Brake and Alignment Specialist at T.W. Frierson Contractor

Job Summary: This position as a Service Technician provides multiple loading dock and door maintenance services after installation, including inspection and troubleshooting. Typical equipment serviced includes high speed doors, cooler and freezer doors, overhead sectional and coiling doors, coiling fire doors, dock levelers, vehicle restraints and HVLS fans.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Installation and adjustment of commercial doors, operators, and equipment (hinges, door sections, rolling steel, torsion springs, dock equipment, locks, etc.) using power tools and hand tools.
• Perform service, maintenance, and repairs of commercial doors, loading docks, and general warehouse equipment.
• Perform safety hazard assessments and maintain a high standard of safe work practices and quality control.
• Prepare materials and hardware prior to assembly.
• Move supplies, materials, and equipment from one area of project site to another either manually or using lifting/transferring equipment.
• Assemble hoisting equipment or rigging as needed to move materials.
• Signal hoisting equipment operators to lift and position commercial doors.
• Operate and work from mobile elevated work platforms.
• Verify trueness/accuracy of structures.
• Perform related work-in framing, build-ins, and adjustments.
• Avoid damage to company and client property and loss of unused materials.
• Dismantle structures or equipment.
• Perform clean-up of work area debris.
• Perform additional assignments at supervisors direction.

Knowledge, Experience & Competencies:

• High school diploma or GED
• Valid, state-issued drivers license with good driving record
• Minimum of two years of experience as a commercial overhead door technician. Experience in loading dock maintenance, welding, and a basic knowledge of electrical is highly preferred.
• Ability to compare and see differences in the size, shape, and form of lines, figures, and objects
• Ability to read and understand construction measurements, quantities, scales and dimensions
• Ability to picture solid objects from drawings or diagrams
• Must have basic competencies in mathematics and be able to perform math operations rapidly and accurately
• Ability to complete service reports
• Ability to receive and follow instructions
• Ability to work well under time constraints and without supervision
• Ability to operate equipment as well as manual and power tools typically used by door installers/technicians in commercial construction
• Current OSHA Construction 10-Hour certification
• Ability to work Monday through Friday, at least eight hours per day, five days per week between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Ability to work on Saturdays and Sundays as needed to meet project schedules and demands

Supervisory Responsibility:

None

Travel Requirements:

• Daily travel to various job site locations within 100-mile radius of office
• Occasional to frequent travel to various project locations requiring an overnight stay

Physical Demands of Job:

• Ability to work outdoors and indoors without temperature control continuously
• Ability to work at a minimum height of 30 feet
• Ability to exert 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects without assistance from other personnel or lifting equipment
• Constant standing, frequent walking, occasional kneeling/squatting/climbing
• Ability to maintain balance while walking and working on scaffolds and ladders
• Ability to reach for, grasp, and manipulate construction materials and tools
• Ability to see well (naturally or with correction)