Overnight Heavy Duty Truck Repair Shop and Mobile Mechanic

Pay: $28.00 - $35.00 per hour Job description: Job Title: Heavy Diesel Mechanic Job Summary: Responsible for inspecting, repairing, and maintaining customers, company, and shop related equipment in a safe, efficient, timely, cost effective, and practical manner. Maintains complete, timely, and accurate records on all maintenance performed by performing the following duties. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Diagnose any mechanical, driveline, brake, suspension, electrical, or other breakdown or failure of a motor vehicle or related equipment. Troubleshoot and perform failure analysis of the component parts and system on a truck trailer, or the component parts and systems of a semi-trailer, or other vehicles, including tractors, containers, forklifts, hydraulic/electric lift gate equipment, and coach buses. Make proper use of both power and hand tools to repair or replace defective components of company fleet and other equipment. Use welding skills and knowledge of metals to complete vehicle repairs. Fill out maintenance records, pm sheets, dot inspection sheets, and other necessary reports to properly complete work, using computer software where applicable. Utilize vehicle computer electronics systems to interpret failure modes to initiate or assign repairs. Estimate time and material costs on vehicle repairs and requisition parts. Conduct safety checks on vehicles. Assist senior technicians in the completion of project work. Maintain a clean and safe work area in compliance with company and OSHA standards. Perform all work in accordance with established safety procedures. Education/Experience: High school diploma or general education degree (GED); and four to six years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Certificates and Licenses: Department of Transportation inspection qualified. Department of Transportation qualified to perform annual brake inspections New York State heavy duty inspector’s license Commercial driver’s license class B Knowledge, Skills, and Other Abilities: Hand and power tools Welders Cutting torches Grinders Battery charge equipment Tire changing equipment Tire inflation equipment Jacks Lifts Jack stands Customer service skills Communication skills Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment Professionalism Time management skills Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hand, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, talk or hear, and smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 60 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, ability to adjust focus, and ability to see color. Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to outdoor weather conditions. The employee is frequently exposed to wet or humid conditions (non-weather), work near moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme cold (non-weather), and extreme heat (non-weather). The employee is occasionally exposed to work in high, precarious places, risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. Job Type: Full-time Benefits: 401(k) 401(k) matching Dental insurance Health insurance Life insurance Paid time off Retirement plan Vision insurance Experience: diesel repair : 5 years (Required) Shift availability: Overnight Shift (Required) Work Location: In person #J-18808-Ljbffr MERJ FLEET SERVICES INC