Shop Technician

Shop Technician

The Shop Technician is responsible for servicing and repairing equipment in the shop. Essential functions include the ability to remove and install components by following the appropriate service manual, understanding and utilizing various exchange items, safely operating and inspecting machines, vehicles, and/or engines to diagnose defects, diagnosing, troubleshooting, and repairing all components of equipment, formally documenting the work done on the equipment, completing work assignments and assigned training within allotted time, maintaining good work habits, and complying with all safety/company regulations.

The Shop Technician must perform the essential duties and responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodation efficiently and accurately, and without causing significant safety threat to self or others.

Qualifications include an associate's degree or equivalent from a two-year college or technical school preferred, experience in troubleshooting and repairing diesel-powered heavy equipment, basic computer skills, maintaining good work habits, and presenting a favorable business image towards customers served by the company. The candidate must also have the ability to read, comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos, effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization, add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, use whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals, compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw/interpret bar graphs, deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations, and own proper tools to perform required repairs.