MEC Technician

SunSource and its family of companies represent 200+ locations and 3,000+ employees making up one of North America’s leading value-add industrial distribution companies.  We provide customers with products and solutions within Fluid Power, Fluid Process, Fluid Conveyance, General Industrial Components, and Industrial Service & Repair. www.sun-source.com

Our MEC lead technician has a key role in our Mobile Hydraulic Business Unit. You will be responsible for training, mentoring, and best practice utilization. You will also be a leader in the shop, working with MEC Technicians to answer questions and help guide the team to attain shop goals. Along with the assembly and testing of hydraulic systems including valves, pumps, motors, manifolds, and other products sold by SunSource.  

• Verify parts to BOM and work order to prepare for assembly.
• Inspect parts and various components.
• Assemble units according to MEC specifications. Follow Best practices for assembling hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, manifold, proportional, cartridges, pumps, and engine cooling units.
• Adjust components and equipment in Test room. Set cartridges in the test room per blueprint instructions.
• Tests all assembled systems for standard expectations of quality, quantity, and time.
• Painting of completed units in the paint booth.
• Will be a point of contact for MEC technicians with process training, procedures, build techniques and hydraulic questions.
• Attention to detail to provide the highest quality to customers.
• Ability to perform RGA repairs efficiently.
• Ability to build prototype units efficiently.
• Ability to read and interpret Hydraulic Schematics, and Blueprints.
• Ability to develop hydraulic testing procedures.
• Ability to collaborate with engineering and quality.
• Ability to maintain test room and repair test room equipment.
• Clean, organize, and maintain the Shop and Shop equipment.
• Participate in continuous improvement through training and associate development.
•  Assist MEC Technicians with assembly, testing, process training and mentoring.
• Takes on more complex Hydraulic builds and hydraulic testing to keep customers’ expectations of shipping product on time.
• Maintain safe and orderly work area.
• Any other duties as assigned within SunSource

• Education—2-year fluid power associate degree, Mechatronics, or other mechanical disciplines. Working knowledge of fluid power, Has IFPS, CFPS certification or SunSource Hydraulic Mechanic Certification. Working knowledge of MEC best practices.  
• Experience--7 to 15 years in fluid power assembly or MEC shop experience. Hydraulic Testing and hydraulic troubleshooting experience. Prototype building and testing experience, RGA troubleshooting experience. Hydraulic schematic and blueprint reading. Proficiency in all MEC shop areas and ability to exceed all mecoh goals, building and final testing. Test room maintenance and repair.  Is a champion of change and continuous improvement. Ability to work with engineering, quality and other MEC Technicians to meet expectations of the customer of quality, quantity, and timing.
• Physical Requirements—Must be able to lift 75lbs.  Position stands 95 to 100% of the workday.

• Exceed Mecoh standards on assembling units and final hydraulic testing.
• Contributes to the MEC team metrics of 110 labor hours closed out per day.
• Lead Technician can build products in each work cell.
• Lead Tech is approachable, willing to work with all team members to keep technicians on task to reach shop goals.
• Lead Technician follows all best practices and trains best practices to new MEC technicians.   
• Quality, meets customers and shop performance with 0 warranty claims.
• Housekeeping, keeping the work area clean and organized.
• Safety, observes all safety guidelines, wears PPE daily.
• Lead Technician keeps up to date with IFPS, CFPS certifications. 

• Attention to Detail: Thoroughness in accomplishing a task through concern for all the areas involved, no matter how small. Monitors and checks work or information and plans and organizes time and resources efficiently.

• Technical Expertise: Applies and improves extensive or in-depth specialized knowledge, skills and judgment to accomplish a result or to serve one’s “customers” effectively.  (Customers can be co-workers, pears or management as well as external consumers or a service.)

• Job-Focused Learning: Demonstrates eagerness to acquire necessary technical knowledge, skill and judgment to accomplish a result or to serve a customer’s needs effectively.  Has desire and drive to acquire knowledge and skills necessary to perform job more effectively.

• Teamwork: Using appropriate interpersonal styles and methods to inspire and guide individuals (or a team) toward goal achievement: modifying behaviors to accommodate the tasks, situations, and people involved.

• Problem Solving/Analytical Thinking: Builds a logical approach to address problems or opportunities or manage the situation at hand by drawing on own knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.
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• Follow-Up: Establishing procedures to monitor the results of delegations, assignments, or projects; taking into consideration the skills, knowledge, and experience of the assigned individual and characteristics of the assignment or project.

• Initiative: Asserting one’s influence over events to achieve goals; self-starting rather than accepting passively; taking action to achieve goals beyond what is required; being proactive.

• Planning and Organizing (Work Management): Establishing a course of action to accomplish a specific goal; planning proper assignments of personnel and appropriate allocation of resources.

• Drive for Results (Work Standards): Demonstrates concern for achieving or surpassing results against an internal or external standard of excellence, shows a passion for improving the delivery of services with a commitment to continuous improvement.

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