Experienced Lift Truck Technician; Shop & Field

Position: Experienced Lift Truck Technician (Shop & Field)
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Duties & Responsibilities Primary

Job Role

Repairs or replaces defective parts on machinery/equipment. Disassembles components and properly cleans parts. Inspects components to ensure maximum parts are being reused to control repair costs. Tests, diagnoses, and adjusts failures of equipment.

Creates repair estimates and submits information to substantiate quotes and estimates. Prepares all parts requisitions, time cards, or service reports, as requested by the supervisor. Ensures they are legible and accurate with sufficient detail for service accounting needs.

Monitors job expenses versus repair estimates and ensures that the lead person is aware of any cost overrun prior to the job being completed. Assumes the lead person position temporarily, as necessary.

Demonstrates utilization of dealer computer systems for work orders and other documentation.

Maintains a minimum set of tools required for job performance.

Works in a neat, orderly, and safe manner while caring for and maintaining company machines/equipment.

Maintains personal company service literature and maintains a high awareness of technical changes in the industry.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Essential Job Competencies

Safety
:
Fully supports, encourages, and follows safe work behavior, and considers safety of paramount importance in the workplace.

Job Specific Skills
:
Demonstrates the required depth and mastery of knowledge and skill associated with the job as identified in the Learning Management System (LMS) and other applicable sources.

Communication
:
Uses active listening skills, conveying information with the appropriate medium that is clear and easily understood.

Information Gathering
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Checks all appropriate sources in identifying the information needed for analysis and decision making.

Planning and Organizing
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Creates realistic schedules and follows them. Evaluates progress against schedule and goal.

Takes Initiative
:
Takes appropriate action to resolve issues without requiring direction.

Customer Oriented
:
Demonstrates concern for satisfying external and/or internal customers.

Confidence and Drive
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Confident in one's own ideas and capability to be successful.

Self-Aware
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Conscious of one's own feelings, character, and personality and the implications for how your behavior impacts others.

Personal Development
:
Takes responsibility for personal learning and development by acquiring and refining technical and professional skills needed in job-related areas.

Company Overview

In 1962, Ring Power Corporation became a full-line Caterpillar dealer in North Florida, and later expanded its authorized territory to include Central Florida.

Today, Ring Power Corporate headquarters in St. Augustine oversees the operations of 18 branch locations throughout the state of Florida, including large regional facilities in Tampa and Orlando.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Formal

Education:

High School diploma or GED

Experience:

1-10+

Required / Credentials

Able to easily and effectively comprehend written material and communicate orally and in writing with employees and customers.

Must possess a valid Class D Driver’s License.

Not Required but Highly Desired Criteria

A specialized technical course or equivalent years experience as a Technician preferred.

Updating of Knowledge

Job requirements occasionally change requiring re-training to stay current every 3-5 years.

Working Environment

Work is typically performed during regular business hours with occasional requirements to work nights, holidays, and weekends.

Physical Demands

• F: Climbing
• O: Balancing
• O: Stooping
• F: Kneeling
• F: Crouching
• O: Crawling
• F: Reaching
• C: Standing
• F: Sitting
• F: Walking
• O: Feeling
• F: Fingering
• F: Grasping
• F: Repetitive Motion
• C: Talking
• C: Hearing
• F: Pushing - Up to 25 lbs.
• F: Pulling - Up to 25 lbs.
• F: Lifting - Up to 25 lbs.

Environmental Conditions

• O: Inside conditions:
  Protection from weather but not necessarily from temperature change.
• C: Outside environmental conditions:
  No effective protection from weather.
• O: Extreme cold:
  Temperatures below 32 degrees for periods of more than one hour.
• F: Extreme heat:
  Temperatures above 100 degrees for periods of more than one hour.

RING POWER CORPORATION, INC. IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

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