Field Technician - TransCore

TransCore (TRN) is seeking a full-time temporary Field Technician to join our team in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

With 80 years experience as a driving force in the industry, TransCore continues to define the future of transportation.  We continue to succeed due to the passion, focus, and expertise of our people, and now need a full-time installation technician to join our systems maintenance team based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Summary: Performs on-site servicing, repair and/or installation and maintenance of electronic toll collection equipment installed throughout the regional service area. This job may include any aspect of field support including troubleshooting and repair of electronic equipment, systems, and wiring; installation of equipment; upgrades, modifications, programming; preventive maintenance actions; documentation.  Work hours include on-call shifts on a rotating basis with other technicians to ensure 24/7 availability for system support, including night and weekend shifts as necessary.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Installation, preventive, and corrective maintenance of toll collection equipment to include Point of Sale Terminals; Receipt Printers; Traffic lights; Patron Feed Back Displays; in-lane roadway sensors and axle counters; loop detectors; lane controllers (servers & PC hardware); Violation Enforcement System; power supplies; digital video surveillance equipment; network components (routers, switches, cabling)
• Completes reports, logs, and performs shift-to-shift communications in accordance with established policies, procedures and local practices
• Responds to corrective maintenance requests or alarms within an acceptable time frame
• Diagnoses, identifies and repair/replace hardware assemblies and/or components
• Reports technical status of system with accuracy and completeness
• Maintenance of spare equipment and parts including inventory management
• Module or PC Board swap out
• Isolation of faults in units or components
• Field test of units or components
• Electronic filing of work orders

Required Skills & Experience: 

• High School or GED minimum, Certificate program or Associates in electronics/electrical engineering preferred
• A+ Certification desired
• Prior working experience in electronics maintenance or field repair a plus
• Solid soldering skills
• Demonstrated working knowledge of computer software: MS-DOS, WinNT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Perl, Oracle, QNX
• Fundamental electrical/mechanical knowledge
• Prior electronic bench repair experience a plus
• Ability to diagnose system problems using a voltmeter
• Ability to bend, squat, crawl, reach and maneuver in tight spaces both underground and above ground via bucket truck
• Ability to lift/carry up to 70 pounds occasionally
• Good writing, communication, mechanical, and computer skills
• Must maintain drivers license in good standing as verified by TransCore
• Driving record must be free of DUI/DWI for three-year period prior to employment

Language Skills:  Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.  Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.  Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

Mathematical Skills:  Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.  Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability:  Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.  Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands:  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 50 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Driving is a key requirement for this position.

Work Environment:  The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions. The employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles, risk of electrical shock, outdoor weather conditions, and moving traffic. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c) Operations