OVERHEAD/JIB CRANE MECHANIC

The Crane Mechanic performs routine maintenance procedures on all equipment, identifies complex problems, and reviews related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions primarily with cranes and other heavy equipment. Essential duties and responsibilities include:

• Study job site and task at hand to understand overall work procedures.
• Determine the tools and equipment needed to perform task
• Perform routine maintenance on equipment and determine when and what kind of maintenance is needed
• Dismantles and reassembles machines as well as equipment. Using hoist, cranes, truck lifts, hand tools and power tools.
• Observes mechanical devices in operation and listen to their sounds to locate causes of trouble
• Troubleshoots and determines cause of failures that occur in all conventional cranes including electronic, hydraulic and mechanical failures.
• Troubleshoot and repair jib cranes, hoists and, overhead cranes.
• May wire, perform electrical installations and disconnect and connect machine tools and other machinery.
• May perform work on switchgears, motor relays, gearboxes and perform point to point wiring.
• May troubleshoot electrical circuits to include a/c, d/c circuitry & radio controlled controllers.
• May be required to perform basic arc welding for the purposes of repair.
• Communicates with supervisor, engineers, production control, quality and other shop personnel as it relates to the job.
• Responsible for keeping equipment and work area clean and orderly and perform basic preventative maintenance functions on equipment as required.
• Perform maintenance on the hydraulic pumps and filter systems