Transport / Heavy Equipment Mechanic at Rex Forestry Limited

Rex Forestry Limited is developing and operating globally high quality and cost competitive commercial forestry plantations producing veneer, plywood and other timber products.

Job Title: Transport / Heavy Equipment Mechanic

Location: Ondo
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled Transport mechanic who will be in charge of maintaining the company’s harvesting equipment and support vehicles and ensure that all are managed according to a preventative maintenance schedule.
To achieve maximum uptimes including 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.

Responsibilities

Plan, coordinate and perform preventative maintenance and services according to the original equipment manufacturer (OEM)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.