Job Summary:
Maintain heavy duty truck operation by completing inspections and preventive maintenance requirements; correcting vehicle deficiencies; making adjustments and alignments; keeping records.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Perform minor and major repairs on trucks and trailers
- Conduct regular preventative maintenance on trucks and trailers including inspections, tire rotation, and oil changes.
- Correct vehicle deficiencies by removing, repairing, adjusting, overhauling, assembling, disassembling, and replacing assemblies, sub-assemblies, components, parts, or systems.
- Comply with Federal and State vehicle requirements.
- Maintain vehicle appearance by cleaning, washing.
- Maintain vehicle records by documenting services and repairs.
- Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading technical and regulation publications.
- Enhance maintenance department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
- Work closely with other mechanics and make suggestions on complicated repairs.
- Clean and maintain work area on a daily basis.
- Must provide own tools.
Qualifications/ Requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- General knowledge with preventative maintenance on trucks and tank trailers is preferred. Experience on Medium and Heavy-Duty Trucks required.
- Technical understanding, attention to detail, dependability, thoroughness, verbal communication, documentation skills, job knowledge.
- Good analytical skills and problem-solving skills are required.
- Exceptional ability to stay attentive
- Extremely detail oriented
- Experience working closely with others on a team, as well as independently.
- Clear communication skills
Education and/or Experience:
- High School Diploma required; Associate's degree or equivalent from two-year College or technical school preferred; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Knowledge of Department of Transportation laws
- General computer skills
- A minimum of 1-year heavy duty truck maintenance experience preferred
- Chauffeurs’ license required
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 be able to lift up to 130 lbs, be physically able to kneel, bend, twist, and crawl in and around equipment and must be able to climb ladders.
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. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Pay: $22.00 - $28.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
