Crane & Fleet Technician

General Role Description

MPA is seeking a motivated, positive, and driven Crane and Fleet mechanic/technician to join the Crane & Fleet Maintenance Division. The primary responsibility of this position is to perform preventative maintenance, inspect, and repair all cranes, Passenger Boarding Bridges, fleet vehicles, and heavy equipment owned and operated by the MPA.

• Learns to observe all crane and fleet operations during the loading and unloading of cargo and/or operation of machinery to ensure safe and efficient operation of cranes, fleet vehicles, and heavy equipment.
• Learns to perform crane startup process by powering up motors, viewing computer screens for possible faults, visually inspecting cables, mechanical equipment, and electrical components, and test operating the crane.
• Learns to perform periodic preventative maintenance on cranes, fleet vehicles, and heavy equipment by following prescribed job plan computerized reports, replacing and filling engine fluids, replacing and repairing parts, reporting serious mechanical or electrical failures and completing the preventative maintenance report forms; learns to perform pre-trip inspection on yard hustler.
• Learns to lubricate crane, fleet, Passenger Boarding Bridge, and heavy equipment parts and related equipment, including, but not limited to: gantry trucks, drive gears, drive chains, transfer cases, motors, bearings, bushings, cables, spreaders, torque units, pivots, slides, rollers, roller pads, sheaves, wheels, wheel clamps, cables, hinges, couplings, rails, rail guides, tension ropes, and linkages.
• Learns to develop and maintain effective communications with shipping companies, stevedores and International Longshoremen's Association members concerning crane operations.
• Performs general maintenance and housekeeping work on cranes, fleet vehicles, and related equipment such as: steam cleaning radiators, cleaning, lubricating, and draining/flushing of cooling systems and worm gear reducer; and reads blueprints, diagrams and schematic drawings to determine work procedures.
• Learns to assemble, set-up, disassemble and transport mobile cranes.
• Learns to perform visual and mechanical inspections of wire rope cables, sprockets, welds, gears, shafts, sheaves and wheels.
• Learns to test and diagnose mechanical problems within cranes, the Passenger Boarding Bridge, fleet vehicles, and heavy equipment to facilitate and initiate repair processes.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education:
  
  Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.
• Experience:
  
  Four (4) years of experience performing testing, calibration, inspection, repair and maintenance of electrical and/or mechanical apparatus.

Your placement on an eligible list may be based solely on the contents of your application; therefore, it is essential that you provide complete and accurate information. Please include all relevant experience on your application. This includes, but is not limited to, full or part time, volunteer, military, acting capacity, or any other experience that is relevant to the position you are applying for.

If you held more than one (1) position at the same employer, please list each position that you held and the length of time that you held each position.