AWP (Aerial Work Platform) Technician

Roles 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 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, demonstrate and familiarise 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 equipments.
• 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.