Hydraulic Technician

At Depatie Fluid Power we are seeking a skilled and motivated Hydraulic Technician to join our growing team. In this hands-on role, you will be responsible for diagnosing, disassembling, inspecting, cleaning, and preparing hydraulic components for repair and rebuild. This position plays a critical role in maintaining the quality, reliability, and performance standards our customers depend on.

We are looking for individuals with strong mechanical aptitude, attention to detail, and a commitment to producing high-quality work in a service manufacturing environment.

 Responsibilities/Duties:

• Disassembles pumps, motors, controls and subassemblies.
• Inspects all parts for conformance to specifications.
• Prepares written documentation of work to be performed including but not limited to, bill of materials, stock in report, purchase requisition and computer documentation sheet.
• Assembles pumps, motors, valves, controls, and subassemblies using required parts and components in a cost effective manner to conform to installation and performance specifications of original manufacture.
• Mounts, couples or connects as required to test conformance of performance to original manufacture specifications.
• Building and rebuilding of hydraulic power units and rebuilding of hydraulic, lubrication and pneumatic components for high precision metal cutting machines

Education/Experience:

• Must be mechanically inclined
• Preferred experience with Hydraulic components
• Preferred experience micrometers and caliper measuring tools
• Ability to read interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and other instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.

Physical Requirements:

• Regularly required to stand; walk; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• Occasionally required to sit and climb or balance.
• Must be able to regularly lift and/or move objects up to 25 lbs. consistently with heavier weight necessary at times.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Safety Glasses are required and steel toed work boots are required.
• Other PPE equipment as required.

Work Environment:

• Manufacturing plant shop environment; regularly exposed to moving parts.