Tire Technician

Job description

POSITION OVERVIEW: Tire and rim changes, rotations, maintenance and repair on all mobile mining equipment, light vehicles, support, and auxiliary equipment. RESPONSIBILITIES: - Safety inflate and deflate tires properly with high pressure air where required. - Maintain, inspect, diagnose, and repair tires. - Determine and diagnose adverse effects on tire life with proper tire matching, inflation pressures and equipment mechanical issues. - Identify all wheel/rim components for compatibility, damage, and wear. - Properly inspect and determine components, tools, hardware, equipment, and work environment to be safe or unsafe. - Operate, document, and perform pre-operational inspections, general repair, and service on tire handling equipment (hydraulic hoses, belts, lights, etc.). - Install, balance, rotate, and repair passenger, light truck, medium truck, industrial and OTR tires - Demonstrate basic knowledge of safe rigging practices, safe placement of jacks and stands. - Operate various mine equipment for servicing. - Ability to follow instruction and direction with minimal supervision. REQUIREMENTS: - HS diploma or GED - Prior experience in automotive and/or heavy equipment maintena...