Heavy Equipment Diesel Technician

Would you like to be part of a focused, dedicated team? Do you want to work and grow with other motivated, ambitious people?

Wagner Equipment Co. offers challenging career opportunities, extensive training and employee development. We provide the tools you need to maximize your potential and grow within our company.

• Paid Time Off (PTO) Plan –
  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
  ; eligible employees can receive a company contribution up to 7%
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• CEFCU – Citizens Equity First Credit Union (provides payroll‑deduction savings, accounts, loans, VISA card, and more)
• Additional Benefits – Unum Supplemental life Insurance, Aflac Critical Illness + Accidental Insurance, , and discounted employee phone plans

Under direct supervision, the Heavy Equipment Diesel Technician diagnoses, repairs, reconditions, overhauls, and maintains customer and company heavy equipment and/or components in accordance with the company’s vision of working as “One Professional Team.”

Pay rate: $30.00–$39.56 per hour, depending on education and experience.

Location:

2011 W Bender Blvd, Hobbs, NM 88240.

• Prepare accurate and complete service reports and submit them on time
• Prepare inspection and appraisal reports
• Correctly charge work to appropriate work order segments
• Communicate 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
• Clean, repair, recondition, and maintain equipment and components
• Prepare, inspect, and operate machines prior to delivery
• Remove, disassemble, assemble, and install components and parts
• Determine reusability of parts in accordance with published Caterpillar reusability guidelines
• Order replacement parts ensuring that parts orders are correct and complete at the time of order
• Service and maintain equipment sold and/or owned by the company
• Test, measure, and adjust engine and machine systems and components
• Diagnose and troubleshoot machine and engine malfunctions and failures
• Analyze customer repair and maintenance requirements
• Keep up to date with developments in tooling, technologies and systems
• Use safe working practices and follow all company safety requirements
• Maintain a clean and organized work area
• Perform maintenance activities on new and rebuilt/repaired equipment
• Make recommendations as to repairs meeting warranty criteria
• Make parts replacement decisions ensuring optimum economic reusability
• Other duties as assigned by manager

• High school diploma or GED
• Graduation from an accredited technical school in diesel engine or earthmoving repair preferred
• 3 years of experience in heavy equipment, engine, or electric power generation system repair
• 1+ year of administrative/clerical experience
• 1+ year of customer service experience

• Standing, walking, talking, sitting, use of hands & hearing
• Squatting/Kneeling
• Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, etc.
• Heavy work that includes carrying, lifting and/or moving objects up to 100 pounds or more
• Data entry, telephone, reading/writing, reasoning, organizational, communication & math skills
• Safety & product knowledge
• Basic ability to search for and enter data into a computer
• Ability to type service reports

• Noise:
  Loud
• Indoors and outdoors

Job offers are contingent upon all required pre‑employment screenings, including 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.

This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.