Job Description
HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC
ASSIGN: MOBILE REPAIR
JOB CODE 73112
| Effective Date: | 08/93X |
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The Heavy Mechanic on Mobile Repair assignment operates independently when out on calls to provide maintenance services to City vehicles such as Rapid Rail, Shu-Paks, Rear Loaders, Light to Heavy Duty trucks and occasionally Police Cars. The repairs are made on-the-spot within the capability of tools and parts carried on the mobile van. The employee diagnoses and makes repairs on electrical, cooling and fuel systems; instruments; steering mechanisms; transmissions; brakes and drive lines; hydraulic systems and engines. When not out on a Service Call, this employee performs the normal duties of a Heavy Equipment Mechanic in the shop. This assignment differs, from a Heavy Equipment Mechanic, in that the employee frequently goes on service call throughout the City and operates independently when on these assignments.