Heavy Equipment Fuel & Lube Technician

Fuel / Lube Technician

Reports to: Foreman – Turner Mining Group

Job Description:

The Fuel / Lube Technician is a developing Maintenance Technician role within Turner Mining Group. This role will be focused on maintaining equipment. The successful candidate must live the Turner Values and be an outward example to others. This position must demonstrate a strong commitment to “Safe Production” through decision making, priorities, and client relations.

Objectives and Contributions:

The Fuel / Lube Technician is focused on key aspects that drive communication and safe production while maintaining a high level of efficiency, proactive training metrics, and preventative maintenance awareness requirements. The Fuel / Lube Technician demonstrates safety ownership at a personal level and holds other crew members to the same high standard. The Fuel / Lube Technician also assists in other production support functions as assigned.

• Work with employees to ensure a high level of accuracy and engagement on hazard identification and control

• Engage crews and leadership to define processes that motivate working towards common goals

• Assist with MSHA regulatory training and verify compliance to standards

• Live the values as part of a visible daily decision-making process

• Assist with training proficiency audits

• Involvement in risk assessment processes at various levels of the organization

• Holds themselves and others accountable for acting like an owner (taking care of equipment, not wasting resources, using time wisely, and being accountable for conditions and behaviors)

• Maintains a high standard of housekeeping (machine and work areas)

Culture and Communication:

• Can effectively communicate in English (multi-lingual preferred)

• Participate with site and project leaders to identify areas of improvement

• Work with crews to support proactive near miss reporting

• Leads by example (walks the talk)

Systems:

• Ability to perform quality pre-operation machine inspections (Based on mobile equipment physical demands analysis)

• Accurately documents 5000-23 and training checklist requirements

• Other regulatory & internal / external forms as required

• Maintains a valid and insurable driving license

Travel and New Site Development:

Time and Interactions:

• The Fuel / Lube Technician must be flexible on shift schedules (days and nights) to assist with training and production needs

• The Fuel / Lube Technician will be self-starting, motivated, with a strong desire to be part of a team and to influence improvement. Communication is also critical to keep leadership and site-based personnel in the loop of successes, challenges, and any additional support that may be required

• Excellent time management skills

Qualifications:

• Willingness and ability to adhere to OSHA / MSHA regulatory requirements

• 0-2 years' experience in mining / heavy industry preferred

• Working knowledge of safety systems and processes

• Appropriate attention to detail required

• Strong communication skills

• Strong morals and values

• Exemplary attendance record

• Exemplary safety and disciplinary record

• Willingness to be flexible on daily job duty requirements

• Maintains a positive outspoken learning attitude

• The Fuel / Lube Technician must be able to safely perform each of the following tasks:

• Fuel / lube Truck

• Fueling / lubing equipment

• Equipment fluid level monitoring

• Marshalling equipment

• Washing equipment

• In addition to the job skills above, there may be requirements for manual tasks to be completed to meet other business needs. Operators in any job duty classification may be required to participate in these additional tasks.

• Weight Requirement: Ability to meet equipment manufacturer's safety requirements, including a body weight under 330 pounds.

• Mobility & Posture: Ability to kneel, crouch, squat, climb stairs, and climb ladders repeatedly.

• Reaching & Movement: Ability to reach forward and overhead, and to perform sustained or repetitive movements of the neck, hands, wrists, and ankles/feet.

• Strength & Endurance: Ability to push and pull with a force of at least 100 pounds.

• Ability to lift, carry, and set down objects weighing up to 100 pounds.

• Ability to lift and carry objects overhead weighing up to 45 pounds.

• Ability to lift and move items from floor level to waist, shoulder, and overhead levels.

• Ability to carry weights over distances of at least 20 feet.

• Repetition & Duration: Ability to perform the above motions multiple times in succession and sustain activity for extended periods.

Other Duties:

Physical Demands:

The physical requirements listed below are essential functions of this position and must be performed, with or without reasonable accommodation: