Operating Technicians (GateSync)

• Assemble aggregate dump systems per drawings
• Operate the GateSync Aggregate Delivery System
• Work from drawings, verbal instructions, or sketches
• Perform routine inspection and preventive maintenance of equipment
• Diagnose equipment failures and select method of repair
• Perform mechanical adjustments solely or assist mechanic in performing repairs on assigned equipment
• Dismantle, repair, and reassemble various components of equipment
• Use typical mechanic and electrician tools and test equipment
• Clean debris and lubricants from parts, work area, and equipment
• Check and fuel vehicle and equipment
• Complete routine paperwork as required
• Send daily activity reports using Palm Pilot.
• Conduct work according to standards set by the customer
• Communicate with the customer
• Perform all duties in conformance to appropriate safety and security standards
• Extensive travel involved 
• Perform work in technical areas such as fabrication, assembly, and pipefitting
• May be required to occasionally perform work in other areas within the Company

• Knows and understands operation, maintenance, and repair of heavy industrial equipment
• Working knowledge of the hazards and safety precautions common to heavy equipment operations
• Must have general knowledge and understanding of hydraulic, electrical, and mechanical systems of heavy industrial equipment
• Knowledge of typical rail cars and their basic components
• Need to have basic computer understanding and use
• Skilled in the operation of heavy equipment
• Ability to perform physical labor and heavy manual tasks under varying weather conditions to accomplish goals
• Ability to safely operate, maintain, and perform minor repairs on equipment
• Ability to rapidly locate nearest source of help as necessary with limited resources
• Ability to read and write; to understand and carry out routine oral and written instructions
• Ability to make independent judgments which have considerable impact on the organization
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees, supervisors, and the Customer
• Ability to work in areas of different heights and must have good depth perception with good eye/hand coordination
• High School diploma or GED Equivalent
• Basic knowledge of  equipment repair in areas of hydraulics and electrical
• Possession of a valid state driver's license and insurable by the Company insurance carrier
• Regularly work in outside weather conditions - including extreme heat or cold
• Work near moving mechanical parts and frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and vibration
• Frequently work in high, precarious places and occasionally exposed to fumes and airborne particles and possible risks of electrical shock
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud
• Regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle, feel or operate objects, tools or controls, and reach with hands and arms

• Frequently required to stand, climb, balance, stoop, squat, talk and hear

• Occasionally required to walk, sit, kneel, crouch, crawl, taste and smell

• Most often walking on uneven ground and surfaces

• Must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds or equivalent

• Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 100 pounds

• Vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus

• Hearing is essential in this position

  No relocation necessary.