Job Details: Job Location: 204-506 Kilgore TX - Kilgore, TX, Position Type: Full Time, Salary Range: Undisclosed, Job Category: Installation - Maint - Repair, Job purpose   The employee performs a full range of maintenance, repair, and service activities on construction and mining machinery.  The employee uses considerable independent judgment in making decisions without the availability of supervision.   Duties and responsibilities   Diagnoses, services and repairs various systems that are found on pieces of heavy equipment such as mechanical and computer electronic controls, transmissions, computer controlled automatic transmissions and pneumatic systems. Troubleshoots malfunctions in the equipment and repair. Repairs and services track drive sprockets, rails, idler wheels, hand bars, track adjusters, hydraulic, reversers, final drives, brake bands, steering clutches, and hydrostatic transmissions. Service, diagnoses, repairs and maintains speed tandem drive axles with air or electric shift, hydrostatic driven, heavy-duty multi-axle suspensions. Tunes diesel engines, services valves, fuel filters and turbo chargers, and pressure checks fuel filters, adjust injector heights, fuel racks, governors, etc. Diagnoses problems, disassembles units, repairs or replaces parts, and reassembles units in the cooling, drive, brake, electrical, steering, heating, and air conditioning, hydraulic and air systems. Overhauls engines, replaces engines and rebuilds components Keeps tools, equipment, and work area clean, organized and in good working condition. May assist in training lower-level workers in mechanical repair techniques. Perform related work as assigned. Qualifications: Qualifications   Must High School Diploma or equivalent, accredited trade school graduate preferred. Must have a minimum of 3 years of experience in the construction and mining machinery industry.   Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities   Must have a working knowledge of the standard practices, materials, tools, and equipment used in the repair and maintenance of machinery and engines Must have knowledge of safety issues in the use of tools, equipment, and supplies used in repair of equipment. Must possess skills in the use of a variety of hand tools, mechanized tools, jacks, and hoists. Must possess skills in the use of a variety of diagnostic testing and tuning equipment, and the use of gas and electric welding equipment. Must be able to pass and maintain drug and alcohol testing requirement as outlined by WPI’s policy. Must be able to lift 50 pounds and be able to bend and twist several times a day.  Must have the ability to read manuals and schematics, rebuild engines and major driveline components. Must be dependable and work independently. Must have a current driver’s license and acceptable driving record per WPI insurance carrier standards when driving a company vehicle. Must have the ability to effectively operate test equipment and have good trouble-shooting skills. Must be able to read hydraulic and electrical schematics.       WPI is an EEO/AA (equal opportunity/affirmative action) institution and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, age, race, color, religion, physical or mental disability, creed, national origin, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, or gender expression in the programs or activities which it operates.   En Espanol WPI es una institució n EEO/AA (igualdad de oportunidad/acció n afirmativa) y no discrimina en base al sexo, edad, raza, color, religión, discapacidad física o mental, credo, origen nacional, estatus veterano, orientació n sexual, infomació n genética, identidad de género, o expresió n de género en los programas o actividades los cuales opera.