SURFACE MAINTENANCE MECHANIC (T32)

Job Title

Troubleshooter and Maintenance Technician

Job Description

The Troubleshooter and Maintenance Technician is responsible for troubleshooting, performing maintenance, and conducting major repairs on a wide range of heavy-duty mobile equipment, combat, tactical, and automotive vehicles. This includes self-propelled artillery, tracked cargo and personnel carriers, road graders, mobile cranes, front loaders, conveyors, bulldozers, power shovels, compressors, generators, tanks, tracked combat vehicles, sedans, buses, all terrain vehicles, trucks, semi trailers, forklifts, tractors, and accessory equipment. The technician will troubleshoot, repair, and overhaul major systems such as internal combustion engines, turbine engines, automatic and non-automatic transmissions, heavy duty drive line systems, and hydraulic utility systems and controls. Repairs will include assemblies and components such as voltage regulators, generators/alternators, brake cylinders, etc. Work will be performed in accordance with modification work orders, technical manuals, lubrication orders, maintenance bulletins, regulations, or management policies. The technician may also repair a variety of more complex major systems to include engines, cross drive or similar multi-system transmissions, and intricate fuel injection systems.

The technician will troubleshoot equipment and diagnose the cause of mechanical failures by means of visual and auditory checks and/or using test equipment such as engine analyzers, compression testers, voltmeters, ohmmeters, pressure gauges, and computer diagnostic tools. They will utilize embedded diagnostics in equipment and a wide variety of original equipment manufacturer system analyzers to determine the exact nature or extent of repair. Adjustments may be necessary to complete work orders, and the technician will determine whether any additional repairs other than those specified or indicated on the work order are necessary.

The technician will remove and disassemble engines and major assemblies, sub-assemblies, components, and fuel, hydraulic, and oil pressure systems. They will make the appropriate repairs, overhaul, or modifications in accordance with the proper repair specifications and procedures. The technician will reassemble engines and other systems, and adjust, test, and reinstall in vehicles and equipment as necessary. Adjustments and repairs will be made to electrical and suspension systems. The technician may install pistons, sleeves, rings, bearings, rods, crankshafts, timing gears, and rocker arms. They may also perform fuel injection equipment repair, overhaul, rebuild, and calibration duties utilizing a variety of complex test and calibration equipment.

The technician will independently perform repairs and maintenance functions in remote locations that can be accomplished by removing, cleaning, reinstalling, or replacing defective parts of components and systems such as injectors, leaking wheel cylinders, corroded mufflers, fuel tanks, brake cylinders, and worn brake shoes, voltage regulators, generators, injector pumps, and fuel pumps. They will provide technical guidance and specialized team leadership to lower grade employees within the team. The technician will assist lower grade mechanics in performing major repair work and may provide field and limited sustainment maintenance at unit locations as part of a "contact team." They will recover and evacuate inoperable vehicles from the unit location of breakdown. The technician may assist higher graded mechanics in repairing a variety of interconnected systems such as electrical, air, and hydraulic systems, complex state of the art electrical and electronic systems that use specialized diagnostic equipment to identify problems, complex fuel injection systems, and other similar complex systems.

The technician will conduct readiness and repair inspections on vehicles and associated equipment supported by the activity. They will perform operational inspections and ensure vehicles and equipment are properly serviced, including brake adjustments, replacing hydraulic fluids, greasing, cleaning, etc., and perform other preventive maintenance operations as required. The technician will inspect supported equipment prior to use during Inactive Duty Training (IDT) and Annual Training (AT), to ensure that it is functioning properly. They may inspect in-process repair work of lower graded repairer to ensure equipment is being repaired in accordance with pertinent requirements. The technician may serve as a commodity inspector during Command Maintenance Management evaluations (COMET) or as a member of a Maintenance Assistance Instruction Team (MAIT). They will instruct operator/crew in the maintenance of equipment and provide technical advice and assistance to supported units when requested.

The technician may maintain and repair electronics communication equipment by removing and replacing components and elements. Equipment includes such items as radios, field telephones, amplifiers, switchboards, recorders, and intercoms. The technician will assist in the maintenance of production reports and records, and make recommendations to the supervisor. They will plan, organize, and perform technical analyses as required or assigned. The technician will perform other duties as assigned.