Career Paths || Network of 25 Dealerships || Disability Insurance || Paid Time Off || Nextran Paid Life Insurance
Family Centered Values || Medical and Dependent Care FSA || 401(k) Retirement Plan with Match || Company-Paid Holidays || EAP
Great Medical, Dental, & Vision Benefits || Social Responsibility Opportunities || 28+ Years of Industry Experience || Professional Growth
Wage: $25 - $35/per hour, based on individual skills, certifications, education, and experience
Hours of work:
10:30 AM - 7:00 PM, Monday through Friday
Drug Testing required
Background Check required
Physical Abilities Test required
Apply Before: September 30th, 2024
As a Diesel Technician, you are a valued member of our team, responsible for repairing and maintaining our customer’s Medium & Heavy-Duty Trucks. This includes diagnosing issues, preventative maintenance, repairs, disassembly and reassembly, and writing detailed work notes.
Essential Duties:
Technical:
- Maintain proficiency in the diagnosis and repair of all assigned equipment.
- Maintain proficiency in the rebuilding of major components on assigned equipment.
- Ensure accurate diagnosis and the effective repair and/or replacement of components necessary for the proper functioning of assigned equipment.
- Perform Service calls for emergency breakdowns.
Administrative
- Interact effectively, courteously, professionally with customers, vendors, and other employees regarding vehicle repairs and other shop business.
- Reports machinery defects or malfunctions to the supervisor.
- Communicates with the parts department to obtain needed parts.
- Saves and tags parts of the job if under warranty or if requested by the customer.
- Examines assigned vehicle to determine if further safety or service work is required or recommended.
- Communicates with service advisor/dispatcher immediately on repair updates and or delays.
- Documents all work performed and recommended on the repair order.
- Supervises work of any apprentice technicians as assigned.
Health, and Safety:
- Reports machinery defects or malfunctions to the supervisor.
- Ensures that the vehicle is kept clean. Notifies service advisor/dispatcher immediately of anything that has happened to change the appearance or condition of the vehicle.
- Maintains and is accountable for all dealership-owned tools and manuals. Returns them to the proper place and in the same condition as when they were received.
- Understands, keeps abreast of, and complies with federal, state, and local regulations, such as hazardous waste disposal, OSHA Right-to-Know, etc. Keeps abreast of manufacturer technical bulletins.
- Operates all tools/equipment in a safe manner and reports any safety issues immediately to management.
Preferred Candidates Qualifications:
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 solve problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations with only limited resources.
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Education & Licenses
- High School Diploma and/or GED required
- Three (3) to five (5) years of Diagnostic experience required.
- College or Technical training preferred, but not required.
- Driver's License Required. Prefer CDL but not required.
- Two to four years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- ASE Certification a plus
- Cummins Engine Repair Certification a plus
- Basic computer skills
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 and reach with hands and arms.
- Use of torque wrenches, air powered tools or hand tools.
- Use of arms in a raised position above shoulder level for prolonged periods of time. Use of creeper or rolling devices to enable tech to work underneath vehicles.
- The employee frequently is required to walk; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.
- The employee is required to stand and sit for extended periods of time (hours) while making repairs.
- Entry or exit from the cab of the vehicle.
- Climb to a safe position to access the engine compartment area, firewall or roof of a vehicle to perform repairs.
- 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 close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
- Ability to push/pull large tool chest from vehicle to vehicle.
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 moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
We are a network of commercial truck dealerships committed to providing the best products and services through highly skilled associates who are focused on delivering the lowest life-cycle cost to our customers. Spanning the Southeast and Midwest United States, we provide sales, parts, and service for several leading brands, including Mack, Volvo, Isuzu, GMC, Ford, Hino, and Kalmar Ottawa. EEO Employer
