Mechanic Helper

Job Description

The Motor Vehicle Mechanic Helper performs a variety of tasks such as washing, cleaning, and lubricating vehicles; loading, unloading, and storing automotive parts and supplies; and maintaining work areas. They assist Vehicle Mechanic’s in performing a full range of maintenance, repair, and service activities on automobiles, Commercial Motor Vehicles (CMV), Busses and Vans. The role includes maintaining work areas to ensure a safe work environment, performing apprentice maintenance, repair and modification functions under the general supervision of senior team members, and handling installation or removal of access panels, components and accessories, washing and cleaning of units and other non‑complex duties.

They assist with checking and replacing components, batteries, and tires, and adhere to safe work practices at all times.

Assist in the performance of maintenance and repair activities:

• Service and assist with repair of various systems found on automobiles, buses and vans such as mechanical and computer electronic controls, air brake systems, transmissions, computer controlled automatic and manual transmissions, high voltage generators, and pneumatic systems. Ensure all tasks are performed safely.
• Conduct safety checks and assist in the repair and adjustment of vehicles and equipment. Perform service calls for emergency breakdowns and other maintenance as required. Maintain a clean and safe work area in compliance with company and OSHA standards.

Assist in troubleshooting malfunctions on vehicles and repair:

• Services and assists with repairs of track drive sprockets, rails, idler wheels, hard bars, track adjusters, hydraulic reversers, final drives, brake bands, steering clutches and hydrostatic transmissions.
• Performs routine maintenance checks and adjustments on such things as fluid levels, hoses, belts, brakes, tires, and clutches; changes filters and oil, and lubricates vehicles and motor driven equipment.
• Services, and assists with diagnoses, repairs and maintains speed tandem drive axles with air or electric shift, hydrostatic driven, heavy duty multi‑axle suspensions, both conventional steel or air springs.
• Tunes gas and diesel engines, services valves, fuel filters and turbo chargers, and checks pressure of fuel filters, adjust injector heights, fuel racks, governors, etc.

Assists with the diagnoses of problems, disassembles units, repairs or replaces parts, and reassembles units in the following systems:

• Brakes: Repairs or replaces shoes, pads, drums, hoses, calipers, cylinders, any heavy‑duty air brakes.
• Cooling: Flushes radiator, replaces hoses and thermostat, repairs or replaces radiator and water pump, fan drives, DCA treatment filters, air intercoolers and oil coolers.
• Drive: Repairs and replaces drive shaft, differential, axle, manual, automatic and sophisticated computer‑controlled transmissions, clutches, transfer cases, power take‑off systems, transmission reversers, all wheel drive steering axles and final drives.
• Electrical: Repairs or replaces fuses, batteries, lights, instruments, warning devices, controls and switches, computer controls, modules, alternators, starters, and defective cables and wiring. This will include 12 and 24‑volt systems found on military equipment.
• Exhaust and Emissions Control: Replaces mufflers, manifolds, catalytic converters, turbochargers, blowers, and pipes.
• Heating and Air Conditioning: Repairs or replaces heater cores, condensers, compressors, hoses, and controls; recharges air conditioning systems.
• Hydraulic: Repairs or replaces pumps, hoses, valves, winches and cylinders.
• Air: Repairs or replaces compressors, air dryers, brake valves, air tanks and hoses.
• Steering and Suspension System: Aligns and balances wheels, repairs or replaces tie rods, ball joints, gear boxes, shock absorbers, springs, steering linkage, kingpins, power steering, hoses, pumps, walking beam suspensions and air suspensions.

Assists with engine overhauls, replaces engines, and rebuilds components:

• Follow a checklist of inspection procedures.
• Read and interpret diagnostic test results, often by using dials, gauges, and other computer…