professional manner
➢ Operates equipment, demonstrates and familiarizes customers when necessary.
➢ Inspects used parts to determine imperfections or changes in dimensional requirements
➢ Adjusts functional parts of devices and control instruments & repairs or replaces defective parts & components
➢ Installs special functional and structural parts in devices & equipment.
➢ Calibrate equipment using electronic aids and procedures and programmable controllers.
➢ Troubleshoot and Inspect machine (mechanical, electrical and hydraulic components) to detect faults and malfunctions.
➢ Perform a variety of specialized maintenance and repair work assigned such as –major overhauls of engine, hydraulic pumps & cylinders, rotary coupling, swing drive, torque hub and other mechanical components.
➢ Perform first check and final inspection of machines in accordance with TMW guidelines.
➢ Repair electrical components such as starter motors, alternators, and various controllers used on the AWP’s.
➢ Test and perform pressure setting procedures of function pump, control valves, charge & pressure valves, Engine valve lash adjustment.
➢ Use basic testing and measuring instruments such as JLG and Ezcal analyzer, multi meter, battery tester, and mechanical testing/adjusting tools to Test, analyze, calibrate and adjust equipment parameters.
➢ Read and interpret basic hydraulic & electrical schematic and troubleshoot faults on various AWP’s.
➢ Work individually and will lead a team in major repair and maintenance.
➢ Flexible in responding to changes in schedules and scope of job required on all Manlift equipment.
➢ Travel extensively as workload and schedule demands change, and respond to 24 hours emergency calls in an efficient and timely manner to effect immediate repairs.
➢ Ability to install electrical components, cable, PCB’s and on board computers on various machines.
➢ Knowledge to read & understand schematics
➢➢ Proactive to learn new equipment systems and procedures of Manlift Fleet
➢ Knowledge of electrical components and its functions
➢ Use appropriate tools
➢ Testing and calibration of machines based on manufacturer specifications and settings
➢ Able to accept challenges that need to be resolved .The challenges can range from figuring out/troubleshooting/restoring the machine operating function in totality.