Diesel Mechanic- Ag Equipment

Principal Responsibilities

• Performs repair and maintenance work on equipment, in accordance with time schedules as assigned by service manager.
• Makes recommendations of additional needed work to the service manager and ensures the customer is notified.
• Maintains tools and company equipment, notifies service managers if tools need to be replaced.
• Observes all safety rules and consistently works in a safe manner – reports any injuries “immediately” to the service manager.
• Maintains and respects cleanliness of the customer’s equipment.
• Works as a team with the parts department and communicates the parts needed.
• Notifies the service manager if delays are expected, or if a part needs to be ordered.
• Sets up or pre-delivery inspections on new or used equipment as prescribed by manufacturer’s manual.
• Transports equipment, or parts as needed. Always loading and securing carefully to ensure no damage by transport.
• Performs equipment checks both before and after transport to avoid transport damage claims and gives customer instructions for basic operation.
• Immediately reports any malfunction or defects to service manager.
• Maintains education on the product lines and abreast of any changes.
• Maintains appropriate licenses and certifications.
• Ability to diagnose and repair all AFS equipment (Monitors, Nav, autosteer, etc…).

Additional Responsibilities

• Seek other opportunities when temporarily unable to finish the job.
• Demonstrate teamwork to co-workers and fellow employees as needed.
• Accounts for all time and material used.
• Completes and submits all daily documentation to the service manager in a timely manner.
• Consistently strive to improve percentage of billable hours to meet or exceed quota.
• Bring value to the company by seeking areas of cost reductions or revenue increases and reports observations to the service manager.

Environmental Factors/Physical Demands

• Work is performed in an office, maintenance shop and outdoor environment.
• Regularly required to have the ability to maintain active customer and employee communication; access, input and retrieve information from the computer system.
• May be subject to sitting, standing, climbing, lifting, grasping, reaching, stooping, crouching, speaking, listening and motor coordination.

Compensation/Benefits

• Paid vacation, and holidays.
• Health, Dental, Vision, Short Term & Long-Term Disability Insurance.
• Health Savings Account and 401K with a 10% matching contribution.
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan.

General

• The service technician must be thoroughly familiar with the dealer’s line of equipment.
• They must know the detailed construction of many machines and have the knowledge and skill to make repairs properly.
• A natural mechanical ability and familiarization with sing equipment and diagnostic procedures, as well as maintaining proficiency, as required.