MRF Mechanic I

Compensation Range

Please note: This job opening may close earlier than the stated date, due to high candidate volume. If interested, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. 

Who We Are:

At the City of High Point, we celebrate the creator in everyone. Building on our rich cultural history steeped in industrialism and innovation, our employees seek not only to transform themselves, but the world around us. We are collaborators, we are makers, we are visionaries. 
  
We invite you to explore the many opportunities to serve our community, by sharing your talents, skills, and expertise. You'll join a diverse team of over 1300 individuals dedicated not just to making a career, but a difference; because what we create in High Point, changes the world! 

Our Core Values:

• Stewardship: We manage the city’s resources responsibly and make decisions that sustain High Point’s future. In other words, we take care of what we have today to build what we’ll need tomorrow
• Welcoming: We create a friendly, open environment where residents, partners, and visitors feel valued and embraced. We want everyone who connects with High Point to feel welcomed, like they belong here.
• Integrity: We act with honesty, transparency, and ethical responsibility in everything we do. That means doing what’s right – even when no one’s watching. This is how we earn our community’s trust.
• Productivity: We stay focused on results, fostering creativity, innovation, and outside-the-box thinking. We don’t just get things done – we find smarter, better ways to do them.

What We Offer:
The City of High Point offers a competitive salary commensurate with education and experience. We also offer generous benefit package for full-time employees which include but are not limited to:

• A guaranteed life-long monthly pension, once vested after 5 years of service
• 401K and 457B Retirement Plans
• PTO earned within first year
• 13 Paid Holidays per year
• Tuition Reimbursement Plan
• Competitive medical, dental, and vision plans effective day one

What You'll Do:

Essential Tasks & Responsibilities:

Essential Tasks

·         Performs precheck of machinery before start of day.

·         Trouble shoots mechanical problems and able to operate equipment as needed. 

• Trouble shoot, repair, and replace motors, PLC’s, motor drives, electrical drives, motor contacts, hydraulic pumps, conveyors, air compressor, baler, strappers, rollers, and rolling stock.

·         Orders parts, supplies, and maintains records of orders and inventory.

·         Prepares and maintains records of maintenance, safety, and repairs.

·         Inspect equipment and machinery for worn and damaged parts and replaces or repairs as needed.

·         Cleans and safeguards tools, equipment, and machinery to ensure proper usage by others.

·         Communicates with subcontractors and other departments as needed.

·         Able to communicate and properly use handheld radio.

·         Ensures that all work is performed in accordance with OSHA and City Safety Standards and Policies.

·         Be able to work independently with minimal supervision, at times.

·         Be open to coaching and development of new skills.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
• Basic reading and writing and basic arithmetic and/or business math.
• Must be able to maneuver and/or lift to 50 pounds or more with assistance.
• Must be able to work evenings and weekends on a scheduled basis and an on-call basis typically responding within 30 minutes.
• Must be able to use tools and equipment used in the repair and maintenance of mechanical, hydraulic, and electrical components.
• Must be able to make repair decisions.

• Valid North Carolina Driver’s License

Preferred Qualifications

• English Language skills
• Prior experience in recycling operations and industrial maintenance.

• undefined

Physical Requirements

Hearing/Speaking – Talking – Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken work.  Hearing – Perceiving nature of sounds by ear.  Must be able to speak so others can hear when worker is out of their view, i.e., worker may be inside or under equipment, need assistance and call out to another employee.  Must be able to hear others when they are out of worker’s view. 

Visual Abilities – the ability to perceive the nature of objects with the eye.  Recommended guidelines for vision are:

• Acuity, far – clarity of vision at 20 feet or more.  Must be able to see vehicles moving in surrounding area.  Both eyes 20/25 – R 20/30 – L 20/30 corrected.
• Acuity, near – clarity of vision at 20 inches or less.  Must be able to see work aids close at hand to choose the correct tool and then work with it.  Both eyes 20/22 corrected.
• Depth Perception – three-dimensional vision.  Ability to judge distance and space relationships to see objects where and as they are.  Must be able to see objects and vehicles clearly for safety purposes. 
• Field of vision – an area that can be seen up and down or the right or left while eyes are fixed on a given point.  Must be able to see a wide span of area to detect moving vehicles when working in the vicinity.
• Accommodation – adjustment of lens of eye to bring an object into sharp focus.  This item is especially important when doing near-point work at varying distances from the eye.  Must be able to glance quickly from close work to distant object or vehicle and have eye lens adjust readily.
• Color Vision – Ability to identify and distinguish colors.  To be able to distinguish colors is beneficial but not necessary.  

Physical Strength – degree of physical demands typically associated with this position include:

·         Exerting up to 50 pounds or more of force occasionally with assistance, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move various equipment and/or objects.  Physical demand requirements include lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling heavy items, and walking, standing, climbing, crawling, reaching, bending, and stooping.  The use of the back, arms, hands, legs, and feet is significant. There is significant use of arms, hands, legs, and feet.

Types of Physical Demands

·         Reaching – Extending the hand(s) or arm(s) in any direction.

·         Handling – Seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with hand or hands (fingering not involved).

·         Fingering – Picking, pinching, or otherwise working with fingers primarily rather than the whole hand or arm.

Mental Activity/Requirements

Reasoning

·         Ability to apply principles of logical thinking to work tasks and practical situations and requests made by supervisor; to comprehend and respond to a variety of tasks in an expedient manner. Good judgment is important. Be able to work independently under minimal supervision.

Mathematics Ability 

·         Ability to use arithmetic to the extent of measuring and figuring parts for equipment and counting parts and supplies upon receipt.

Language Ability

·         Read - Ability to read instructions, directions, reports and/or documentation information, order forms and other documents relating to the job.

·         Write – Ability to write figures and make out order forms for supplies.

·         Speak - Ability to converse in voice and diction to participate in discussions with supervisor and other employees.

Environmental Conditions

Physical Surroundings

• The worker is subject to inside and outside environmental conditions.  Protected from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes when working inside and no effective protection from the weather when working outside.  Employee repairs, washes, checks fluids, and changes tires on some equipment while outside the main facility.  Works on some equipment while inside the facility, and at times while on high platforms, ladders, and catwalks.  The employee is subject to all weather conditions including very hot and extremely cold, rain, wind, and ice.  The position is best suited for someone who doesn’t mind getting wet, dirty, cold, hot, and sweaty.
• Hazards Employee will be exposed to trash, garbage, grass, petroleum products, hazardous materials and chemicals associated with motorized equipment maintenance.  Work is subject to final standards of OSHA on bloodborne pathogens.
• Employees will be exposed to rain, sleet, snow, wind, cold and hot weather, trash, garbage, dirt, and insects.  Work is subject to final standards of OSHA on bloodborne pathogens.

Machines, Tools, Equipment, and Work Aids which may be representative, but not all inclusive, of those commonly associated with this type of work.

• Electric meters, porta-powers, air wrenches, fuel pumps, various hoses, lift cables and chains, hydraulic gauges, torque wrenches, torch and welding equipment, cleaning products and appropriate aids, ladders, tires, lights, wipers, various hand tools, gas, oil, and other fluids and equipment commonly used in the maintenance of conveyor systems, balers, forklifts, skid steer, electric motors, air compressors, strappers, hoppers. Ballistic, OCC screen, Eddy Current & Compactor, and unscheduled tours. 
• Must be able to use tools and equipment used in the repair and maintenance of mechanical, hydraulic, and electrical components.  Must be able to make repair decisions. Personnel Resolution, MRF Policies.

Disclaimer

This job description may not be all-inclusive, as jobs evolve over time to meet the ever-changing needs of the City of High Point’s workforce. This job description is not intended to and does not create a contract or offer of employment to any individual. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, it is possible that requirements may be modified to reasonably accommodate disabled individuals.  However, no accommodations will be made which may pose serious health or safety risks to the employee or others or which impose undue hardships on the City of High Point. Candidates selected for employment must pass a background screening as well as a pre-employment physical to ensure medical clearance to perform the essential functions of the job prior to receiving a full offer of employment.

The City of High Point is an at-will employer and employees may be terminated or may terminate their employment at any time with or without reason for any reason not prohibited by law.

Qualifications:

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Our Commitments
The City of High Point is dedicated to fostering a work environment that values individuals from all backgrounds and seeks to attract and retain the most qualified partners in service to the citizens of High Point. As an at-will employer, the City allows employees to terminate their employment, or be terminated at any time, with or without cause, as long as it is not prohibited by law. 

The City of High Point is committed to classifying and compensating its employees fairly for the work they do, weighing both the internal capabilities and the external market. While the job description is not intended to and does not create a contract of employment, we are excited to use this “living document” as a guide for managing performance and positions to ensure job descriptions are reflective of the current work required by the incumbent or expected by any candidate to whom an offer of employment is extended. 

The City of High Point is committed to providing a safe, comfortable working environment for all employees. To that end, we are proud to comply with all Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements, as well as make reasonable accommodations to candidates and employees as we are able in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Candidates selected for employment must undergo (a.) a drug screening, in accordance with the City’s drug and alcohol policy and (b.) a background screening to determine whether there is any current, pending, or previous charge, conviction or other infraction deemed incompatible with service in the capacity for which the candidate is being hired. In lieu of or in addition to background screening, candidates selected for employment in a position that requires working with children in any capacity must be fingerprinted and undergo a criminal history record check conducted by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation. Certain positions are considered so critical to the health and safety of others that a candidate cannot be placed in any such position without passing a pre-placement physical exam. The City offers employment to successful candidates conditioned upon the City’s receipt of satisfactory results from all required screenings, checks, and exams, as applicable.