Job Description

Job Title: Diesel Mechanic

Location: Jackson, WI(Full-Time/On-Site)

Employment Type: Full-time

About the job

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We are looking for a mechanic/equipment technician, to perform preventative maintenance, repairs, and safety inspections on motorized vehicles, diesel engines, small engines, and heavy equipment. No two days are alike!

Shift: M - F; 7:00am - 3:30pm; May vary based on department and company needs.

What the Role Does

• Repair vehicles and equipment to include brakes, diesel and other engines, electrical systems, hydraulics, transmissions, ignitions, air and exhaust systems, and axle assemblies.
• Inspect, analyze, and determine sources and issues with vehicles and equipment; recommend and/or implement the most cost effective and logical repair or replacement.
• Assist by conducting required tests, certifications, and documentation on all equipment.
• Respond to internal customers who use equipment and vehicles, explaining maintenance and repair plans, triaging reported problems, and scheduling repairs and routine/preventive maintenance.
• Perform metalwork and fabrication on equipment.
• Maintain records of equipment and vehicles, as well as daily service logs. Legibly complete forms.
• Diagnose, dismantle, and perform repairs on tools and machinery.

What You Bring

Knowledge, Education

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Preferred: Two years of technical auto mechanic training; diesel training highly preferred as well

Experience

• 2 years of mechanic experience
• Combined experience and education will be considered
• Mechanical aptitude

Skills, Abilities

• Willing to learn through on-the-job training
• Ability to drive a forklift or learn same, welding skills
• Computer skills including MS Office and internet search; able to operate a tablet and scanning tool
• Ability to operate various trucks; light, medium, and heavy equipment and tools; hand tools; automotive lifts; and hydraulic equipment (for purposes of repair and maintenance)
• Significant attention to detail and safety standards, procedures, and practices
• Rapid response, problem identification, and accurate problem solving including in emergency repair situations
• Able to prioritize, collaborate, and work well as a team member and independently
• Effective communication skills including verbal, written, reading, and listening
• Able to explain problems/solutions to users

Physical

• Will regularly walk, climb, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; reach above shoulders and move
• Regularly required to talk and listen; frequent sitting and use hands to handle, type, or feel
• Lift 70 lbs. floor to waist; lift 90 lbs. waist to chest; lift 25 lbs. chest to overhead; carry 50 lbs. over a distance of 50 ft.; push a 100 lbs. wheeled cart over a distance of 100 ft.; and drag 50 lbs. over a distance of 100 ft.
• Close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus

Work Environment/Schedule

• Exposed to typical noises and smells associated with the production environment, such as fumes or airborne particles and production machinery.
• Noise level is moderate to loud.

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