Experienced Mobile Diesel & Air Brake Technician — Own Tools Required
Pay: $70–$90 per hour, depending on experience
Job type: Part-time / Contract / As-needed
Location: Jacksonville, FL — Mobile and roadside work
Start: Immediate; work may be available as early as tomorrow
About GotBrakes
GotBrakes Mobile Service provides mobile automotive, commercial-truck, and roadside repair services throughout Jacksonville. We are expanding our medium-duty and heavy-duty brake services and need an experienced technician who can complete jobs safely and independently.
Position Overview
We are looking for a highly experienced diesel and heavy-duty brake technician for part-time, as-needed work.
This is not a helper, apprentice, or beginner position. You must arrive fully equipped, diagnose the issue, complete the repair independently, and verify that the vehicle is safe before returning it to service.
Work may take place at customer locations, commercial properties, truck yards, or roadside locations.
Compensation
- $70–$90 per hour, depending on experience and capabilities
- Higher rate reserved for technicians with proven heavy-duty air-brake, wheel-end, and roadside experience
- Additional pay may be available for emergency, overnight, weekend, or difficult roadside calls
- No guaranteed weekly hours
- Opportunity for ongoing work based on reliability, quality, and availability
Types of Work
- Medium-duty trucks, box trucks, semis, and trailers
- Front air-disc brake pads, rotors, calipers, and hardware
- Rear air-drum brake shoes, drums, springs, rollers, and hardware
- Brake chambers, slack adjusters, S-cams, hoses, fittings, and air leaks
- Wheel hubs, bearings, seals, wheel studs, and wheel-end repairs
- Commercial brake inspections and diagnosis
- Roadside and mobile repairs
- Automotive brake, hub, axle, bearing, and suspension work when needed
Own Tools and Equipment Are Required
Applicants must personally own and bring all professional tools and equipment needed to safely complete assigned repairs independently.
Required equipment may include:
- Professional hand and power tools
- Heavy-duty sockets and impact tools
- Calibrated torque wrenches
- Air-disc and air-drum brake service tools
- Heavy-duty jacks, jack stands, cribbing, and wheel chocks
- Brake measuring and inspection tools
- Hub, bearing, seal, chamber, and slack-adjuster tools
- Reliable vehicle capable of transporting tools and equipment
Applicants who do not own the proper tools and equipment will not be considered. You cannot depend on GotBrakes or another technician to supply missing tools.
Requirements
- Five or more years of professional mechanical experience
- Proven medium-duty or heavy-duty air-brake experience
- Able to complete air-disc and air-drum brake jobs without assistance
- Strong knowledge of hubs, bearings, seals, chambers, slack adjusters, and S-cams
- Understand proper lifting, supporting, chocking, measuring, adjustment, and torque procedures
- Must work independently with minimal supervision
- Reliable transportation required
- Must arrive on time and ready to work
- Professional customer communication
- Must document inspections and repairs with clear photos and notes
- Valid driver’s license and clean driving record
- Available for some evenings, weekends, emergency calls, or roadside work
Preferred Experience
- Mobile diesel or roadside repair
- Fleet maintenance
- International, Freightliner, Peterbilt, Kenworth, Mack, Isuzu, Hino, or similar trucks
- Semi-truck and trailer brake systems
- ASE or equivalent certifications
Important
We need someone who already knows how to perform these repairs correctly and safely. We are not currently offering training for heavy-duty air-brake work.
Unsafe work, cutting corners, guessing, or accepting a job without the required tools will not be tolerated.
How to Apply
Please include:
- Phone number
- Years of diesel and heavy-duty experience
- Types of trucks you have worked on
- Air-brake and wheel-end repairs you have personally completed
- A list of the major tools and equipment you own
- Current availability
- Whether you can begin immediately
Pay: $70.00 - $90.00 per hour
Application Question(s):
- Describe how you change a semi-truck tire roadside without a tire machine. What tools do you use?
- When replacing a wheel hub on a semi, what key steps ensure safety and correct installation?
- Give an example of a roadside brake chamber or slack adjuster repair you’ve completed. What did you do?
- Do you own the tools needed to independently complete heavy-duty air-disc and air-drum brake repairs? Please list the major tools you have.
- Describe the most recent air-brake job you completed. Include the truck type and exactly what components you replaced.
- Can you independently replace front air-disc brakes and rear air-drum brakes on a medium-duty truck without assistance?
- What safety steps do you follow before lifting and working underneath a medium-duty truck or semi?
- How do you determine whether a brake drum or rotor can be safely reused?
- Are you available to begin as early as tomorrow in Jacksonville?
- Do you personally own all tools and equipment needed to independently complete air-disc and air-drum brake repairs on medium-duty trucks and semis, including appropriate lifting and supporting equipment? Please list the major tools and equipment you own.
Education:
- High school or equivalent (Required)
Experience:
- Diesel/SEMI-Repair: 5 years (Required)
Shift availability:
- Day Shift (Required)
- Night Shift (Required)
- Overnight Shift (Preferred)
Willingness to travel:
Work Location: On the road
