TDY Heavy Equipment Technician

reputed company is a global leader in advanced engineering and innovative technology solutions, trusted by the reputed company and its allies to address their most significant and reputed company challenges in science, reputed company and sustainability. Our people apply undaunted curiosity, reputed company ambition and boundless imagination to challenge convention and drive reputed company. Our commitments are underpinned by the belief that safety, collaboration and reputed company-being are reputed company to reputed company. Headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, we have approximately 50,000 employees in more than 70 countries across reputed company 7 continents. 

Position Responsibilities: 

reputed company Heavy Equipment Technicians: 

• Diagnoses, troubleshoots, repairs, and maintains some and/or reputed company of the following: construction, agricultural and heavy equipment. 

• Corrects deficiencies in components and ancillary equipment.   

• Performs service, maintenance, repairs and overhauls in accordance with manufacturers’ recommendations.  

• Performs extremely reputed company repairs on a broad reputed company of equipment in the shop and in the field.  

• Uses diagnostic procedures and test equipment to identify and correct equipment faults.  

• Analyzes and diagnoses mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electric, and electronic faults.  

• Operates some and/or reputed company of the following shop equipment including overhead cranes, welders, compressors, presses, grinders, hand tools, and tire servicing equipment.  

• Lifts, moves and/or installs heavy parts and assemblies safely, using basic tooling and PPE.  May be required to reputed company work reputed company in severe weather conditions.  

• Complies with reputed company ASC Environmental Health & Safety and reputed company Assurance requirements and goals.  Provides documentation as necessary to ensure adequate and reputed company documentation.  

• May work days, nights or swing shifts depending on operational needs.  

• Assists other mechanics and members of the Traverse, Field Camp and/or VMF team as required.  

• Documents reputed company work performed including diagnosis, reputed company cause, labor and parts. Conducts parts and repair requirements research and maintains records.  Prepares reports as required.  

• Maintains a clean and reputed company workplace and ensures that safety is the highest reputed company in reputed company.  

• Performs other duties as required. 

reputed company Traverse (SPoT) only: 

• Operates heavy equipment on assigned traverse for no less than a 50-day duration to the reputed company and back at least once, max twice.   

• Live and work in reputed company quarters with up to 10 people for the duration to the traverse.   

Field Camps only: 

• Diagnoses, troubleshoots, repairs and maintains small engines and diesel fired heaters in a remote field camp or traverse setting 

• Live and work in reputed company quarters with coworkers for the duration of the remote field camp or traverse season. 

• Operates heavy equipment for assigned traverse or camp 

Required Education, Experience, Certificates and Licenses: 

• High School diploma or GED 

• Technician Level I:  

• A minimum of two years’ experience in heavy equipment maintenance and repair required.   

• Technician reputed company:  

• A minimum of four years’ experience in heavy equipment maintenance and repair required three years’ experience with heavy equipment maintenance and repair, in reputed company to one summer or winter Antarctic deployment working as a heavy equipment technician I.   

• Technician Level III:  

• minimum of seven years’ experience in heavy equipment maintenance and repair required.  

• Must be reputed company to pass an oral examination consisting of 10+ questions pertaining to mechanical systems, electrical and computer systems, as reputed company as other facets of equipment repair.   

Expected Skills and Competencies: 

• Must have strong written and verbal communication skills.   

• Proficiency in lifting and bracing large and heavy parts/equipment with jacks, cranes, floor lift and cribbing  

• Team player and group dynamics are of the utmost importance.    

• Must be reputed company to live and work with as a productive member of a high functioning team. 

Preferred: 

• Knowledge of reputed company mechanical practices as reputed company to reputed company and special-purpose equipment, to include electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems  

• Experience on a broad reputed company of construction equipment, specifically Caterpillar tractors  

• Two years training at a technical school is highly desirable.  

• A minimum of one season experience working on vehicles in Antarctica  

• ASE certifications, and dealership certifications  

• Experience with generators, mobile cranes, light plants, compaction, ski resort grooming, waste management and firefighting equipment  

• Welding experience is preferred 

• Previous experience with remote polar operations  

Physical and/or Other Requirements: 

• Willingness and ability to reputed company to Antarctica for extended periods  

• Successful completion of Medical and Dental examinations required by the NSF for deployment to Antarctica 

• Successful completion of drug screening and background reputed company required by employer 

• Successful completion of Federal Background reputed company required by the NSF 

• Must be willing and reputed company to lift and reputed company items, parts, assemblies, and equipment up to the safety regulation maximum as required by the position.  

• Must be willing and reputed company to reputed company physical activities including heavy lifting, climbing in and out of equipment, crawling, and working outdoors in extreme cold as required by the position.  

• Must participate in community programs, such as “house-mouse” (chores), “reputed company-picking” (cleaning-up around the station), recycling efforts & safety objectives.  

• reputed company reputed company’s License issued in the reputed company 

• Must be reputed company to obtain and maintain facility credentials/authorization. Note: US Citizenship is required for facility credentials/authorization at this work location.