Journeyman Shop Technician

Job Details

Job Location:

Madera
- Madera, CA 93637

Position Type:
Full Time

Salary Range: $35.00 - $45.00 Hourly

Job Category:
Skilled Labor
- Trades

Job Title:

Service Technician – Journeyman/Level IV, V, VI

Get it Fixed. Use mechanical expertise to maintain, repair, and overhaul agricultural equipment and implements.

• Knowledge of equipment, implements, and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance
• Ability to problem solve and troubleshoot
• Arm-Hand Steadiness, Manual Dexterity, and Coordination
• Ability to understand customer problems and needs
• Strong attention to detail

• Heat factors in summer months
• Requires some outdoor activity
• May be Exposed to Contaminants, pollutants, and gases
• Sound levels may be loud due to drills and machinery

You report directly to the Service Manager of your branch location, as well as your Store Manager. You have a functional relationship with the Garton Tractor Service Director Drew Garton and the Board of Directors.

• REPAIRING AND MAINTAINING MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT:
  Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and other mechanical agricultural equipment and implements.
• OPERATING VEHICLES, MECHANIZED DEVICES, OR EQUIPMENT:
  Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts and tractors.
• MAKING REPAIRS AND SOLVING PROBLEMS:
  Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• UPDATING AND USING RELEVANT KNOWLEDGE:
  Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.

The principal duties of a Service Technician consist of, but are not limited to the following.

• Repair machines and equipment using the needed tools.
• Perform routine maintenance on equipment and determine what kind of maintenance is needed.
• Determine the causes of operating errors and decide what to do about them.
• Conduct tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
• Use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators making sure in determining what tools and equipment are needed to do a job.
• Pick-up or order the needed parts from the Parts Department.

You will meet or exceed your expectations when the following occurs:

• Accuracy of service diagnosis, including picking-up the correct parts from the Parts Department.
• No negligent practices which could lead to a work-related injury
• Favorable review by Service and Store Manager
• Majority of “clocked” time is used completing work orders
• Minimum “Dead Time”
• All Work Orders are filled out completely and correctly
• Advancing on the Technician Level System (Apprentice, Journeyman)
• Produces income for the company
• Fulfilling the described responsibilities and duties
• Adhering to Company policies and procedures