MEC Technician

Sun Source and its family of companies represent 200+ locations and 3,000+ employees making up one of North America’s leading value-add industrial distribution companies. We provide customers with products and solutions within Fluid Power, Fluid Process, Fluid Conveyance, General Industrial Components, and Industrial Service & Repair.

Our MEC technician has a key role in our Mobile Hydraulic Business Unit. You will be responsible for the assembly and testing of hydraulic systems including valves, pumps, motors, manifolds, and other products sold by Sun Source.

• Verify parts to BOM and work order to prepare for assembly
• Inspect parts and various components.
• Assemble units according to MEC specifications. Follow best practices for assembling hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, manifold, proportional, cartridges, pumps, and engine cooling units.
• Adjust components and equipment in Test room. Set cartridges in the test room per blueprint instructions.
• Test all assembled systems for standard expectations of quality, quantity, and time.
• Paint completed units in the paint booth.
• Clean, organize, and maintain the Shop and shop equipment.
• Participate in continuous improvement through training and associate development.
• Assist MEC Technicians with assembly, testing, process training and mentoring.
• Maintain a safe and orderly work area.
• Any other duties as assigned within Sun Source.

• Education—2‑year fluid power associate degree, mechatronics or other mechanical disciplines strongly preferred. High school diploma or equivalent. Working knowledge of fluid power preferred.
• Experience—1 to 5 years in fluid power assembly or shop experience. Testing and troubleshooting experience preferred. Ability to work with engineering and other MEC Technicians to meet expectations of the customer for quantity and timing. Detail oriented, to provide the highest level of quality to the customer.
• Physical Requirements—Must be able to lift to 75 lbs. Position stands 95‑100% of the workday.

• Meet or exceed Mecoh standards on assembling units and final hydraulic testing.
• Contribute to the MEC team metrics of 110 labor hours closed out per day.
• Technician has shown ability to build products in each work cell proficiently.
• Quality: meets customers and shop performance with 0 warranty claims.
• Housekeeping: keep the work area clean and organized.
• Safety: observe all safety guidelines, wear PPE daily.
• Technician keeps up to date with IFPS certifications.
• Technician has completed Sun Source Mobile Hydraulic Mechanic certification.
• Course, if not currently certified from an accredited college or university.

• Attention to Detail: thoroughness in accomplishing a task through concern for all the areas involved, no matter how small. Monitors and checks work or information and plans and organizes time and resources efficiently.
• Technical Expertise: applies and improves extensive or in-depth specialized knowledge, skills and judgment to accomplish a result or to serve one’s “customers” effectively. (Customers can be co‑workers, peers or management as well as external consumers or a service.)
• Job‑Focused Learning: demonstrates eagerness to acquire necessary technical knowledge, skill and judgment to accomplish a result or to serve a customer’s needs effectively. Has desire and drive to acquire knowledge and skills necessary to perform the job more effectively.
• Teamwork: using appropriate interpersonal styles and methods to inspire and guide individuals (or a team) toward goal achievement: modifying behaviors to accommodate the tasks, situations, and people involved.
• Problem Solving / Analytical Thinking: builds a logical approach to address problems or opportunities or manage the situation at hand by drawing on own knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.
• Follow‑Up: establishing procedures to monitor the results of delegations, assignments, or projects; taking into consideration the skills, knowledge, and experience of the assigned individual and characteristics of the assignment or project.
• Initiative: asserting one’s influence over…