The Journeyman will provide hands on troubleshooting and technical repairs for all equipment excluding ship-to-shore gantry cranes.

As a professional mechanic in the Ports America organization, you are required to meet a number of common standards of behaviour, accountabilities and outcomes. These include but are not limited to;

• Ensuring your personal behaviour is consistent with company values and the company code of conduct at all times
• Comprehensively familiarising yourself with, staying up to date with and ensuring compliance with all Ports America policies.

Manage safety and risk

• Managing safety and effectively implementing the Ports America's Safety and Environment System within areas under your control.
• Ensuring all co-worker work safely.
• Acting on hazards when they are reported, ensuring safety is integrated into daily work processes and implementing all management directed safety programs and action plans.
• Identifying and managing risk within your area of responsibility and ensuring Ports Americas' interests are protected at all times.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensures that the maintenance and repair of equipment is done in a timely and cost effective manner, with consideration given to quality and longer duration of equipment;
• Perform the maintenance and repair of all equipment and its supporting equipment and parts (electrical, electronic and mechanical);
• Ensure that the equipment is maintained in a safe and reliable working condition, in accordance with planned preventive maintenance program and to identify and rectify repetitive problems.
• Ensure that breakdowns are corrected promptly and to make sure that follow-up work is undertaken;
• Coordinate with shop supervisors for the scheduling of maintenance plan
• Ensure safety procedures are followed and safety gear is used appropriately
• Ensure Work Orders are filled out accurately and complete in the maintenance management system daily.
• Other duties as assigned.

Additional Information

• Experienced in all phases of troubleshooting and repair of facility equipment
• Strong computer skills required. Knowledge of PLC circuitry and circuit board control systems recommended & considered
• Required to climb and work at heights.
• Required to be available for weekend & holiday work assignments
• Required to be available for shift transfers between day & night work schedules
• Requires excellent problem-solving skills, especially technical problems of a highly complex nature;
• Requires ability to use computerized software system(s), specifically those designed for maintenance and repair of cargo handling equipment and/or heavy duty equipment
• Requires good verbal and written communications skills in English
• Reporting all incidents, hazards and unsafe working conditions or behavior you encounter to your manager. Completing any actions assigned to you from an audit action plan.
• Complying with all Ports America's health, safety and environmental protection policies and procedures that are relevant to your work.

Treat people fairly

• Familiarising yourself with all Harassment and Workplace discrimination policies and procedures and complying with them in the conduct of your duties.
• Ensuring that you do not harass, victimize, discriminate against, vilify or bully any other employee or anyone else that you interact with in the course of your employment.

Support Ports America business

• Carrying out your work in a conscientious and proficient manner.
• Managing your own performance to ensure you meet the ongoing requirements of your role.
• Maintaining excellent relationships with both internal and external customers. Deliver prompt, accurate and efficient service.
• Asking your supervisor if you are unsure of a course of action you are about to take.

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties as needed to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

Ports America is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex (including pregnancy); sexual orientation; gender identity and/or expression; age; disability; genetic information, citizenship status; military service obligations or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

This role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization. External applicants must be eligible to work in the US.

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