Shop Technician

Shop Technician

The Shop Technician is responsible for servicing and repairing equipment in the shop. Essential functions include removal and installation of components by following the appropriate service manual, understanding and utilizing various exchange items, safely operating and inspecting machines, vehicles, and engines to diagnose defects, diagnosing, troubleshooting, and repairing all components of equipment, formally documenting the work done on the equipment, completing work assignments and assigned training within allotted time, maintaining good work habits, and complying with all safety/company regulations. The technician must also perform other duties as requested by management.

Qualifications include an associate's degree or equivalent from a two-year college or technical school, experience in troubleshooting and repairing diesel-powered heavy equipment, basic computer skills, maintaining good work habits, presenting a favorable business image towards customers, reading and comprehending simple instructions, effectively presenting information, adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing in all units of measure, dealing with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations, and owning proper tools to perform required repairs.

Typical physical activity includes occasionally lifting 75 pounds from floor to chest, reaching and using arms with a full range of motion, enduring prolonged standing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and squatting while performing mechanical operations, exerting push and pull forces with the arms to use various wrenches and tools, enduring prolonged forward and overhead arm positions while performing mechanical operations, using hands to grasp hand tools and parts and climb onto and operate equipment. Typical environmental conditions include working indoors around moving mechanical parts, exposure to weather extremes when working outside, noise level may be loud at times, exposure to small quantities of chemicals, dust, steam, high-pressure water, and high-speed rotating equipment, and wearing common protective or safety equipment. The Shop Technician must perform the essential duties and responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodation efficiently and accurately, and without causing significant safety threat to self or others.