AWP Technician Mid Senior

Tasks and responsibilities
Maintain a clean and safe work area adhere to best practice safety procedures.
Maintain positive customer relations through professional interactions with customers.
Responsible for the safe maintenance and repair of a variety of Aerial Work Platforms and associated equipment which utilise mechanical diesel electrical and electronic systems.
Installs and repairs mechanical hydraulic or electrical parts such as hydraulic cylinders engine parts switches controllers and associated components.
Dismantles devices to gain access to and remove defective parts
Examines form and texture of parts to detect imperfections
Lubricates and cleans parts
Starts / operates devices to test their performance
Sets up and operates repair equipment and repair parts according to instruction & procedure
Diagnose and carry out preventive maintenance according to manufactures and Manlift requirements as well as fault finding troubleshooting and attending breakdowns on all equipment in the rental and sales fleet.
Reads follows understands oral and written instructions.
Issue “Field Service reports” and “service work orders” on maintenance tasks and faults and the parts labour and time taken to complete the task.
Maintain service vehicle in a clean & professional manner
Operates equipment demonstrates and familiarizes customers when necessary.
Inspects used parts to determine imperfections or changes in dimensional requirements
Adjusts functional parts of devices and control instruments & repairs or replaces defective parts & components
Installs special functional and structural parts in devices & equipment.
Calibrate equipment using electronic aids and procedures and programmable controllers.
Troubleshoot and Inspect machine (mechanical electrical and hydraulic components) to detect faults and malfunctions.
Perform a variety of specialized maintenance and repair work assigned such as –major overhauls of engine hydraulic pumps & cylinders rotary coupling swing drive torque hub and other mechanical components.
Perform first check and final inspection of machines in accordance with TMW guidelines.
Repair electrical components such as starter motors alternators and various controllers used on the AWP’s.
Test and perform pressure setting procedures of function pump control valves charge & pressure valves Engine valve lash adjustment.
Use basic testing and measuring instruments such as JLG and Ezcal analyzer multi meter battery tester and mechanical testing/adjusting tools to Test analyze calibrate and adjust equipment parameters.
Read and interpret basic hydraulic & electrical schematic and troubleshoot faults on various AWP’s.
Work individually and will lead a team in major repair and maintenance.
Flexible in responding to changes in schedules and scope of job required on all Manlift equipment.
Travel extensively as workload and schedule demands change and respond to 24 hours emergency calls in an efficient and timely manner to effect immediate repairs.
Ability to install electrical components cable PCB’s and on board computers on various machines.
Knowledge to read & understand schematics
Proactive to learn new equipment systems and procedures of Manlift Fleet
Knowledge of electrical components and its functions
Use appropriate tools
Testing and calibration of machines based on manufacturer specifications and settings
Able to accept challenges that need to be resolved .The challenges can range from figuring out/troubleshooting/restoring the machine operating function in totality.