Semi-Truck Tire Technician

Semi-Truck Tire TechnicianBengal Transportation Services is looking for an experienced, dependable, and safety-minded Semi-Truck Tire Technician to join our Maintenance team in Geismar, Louisiana.This is not a passenger-vehicle tire position. We need someone who understands commercial truck tires and knows their way around Peterbilt, Kenworth, Freightliner, semi-trailers, heavy-haul equipment, forklifts, and other commercial equipment.The ideal candidate can do more than simply change a tire. We are looking for someone who can inspect it, diagnose the problem, determine why it failed, make the proper repair or replacement, document the work, and help put the equipment safely back into service.Bengal operates in a demanding transportation and heavy-equipment environment where equipment reliability matters. Our drivers, customers, field crews, and operations team depend on Maintenance to keep our fleet moving.If you take pride in your work, know commercial truck tires, understand the importance of doing the job right the first time, and believe safety comes before shortcuts, we want to talk to you.The Semi-Truck Tire Technician is responsible for inspecting, troubleshooting, diagnosing, servicing, repairing, mounting, dismounting, and replacing tires and wheel assemblies on Bengal's commercial fleet and equipment.Equipment may include Peterbilt tractors, Kenworth tractors, Freightliner tractors, semi-trailers, heavy-haul trailers, flatbed trailers, lowboys/RGN trailers, specialized trailers, forklifts, service vehicles, and other commercial and heavy equipment.Work may be performed in the maintenance shop, equipment yard, jobsite, customer location, roadside, or other field environment depending on operational needs.The Tire Technician will also perform routine inspections and preventive maintenance, troubleshoot tire-related problems, maintain accurate service records, and identify conditions that could result in premature tire failure, equipment downtime, or an unsafe operating condition.The Semi-Truck Tire Technician reports directly to the Service Manager.The Semi-Truck Tire Technician must be able to safely use commercial tire-service tools and equipment, which may include commercial tire-changing equipment, tire mounting and demounting equipment, bead-breaking equipment, tire cages and restraining devices, tire inflation equipment, clip-on air chucks, pressure gauges, pneumatic tools, impact wrenches, torque wrenches, hydraulic jacks, jack stands, wheel chocks, hand tools, lifting and material-handling equipment.The employee may also operate trucks or equipment as necessary for diagnosis and repair when properly trained, licensed, qualified, and authorized. Road-test or test-drive equipment when necessary to diagnose a concern or verify a completed repair. Verify proper operation following service before returning equipment to operation.Good maintenance requires good records. The Semi-Truck Tire Technician is responsible for maintaining accurate records of work performed on Bengal equipment.At Bengal, safety is not a slogan-it is an expectation. Commercial truck tire service involves heavy components, high inflation pressures, stored energy, moving equipment, pneumatic tools, and potentially dangerous tire and wheel assemblies.The Semi-Truck Tire Technician must perform every task with safety as the first priority. Employees in this position are expected to follow all Bengal safety policies and procedures. Follow applicable OSHA, manufacturer, and industry-standard procedures for commercial tire and rim-wheel service. Use proper procedures when mounting, demounting, inflating, and servicing commercial tires. Properly inspect tires, wheels, rims, and components before assembly. Verify that tire and wheel components are compatible before installation. Never install damaged, cracked, bent, severely corroded, incompatible, or otherwise unsafe wheel components. Use applicable tire cages, restraining devices, barriers, remote inflation equipment, and other required safeguards. Maintain a safe position outside the potential trajectory of a tire and wheel assembly during inflation. Properly chock, jack, secure, and support vehicles and equipment before beginning work. Use only appropriate and properly maintained tools and equipment. Wear all required personal protective equipment. Maintain situational awareness around moving trucks, trailers, forklifts, heavy equipment, and other shop or jobsite activity. Immediately report unsafe conditions, damaged equipment, incidents, or hazards. Stop and seek direction when a job cannot be performed safely. We do not sacrifice safety to save time. Getting the equipment back on the road matters. Getting our people home safely matters more.We're not just looking for someone who knows how to change a tire. We're looking for someone who can look at a problem, figure out what's wrong, fix it correctly, document what was done, and send the equipment back out knowing it's safe.Bengal is a specialized transportation, heavy-haul, crane, rigging, logistics, and project-services company built around tackling demanding work. Our fleet works in environments where reliability matters, schedules matter, and our customers depend on us to perform. Behind that equipment is a Maintenance team responsible for keeping Bengal moving. We believe in hiring qualified people. Maintaining our equipment to a high standard. Responding when our operations need us. Taking pride in our work. Doing the job safely and professionally. At Bengal, safety begins with our people, and the standard applies to everyone.Safety. Quality. Accountability. Reliability. That's the Bengal standard.Bengal Transportation Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.