Powered Industrial Truck Service Technician (LP/Electric)

What a day looks like

You start your morning reviewing work orders with the lead tech/manager and coordinating with Level 3 technicians you’ll support throughout the day. First stops are preventive maintenance on forklifts (LP and electric): changing engine oil, transmission fluid, differential gear lube, and hydraulic fluid; replacing air, oil, fuel, and ATF filters; and logging everything in MS Office.

Midday brings tune-ups and targeted fixes—adjusting valves, swapping spark plugs and wires, setting brake/riser adjustments, and inspecting/repacking wheel bearings. On schedule, you inspect and water forklift batteries, and when needed, you remove, repair, and reinstall them. You’ll also rotate attachment pads, touch up paint, replace parts like horns, lights, and tires, and handle steering and basic overheating diagnostics using your DVOM and wiring schematics.

Throughout, you deliver great customer service, communicate clearly, and operate self-sufficiently as an expert in either LP or electrical systems while staying competent across all repair tasks. You aim to complete at least 30 PM services per month and maintain 80–90% productivity.

Core responsibilities

• Comprehensive PM for LP and electric forklifts
• Fluid services: engine oil, transmission, differential, hydraulic
• Filter replacements: air, oil, fuel, ATF
• Tune-ups: valve adjustments, spark plug and wire replacement
• Brake/riser adjustments
• Wheel bearing inspection and repack
• Battery inspection, watering, removal, repair, and installation
• Steering troubleshooting and repair; basic overheating diagnosis/repair
• Attachment pad rotations; equipment paint touch-ups
• Part swaps as needed (horns, lights, tires, etc.)
• Meet a minimum of 30 completed PMs/month and sustain 80–90% productivity

What you bring

• 1–2 years’ troubleshooting experience with LP or electric equipment (expert in one; self-sufficient in all repairs)
• Hands-on repair background in LP or electric forklifts; experience with attachments
• Knowledge of basic electrical, LP, and hydraulic systems; DVOM use
• Ability to read wiring schematics and follow service manuals
• Excellent customer service; strong oral and written communication
• Computer proficiency (MS Office)
• Own set of hand tools
• Post-high school/technical education preferred, not required
• Physical demands: lift/pull 75+ lbs, stand or lie down for extended periods, flexible movement to access parts/equipment
• Work conditions: outdoors in inclement weather; excessive noise and respiratory hazards
• Willingness to travel at various times

Proficiencies

• Mechanical troubleshooting
• Hydraulics and hydraulic components
• Electrical troubleshooting
• Equipment diagnostics and problem-solving

Machines & tech you’ll use

• Material Handling Systems
• Sit-Down Forklifts
• Reach Forklifts
• Forklifts

Reporting to a lead tech or manager, you’ll collaborate closely and provide support to Level 3 technicians.

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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)