Maintenance Forklift Mechanic – Day Shift
Job Description
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Position: Maintenance Forklift Mechanic – Day Shift
Company: Whirlwind Steel Buildings Inc
Company: Whirlwind Steel Buildings Inc
Job Brief
Company overview: whirlwind steel is a premier metal building manufacturer specializing in the design, fabrication, and delivery of top-quality metal structures.
Experience
Employment History is required
Qualifications
graduates with applied skills.
Job Detail
- Perform routine, emergency, and preventative maintenance of forklifts.
- Repairs and maintains various types of forklift trucks including electric, gas-powered, and propane powered.
- Tests forklift trucks to ensure repairs are completed correctly.
- Schedules and performs routine maintenance for forklift trucks. Ensures batteries for electric forklift trucks are fully charged.
- Interpret manufacturer’s technical manuals to perform the necessary maintenance and repairs needed.
- Troubleshoot forklift problems to include brake, electrical and hydraulic systems, detect imperfections, potential problems, safety issues and/or malfunctions.
- Able to diagnose and repair mast and attachment components.
- Good working knowledge of brake systems and tire/wheel changes.
- Ability to work on LP, gas, and diesel systems.
- Replace broken or defective parts from stock parts and/or order replacement parts for major repairs.
- Reassemble forklifts and make all necessary adjustments for effective and safe operation.
- Perform safety inspection of forklifts prior to being released back to the work floor.
- Cleaning of equipment and other areas as required.
- Ensure the work area and methods used in carrying out job duties meet safety requirements.
- Maintain an organized and neat work area.
- Competent to complete legible service documents and logs for preventative maintenance tasks.
- Learn new technical information and techniques to stay current with changing technology.
- Must be familiar with OSHA regulations regarding the operation of a forklift, and all other equipment.
- Must possess the ability to be focused on observing proper operating procedures and safety practices.
- Other duties as assigned by Whirlwind Steel Buildings.
- Requirements:
- Job Qualifications High school diploma or equivalent.
- Two or more years of experience in a related field, including maintenance of various lift trucks such as Hyster, Kalmar and Yale with lift ratings up to 16,000 lbs. and 60,000 lbs.
- Manufacturing, automotive, military, or recent trade school graduates with applied skills.
- Must be able to work weekends, holidays, and night shift if necessary.
- Able to function well as a team member.
- Have analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to function with little supervision.
- Be reliable, responsible, and dependable while fulfilling obligations.
- Good communication skills.
- Complete test and maintenance reports.
- Have working under OSHA regulations.
- Able to work safely and follow company rules and procedures. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORK ENVIRONMENT: Work performed in a shop environment.
- Exposed to any number of elements but with n1present to the extent of being disagreeable.
- Physical effort equal to frequent moving of up to 50lbs materials.
- Regularly required to sit or stand, bend and reach.
- The use of Safety Glasses is required.
- The use of earplugs is recommended. and required at some areas.
- Ability to stand up to 10 hours a day (with a lunch in between) and up to 6 days a week.
- Ability to work in a non-air-conditioned environment.
- Steel-toe boots required in Manufacturing Facility. Night Shift Schedule Monday through Friday
- Weekends as needed.
- 10 hour shifts, but not limited to it.
