Experienced Heavy Equipment Diesel Technician

Experienced Heavy Equipment Diesel Technician

Join to apply for the Experienced Heavy Equipment Diesel Technician role at Wagner Equipment.

We offer challenging career opportunities, extensive training and employee development along with an opportunity to grow your career and thrive under Wagner’s reputation for excellence. We offer excellent benefits and supply you with the tools you need to maximize your potential and grow within Wagner.

• Sign‑on bonus & referral bonus opportunities

Benefits Include
:

• Paid Time Off (PTO) Plan – Up to 96 hours of PTO in your first year + 8 company paid holidays
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Retirement Plans – 401K and Roth 401K, company contribution up to 7%
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• CEFCU – Citizens Equity First Credit Union services
• Additional Benefits:
  Unum Supplemental life Insurance, Aflac Critical Illness + Accidental Insurance,  and discounted employee phone plans

Pay
: $30.50‑$50.60 per hour + shift differential

Location
: 2011 W Bender Blvd, Hobbs, NM 88240

Essential Functions
:

• Performs maintenance activities on new and rebuilt/repaired equipment.
• Services and maintains equipment sold and/or owned by the company.
• Removes, disassembles, assembles, and installs components and parts.
• Tests measures, and adjusts engine and machine systems and components.
• Diagnoses and troubleshoots machine and engine malfunctions and failures.
• Makes recommendations as to repairs meeting warranty criteria.
• Orders replacement parts ensuring part orders are correct and complete at the time of order.
• Cleans, repairs, reconditions, and maintains equipment and component.
• Prepares accurate and complete inspection, appraisal and service reports, and turns them in on time.
• Communicates effectively with Service Writer, Shop Coordinators and Shop Managers to ensure problems, nature of repair, and status of repairs are understood and followed up on.
• Provides direction, training, mentoring and guidance to assigned service technicians.
• Other duties as assigned by manager.

Required Education And Experience
:

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Graduation from an accredited technical school in diesel engine or earthmoving repair preferred.
• 4+ years experience working on Caterpillar Equipment or 4‑5 years in heavy equipment, engine, or electric power generation system repair.
• 1+ years administrative/clerical experience.
• 3+ years customer service experience.

Competencies
:

• Safety Knowledge.
• Reading/writing, reasoning, organizational, communication & math skills.
• Caterpillar Product Knowledge.
• Basic ability to search for and enter data into a computer.
• Ability to type service reports.

Work Environment
:

• Noise:
  Loud.
• Environment:
  Indoors and Outdoors.

Physical Demands
:

• Standing, Walking, Talking, Squatting/Kneeling.
• Use of Hands, Hearing.
• Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, etc.
• Heavy work that includes carrying, lifting and/or moving objects up to 100 pounds or more.

Other Duties
:

• Job Offers are contingent upon all required pre‑employment screenings which may include but are not limited to background checks, drug/alcohol testing, fit for duty testing, and any other job‑related tests/screenings.
• Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee must possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently.
• Wagner Equipment Co. is an EEO/AA/Veterans/Disabled employer.