Harvesting and Transport Mechanic at T.N Consulting

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Job Title: Harvesting and Transport Mechanic

Location: Ore Road, Ondo
Employment Type: Full-time

Overall Responsibilities of Role

• The main responsibilities of the Harvesting and Transport Mechanic are the maintenance of the Company’s harvesting equipment and support vehicles and ensure that all are managed according to a preventative maintenance schedule to achieve maximum uptimes.
• The day-to-day duties include diagnosing faults, adjusting, repairing, and replacing worn and damaged mechanical, hydraulic, and electrical parts on skidders, log loaders, trucks, tractors, other heavy equipment and support vehicles.

Key Accountabilities

• Plan, coordinate and perform preventative maintenance and services according to OEM (original equipment manufacturer) specifications
• Manage daily vehicle and equipment inspection sheets and breakdown reports
• Attend to all breakdowns as soon as possible to maintain a minimum of 85% uptime (availability) of the harvesting equipment
• Prioritise, coordinate and repair according to vehicle and equipment type, to limit downtime
• Liaise closely with the Harvesting Manager to ensure appropriate service schedules for vehicles and machinery are planned in such a way as to minimize production loss
• Perform machine condition assessments
• Conduct fault finding and troubleshooting on equipment and vehicles
• Correct vehicle and equipment deficiencies by removing, repairing, adjusting, overhauling, assembling, disassembling, and replacing major assemblies, sub-assemblies, components, parts, or systems, such as power and drive trains, electrical, air conditioning, fuel, emission, brake, steering, hydraulics; completes machine shop operations; making adjustments and alignments including bearing loads, gear tooth contact, valve mechanisms, governors, oil systems, control linkages, clutches, and traction units
• Gather information and discuss with technical staff of OEM during major breakdowns
• Plan preventative maintenance work during shutdown period to ensure machine uptime for the new year
• Keep detailed records of all interventions per machine including costs
• Contain costs by using warranty facilities and evaluating service and parts options
• Keep supplies of critical parts, oils and other essentials ready by inventorying stock, placing orders and verifying receipt
• Train drivers, operators and mechanics and manage them for maximum productivity
• Conduct planned job observations to ensure correct application of vehicles, equipment and plant.

Minimum Requirements

• Candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree / HND qualification
• Qualified Artisan: Diesel and/ or Petrol Mechanic Trade Test
• Minimum of 3 years relevant experience with heavy duty equipment
• Knowledge of harvesting equipment will be advantageous
• Auto electrical experience and hydraulic experience will be an added advantage
• Valid driver’s licence
• Experience in operating various heavy equipment such as bulldozers, front-end loaders etc.

Personal Qualities and Competencies:

• Dynamic, well-motivated and with good work ethics
• Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills
• Good oral and written communications
• Must be a team player
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to work long hours
• Good problem solving (trouble shooting) skills
• Good analytical and critical thinking skills
• Ability to persuade and influence teams
• Good computer skills

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified Candidates should send their CVs to: [email protected] using ''Harvesting and Transport Mechanic'' as the Subject of the mail.