Brakes Repair Mechanic

Knorr Brake Company
Westminster, MD Full Time
POSTED ON 9/9/2024 CLOSED ON 10/5/2024

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Brakes Repair Mechanic position at Knorr Brake Company?

The Brakes Repair Mechanic assists in the repair or overhaul of pneumatic, mechanical, hydraulic, and electrical equipment.

Essential Functions:


  • Maintain a safe, clean and healthy environment and ensure the compliance with company's rules and policies.
  • Must be able to comply with quality, product safety, and HSE rules, guidelines, and regulations. Be energy conscious, if applicable.
  • Must understand and comply with applicable standards. (i.e.: ISO 9001, ISO 22163, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 50001, AAR, and CMMI).


Additional Essential Functions: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.


  • Clean dirt and grease from machines and equipment, such as compressors, brake equipment, and associated valves, using cleaning solutions, rags, vacuum systems, high pressure wash, or dry ice blasting equipment.
  • Inform supervisor of any part or equipment defects noted during the cleaning process.
  • Perform scheduled and unscheduled preventative maintenance and calibration on equipment as instructed.
  • Provide support and assistance to other technicians and team members, as directed, and any other duties as assigned by the Cell Leader or Sr. Personnel.
  • Maintain a safe, clean, and healthy environment and ensure the compliance with the company's rules and policies.
  • Must be able to comply with quality, product safety, and HSE rules and regulations. Be energy conscious, if applicable.


Technical Competencies:


  • Technical Capacity: controls and instrumentation
  • Mechanical Aptitude: equipment maintenance, mechanical inspection tools and tooling
  • Time Management to ensure equipment is ready for scheduled repair or overhaul
  • Problem Solving and Decision Making (in making job decisions, the incumbent is guided by policy, routine and procedures)


Core Competencies:


  • Efficiency (timely completion of tasks)
  • Plans, prioritizes, and completes tasks in an appropriate manner
  • Performs tasks efficiently and effectively and meets deadlines
  • Works towards achieving targets
  • Open to new, efficient ways of working and seeks ways to improve them
  • Punctual
  • Quality (consistently delivering products and services in compliance with expectations and standards, diligently executing tasks while keeping promises and dealing with difficulties and disruptions)
  • Works very diligently
  • Delivers appropriate work results / attention to detail
  • Communicates issues and defects
  • Contributes to high-quality results
  • Methodology (means the ability to analyze situations, make decisions within scope of the job, act cost-consciously, recognizes the effect of their performance within the company, demonstrate commitment to customers and services, work in a safe manner, work independently)
  • Obtains information necessary to perform tasks
  • Carefully looks at information from various sources before making decisions
  • Participates in reducing costs (LEAN methodology)
  • Acts in the interest of internal and external customers / communicates appropriately
  • Abides by all safety rules, policies and guidelines
  • Commitment (ability to perform varying tasks, adapts and takes ownership to rapidly changing working conditions, as well as personal attitude towards works, diligence and motivations)
  • Able to adapt quickly to new tasks and working conditions
  • Shows dedication and willingness to contribute to the company’s success
  • Motivated and works diligently
  • Embraces responsibility and accountability
  • Teamwork (successful cooperation with others in the execution of joint tasks, sharing of information, respectful to others and inclusive attitude)
  • Behaves cooperatively and respectfully
  • Promotes collaborative work environment


Work Environment:

The employee will be exposed to shop floor conditions, i.e., noise, heat, cold, dust/dirt etc. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds.

Required Education:


  • High School Diploma or GED


Required Experience:


  • 0-2 Years Relevant Experience
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