Forklift Mechanic
Quick Summary
Forklift mechanic responsible for inspecting, diagnosing, repairing, and maintaining material handling equipment and forklifts at an industrial plant.
Skills & Keywords
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Can troubleshoot equipment malfunctions and provide corrective action.
- · Disassembles forklifts prior to maintenance work.
- · Reassembles forklifts after the completion of repair or maintenance work.
- · Starts forklifts and observes mechanical operation to determine efficiency and to detect problems.
- · Inspects or tests damaged forklifts, and marks defective areas or advises supervisors of repair needs.
- · Lubricates or applies adhesives or other materials to forklifts, according to specified procedures.
- · Dismantles forklifts and removes parts for repair, using specified tools.
- · Records production, repair, and forklift maintenance information.
- · Reads work orders and specifications to determine forklifts and other material handling equipment, requiring repair or maintenance.
- · Ability to repair tools and small engines.
- · Holds a working knowledge of hydraulic and electrical systems.
- · Performs scheduled preventative maintenance.
REQUIREMENTS
- High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.
- Ability to interpret blueprints required.
- Ability to read a tape measure required.
- Certifications or prior experience using moving machinery, such as forklifts, required.
- 2+ years of prior industrial maintenance experience required.
- Hydraulic and electrical background experience required.
- Regular, and reliable attendance is required.
DESCRIPTION
The Forklift Mechanic’s main responsibility is to evaluate and repair all mobile equipment and forklifts at the plant. This candidate must be able to inspect, troubleshoot, diagnose, repair, and maintain all makes and models of material handling equipment. The other responsibilities would be to communicate to management what parts are needed and call those orders in so the equipment can be repaired.
COMPETENCIES
· Customer Focus
· Drives Results
· Communicates Effectively
THE RIGHT PEOPLE
We hire people who share our values and we put the right people in the right seats, with the skill sets that fit our customers’ challenges and we work hard to develop our people. Our people come to work because it feels like home, no matter where they are from. We place each other above egos because, at Crest, our coworkers are like your family. And like family, we believe in honest and clear communication so that the path towards our customers’ success is a united effort.
The Crest Industries Family of Companies is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information.
The Crest Industries Family of Companies is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request information regarding reasonable accommodation, contact your Human Resource Business Partner.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
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