CAT Rental Store Technician

Job Summary

The CAT Rental Store Technician is responsible for inspecting, maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing a wide range of rental equipment, including diesel and gasoline-powered machinery, aerial work platforms, forklifts, earthmoving equipment, and material handling equipment. This role plays a critical part in ensuring equipment is safe, reliable, and ready for customer use.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform inspections, preventive maintenance, diagnostics, service, and repairs on rental equipment.
• Troubleshoot and repair diesel and gasoline engines, hydraulic systems, electrical systems, and related components.
• Maintain and repair aerial work platforms, including boom lifts and scissor lifts.
• Service forklifts, earthmoving equipment, and material handling equipment to ensure optimal performance and safety.
• Utilize supplied diagnostic tools and equipment to accurately identify and resolve mechanical issues.
• Complete service documentation and maintenance records accurately and timely.
• Follow all company safety standards, processes, and procedures.
• Communicate effectively with supervisors, coworkers, and customers regarding equipment status and repair needs.

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Minimum of one (1) year of hands-on experience performing maintenance, service, and repair on aerial work platforms, material handling equipment, earthmoving equipment, or similar heavy equipment.
• Working knowledge of diesel and gasoline engine diagnostics, maintenance, and repair.
• Experience troubleshooting and repairing hydraulic and electrical systems.
• Must provide and maintain a personal set of mechanic's tools required to perform job duties.
• Strong mechanical aptitude and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to use computer-based diagnostic tools and systems.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience maintaining and repairing aerial work platforms, particularly JLG and Genie equipment, such as boom lifts, scissor lifts, forklifts, and other construction or rental fleet equipment.
• Previous experience working in a rental equipment, heavy equipment, or construction equipment environment.

Benefits

• Continued industry-leading technical training to progress in your role and to stay up to date on the newest technology and systems.
• Employer-sponsored pension plan.
• Competitive pay rate.
• First-year vacation and personal time which builds based on length of service.
• Two different Health Insurance options, including a Health Savings Account (HSA) option.
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
• Dental and Vision Insurance.
• Credit Union Access.
• Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.
• Scholarship opportunities for employee's spouses and children, through the Ohio Machinery Education and Opportunity Foundation.
• Company provided and laundered uniforms.
• Continued technical and professional training.

Physical Requirements

• The functions of the position require lifting, carrying, and pulling up to 50 pounds.
• Standing and sitting up, moving up and down stairs, and climbing into machines will be required.
• The functions of the position require normal dexterity and repetitive, as well as frequent, movements that involve the hands, wrists, and fingers.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet in office settings and moderate to loud in other situations, with both constant and sudden loud noises possible.