Heavy-Duty Engineer at Vantegral Consulting

Job Description

• Perform routine preventative maintenance and simple repairs on motorized equipment, including gas and diesel-powered engines. 
• Inspect used parts to determine the cause of mechanical failure and evaluate if other parts are still usable or need to be replaced. 
• Perform instrumentation repair.
• Repair and replace tracks on bulldozers.
• Grind, seat, and adjust valves.
• Requires lifting items weighing up to 75 pounds.
• Perform tasks requiring strength, such as two people positioning 100-pound equipment blades, carrying equipment parts, climbing onto equipment, and mounting tires onto trucks and construction equipment.
• Drive vehicles, such as automobiles, pickup trucks, dump trucks, tractors, graders, compactors, bulldozers, loaders, scrapers, tank vehicles, and other light and heavy construction equipment.
• Hear and distinguish various sounds, such as the voices of co-workers in noisy environments and the sounds of operating equipment.
• Distinguish temperatures of equipment to avoid burns.
• Use impact tools, such as tire guns and sledgehammers, which cause body vibration.
• Perform tasks that require manual dexterity such as welding, assembling small parts, and pouring liquids into receptacles.
• Overhaul, repair and adjust engines, standard and automatic transmissions, air and hydraulic brake systems, clutches, differentials, axles and suspension, ignition and electrical systems, computerized and electronic ignition systems, steering and control systems, and generators
• Rebuild hydraulic pumps; repair electronically controlled devices on power shovels and other heavy-duty equipment.
• Adjust and repair grader blades and loader bucket assemblies.
• Use a wide variety of test equipment and shop tools,
• Overhaul exhaust systems; make emergency repairs in the field.
• Perform routine maintenance and servicing of equipment and trucks.
• Change and repair tires.

Job Requirements 

• SSCE, HND, or its equivalent.
• 1 -2 years of working experience as a diesel or heavy-duty mechanic.
• Willing to relocate.
• Possession of a valid driver's license is compulsory.
• Knowledge of computer testing technologies.
• Ability to raise heavy machinery.
• Extensive knowledge of diesel engines and construction equipment.
• Ability to work extra hours if required.
• Great communication skills.