Equipment Shop Foreman

About the role

The Equipment Shop Foreman at South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks is responsible for managing maintenance and repair of wheeled vehicles and industrial/construction equipment, coordinating their receipt and disposal, ensuring high quality and cost-effectiveness, and maintaining equipment performance and availability.

Responsibilities

• Manages maintenance and repair of wheeled vehicles and industrial/construction equipment
• Captures and coordinates receipt and disposal of wheeled vehicles and industrial/construction equipment
• Ensures high quality and cost-effective vehicles and equipment
• Ensures continuity of equipment performance
• Manages equipment shop and storeroom facilities and inventories
• Maintains an available, controlled, work environment with an adequate source of tools, shop equipment, parts and supplies

Requirements

• Valid driver's license and valid commercial driver's license (CDL) within 120 days of hire date
• Class A CDL with the tanker endorsement and no restrictions
• Must have or obtain a valid commercial driver license (CDL) within 120 days of hire date
• Subject to pre-employment, random, reasonable-suspicion, post-accident, follow-up, and return-to-duty drug and alcohol testing

Qualifications

• Personnel management and supervision practices
• Fiscal management procedures for preparing a shop operating budget and authorizing expenditures
• Standard practices, methods, tools, and equipment of the automotive mechanics' trade
• Principles of internal combustion engines, different drive trains, gearboxes, hydraulic systems, and electrical systems
• Principles of automotive computer technology, diagnostics, and repair methods
• Occupational hazards and safety precautions of the mechanics' trade
• State and federal guidelines governing safe handling and disposal methods for hazardous materials
• Department policies and procedures

Skills

• Effective planning and organizing work activities
• Developing procedures and determining the logical flow of work
• Preparing budget estimates, maintaining records, and preparing reports
• Planning, supervising, and coordinating the work of skilled and unskilled employees
• Delegating assignments to the most appropriate subordinate
• Communicating explicit expectations and standards of performance to subordinates and evaluating work performed
• Diagnosing equipment malfunctions and determining most effective corrective actions
• Operating heavy equipment

Benefits

• $0 premium employee health insurance option
• Eleven paid holidays
• Generous vacation and sick leave accrual
• Dental, vision, and other insurance options
• Retirement benefits
• Class A retirement under SDRS

Pay

Minimum $28.54 hourly, depending on qualifications

Schedule

Full-Time position

Contact Information

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For more information on the Department of Game Fish & Parks, visit this link.