Field Maintenance Trainee - Heavy Equipment

Job Title

Primary Job Role

Conducts all assigned work in a safe manner, adhering to all applicable safety, environmental and contamination control policies, procedures and regulations. Wears and enforces wearing proper personal protective equipment. Approaches work in a positive manner and maintain conduct that is supportive of safe work practices. Contributes to team efforts by accomplishing tasks on time while maintaining safety and quality expectations.

Assists in performing preventive maintenance to include, but not limited to changing fluids, filters, pulling SOS Samples, lubricating/cleaning components/parts, and starting equipment to test performance, with support from a designated mentor.

Maintains a minimum set of tools as defined by the Training and Development Team to diagnose, disassemble, and assemble machine components to manufacturer's specifications.

Attends and successfully completes required tasks and technician training classes in the Field Maintenance Trainee program.

Actively learns how to supply all required information, supporting documentation, and photos appropriate leadership for repairs and additional services identified during scheduled preventive maintenance visits.

Actively learns how to work in a neat and orderly fashion, adhering to contamination control guidelines and constantly looking for ways of improving the methods of work, work area, and safety standards.

Actively learns how to perform daily vehicle inspections in adherence to all appropriate guidelines and regulatory requirements.

Maintains personal company service literature, maintains a high awareness of technical changes in the industry. Understands the flexibility of schedule to regularly work nights and weekends as required.

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. Champions safe work practices, ensuring all actions prioritize the well-being of self and others.

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.

Demonstrates the effective application of the job specific knowledge, skills and ability required to resolve job related challenges in the workplace. Refer to job specific training requirements for the job identified in the LMS.

Communication: Uses active listening skills, conveying information with the appropriate medium that is clear and easily understood. Uses feedback to verify effective and accurate communication has occurred. Ensures that others having a need to know are kept informed about developments, progress, problems and plans through consistent, effective communication. Avoids surprises.

Planning and Organizing: Creates realistic schedules and follows them. Evaluates progress against schedule and goal. Identifies the sequence of tasks and the resources needed to achieve a goal, and prioritizes key action steps.

Takes Initiative: Takes appropriate action to resolve issues without requiring direction. Seeks out others involved in a situation to learn their perspectives. Makes difficult decisions in a timely manner. Is willing to make decisions in difficult or ambiguous situations, when time is critical. Assertive in a group when it is necessary to facilitate change, overcome an impasse, face issues, or ensure that decisions are made.

Results Oriented: Has a strong sense of urgency and commitment to achieve desired results in the face of obstacles and frustrations. Remains focused, does not get bogged down in unnecessary detail. Identifies and utilizes the most efficient methods to successfully achieve tasks on time despite unforeseen events. Driven and maintains a sense of urgency and adjusts schedules as needed to achieve without sacrificing quality of work.

Credibility: Demonstrated concern to be responsible, reliable, and trustworthy. Maintains commitments. Respects the confidentiality of information or concerns shared by others. Is honest and forthright with people. Takes personal responsibility for the quality and timeliness of work. Punctual, follows instructions, policies, and procedures.

Personal Development: Takes responsibility for personal learning and development by acquiring and refining technical and professional skills needed in job related areas. Obtains developmental opportunities proactively. Actively seeks and embraces growth opportunities.

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 and crane and forklift sales and service facilities in Pompano. Ring Power also has eight facilities outside of Florida - The Carolinas, Georgia, Texas & Tennessee- to serve the needs of other specialized industries and customers.

Ring Power Corporation has become one of the largest Caterpillar dealers in the Southeastern United States through dedication to the mission of customer service. In order to preserve the "Customers First" reputation that Ring Power was built on, we continually train our employees and work closely with our customers to assure complete satisfaction, especially after the sale.

Currently, more than 2,300 employees at 20+ locations throughout Florida and the United States work hard to provide the highest quality construction equipment, backed by responsive, professional service and support at every level.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Formal Education: High School diploma or GED

Experience: 12-18 months of experience in related field or preventative maintenance experience.

Required / Credentials

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

A valid driver's license accompanied by a clear motor vehicle record (MVR)

Prior experience working autonomously/independently in a related technical role.

Not Required but Highly Desired Criteria

Proficient in the use of a computer, Microsoft Office products and relevant Dealer software programs.

Updating of Knowledge

Job requirements frequently change requiring re-training once or more per year.

Responsibility for Change, Innovation, Overall Improvement, and/or Effectiveness

Problem Solving: Job requires problem solving ability, established examples / guidance are not always available.

Creativity: Job requires some creativity to generate solutions or improve effectiveness within well-established boundaries.

Autonomy: Job is regularly monitored to determine outcomes. Assignments allow some discretion in decision making and setting priorities within well-established parameters.

Working Environment

Stress Load: Occasional exposure to these stresses (less than 20% of the time).

Workload Fluctuation: Job involves occasional changes in priorities, complexity and/or quantity of work.

Work Schedule: Work is typically performed after regular business hours (e.g. night shift) with rare exceptions.

Organizational Impact

A person's performance in this job has minimal immediate impact on expense, efficiencies or achievement of overall department objectives.

Supervisory Responsibility

Job has no subordinates / no supervisory responsibility (may work independently or as a member of a team)

Physical Demands

"NA": Not Applicable

"O": Occasionally - (up to 3 hours/day)

"F": Frequently - (3-6 hours/day)

"C": Constantly - (6-8 hours/day)

F: Climbing N/A: Balancing F: Stooping

F: Kneeling F: Crouching O: Crawling

F: Reaching F: Standing O: Sitting

F: Walking O: Feeling N/A: Fingering

O: Grasping F: Repetitive Motion O: Talking

F: Hearing

O: Pushing - Up to 25 lbs. O: Pulling - Up to 25 lbs. O: Lifting - Up to 25 lbs.

N/A: Pushing - 26-50 lbs. N/A: Pulling - 26-50 lbs. N/A: Lifting - 26-50 lbs.

N/A: Pushing - Over 50 lbs. N/A: Pulling - Over 50 lbs. N/A: Lifting - Over 50 lbs.

Environmental Conditions

"NA": Not Applicable

"O": Occasionally - (up to 3 hours/day)

"F": Frequently - (3-6 hours/day)

"C": Constantly - (6-8 hours/day)

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. O: Extreme heat: