Engine Shop Service Technician CAT3600

About the role

This Engine Shop Service Technician position is responsible for performing inspections, diagnoses, and repairs of diesel-powered or natural gas industrial engines or related components, following established procedures and guidelines. Can work independently or as a member of a team to provide mechanical services that satisfies customer needs and achieves departmental goals.

Location: 2210 Legacy Parkway, Longview, TX 75602.

Mid-level position – generally requires more than four years of experience and/or demonstrated job-relevant knowledge/skills. A Level III Technician has moderate knowledge of the field’s standard and technical concepts, practices, and procedures, performs a variety of standard, complex, and technical tasks, is indirectly supervised and self-starting, and often serves as a team member on large projects.

Responsibilities

• Models, promotes, reinforces, and rewards the consistent use of HOLT’s Values Based Leadership (VBL) tools, models, and processes to ensure alignment with Vision, Values, and Mission
• Troubleshoots and diagnoses industrial diesel and natural gas engines
• Disassembles and assembles machine components to manufacturer’s specifications using hand tools, pneumatic tools, and specialized tooling
• Rebuilds, repairs, reconditions, and maintains equipment and components
• Demonstrates good customer relations and support; communicates customer needs to shop management
• Plans and controls cost of repair jobs
• Completes parts orders and identifies parts for return
• Mentors and helps train other technicians
• Maintains all equipment and work areas in good, clean, and orderly condition
• Completes all documents associated with repairs in a timely manner
• Works safely at all times and adheres to all applicable safety policies; complies with all company policies, procedures, and standards
• Works overtime as required by workload and customers’ needs
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities (e.g., ProTech Technician Training Paths)
• Requires regular and punctual attendance
• Performs other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Four or more years of diesel or natural gas engines experience
• Ability and knowledge to read/use schematics and diagrams (preferred)
• High school diploma or equivalent (preferred)
• Graduation from a diesel technology program (preferred)
• Supervisory responsibilities: None
• Some travel expected for training

Skills

• Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance
• Knowledge of industrial diesel and natural gas engine rebuilding
• Proficiency with current computer software, related hardware, and machine electronic systems (CAT ET & CAT SIS)
• Quality control analysis skills – conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance and communicate findings
• Operation and control skills – controlling operations of equipment or systems
• Equipment selection skills – determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job
• Ability to operate a conventional forklift and an overhead crane
• Ability to quickly and repeatedly operate the controls of a machine or vehicle to exact positions
• Ability to operate hand tools, power tools, pneumatic tools, and equipment used in mechanical repair
• Ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects
• Ability to read, write, and understand information
• Ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences
• Must have/acquire basic mechanic hand and pneumatic tools (metric/standard)

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to move objects, and use abdominal and lower back muscles to provide support over time without fatigue
• Frequently moves materials or equipment weighing up to 50 pounds
• Constant movement and use of limbs; requires good manual dexterity, coordination, and stamina
• Ascends/descends with gradual or continuous progress using both hands and feet; climbs up and down ladders and/or equipment
• Must be able to maneuver safely and work underneath equipment
• Routinely reacts to visual, auditory, and other signals, including alarms and instructions, and is required to visually inspect work

Work Environment

• Regularly works indoors in a shop environment, around moving mechanical parts
• May be exposed to weather extremes when working outside (inclement weather, heat, cold, humidity)
• Noise level may be loud at times
• Exposure to small quantities of chemicals, dust, steam, high-pressure water, and high-speed rotating equipment
• Requires wearing common protective or safety equipment
• Required to perform work in cramped spaces and/or high places

About HOLT CAT

HOLT CAT is the authorized Caterpillar® heavy equipment and engine dealer for 118 counties in South, Central, North and East Texas. Established in 1933, HOLT sells, services and rents Cat equipment, engines, generators and trucks for construction, mining, industrial, petroleum and agricultural applications. HOLT sells Caterpillar used equipment worldwide and fabricates its own line of custom engineered products including land management products and water tankers. Additionally, HOLT is a dealer for Link-Belt® Cranes, Trimble® Heavy and Highway construction products and AccuGrade® grade-control systems. The Holt name has been associated with heavy equipment and Caterpillar for over 100 years. HOLT CAT owners, Peter J. Holt and Corinna Holt Richter are direct descendants of Benjamin Holt, who in 1904 developed the first successful track-type tractor which he named the “Caterpillar.” HOLT CAT has come to be synonymous with quality, integrity and commitment to customer service. The HOLT CAT team is committed to providing rock solid stability with superior products and services from The Red River to the Rio Grande™.