Fleet Technician

Job Overview

Performs skilled work in the maintenance and repair of SMSC-owned light, medium, and heavy vehicles, and equipment, including Emergency Services vehicles. Performs preventative maintenance to ensure that all vehicles are safe and mechanically sound.

Responsibilities

• Perform skilled diagnostic and repair procedures on light, medium, and heavy-duty trucks, vans, buses, generators, small engine, and heavy equipment owned by the SMSC.
• Performs preventive maintenance on SMSC-owned vehicles, generators, heavy-equipment, and small engine equipment.
• Completes repair orders ensuring that work performed and parts used are documented.
• Maintains shop areas and tools/diagnostic equipment to ensure safety and cleanliness.
• Designs and fabricates tools and equipment.
• Orders parts and supplies from authorized dealers.
• May direct the activities of the Fleet Cleaning Specialist.
• Plows snow.

Requirements

• Technical school graduate with an automotive or truck degree, or 4 years of experience in an automotive or truck repair facility.
• High School graduate or GED.
• Specialized knowledge of various types of vehicle diagnostic testing and programming tools used in vehicle repair and maintenance.
• Valid D driver’s license required upon hire.
• Class A Driver's License Required - training provided by SMSC within 1 year of hire.
• Industrial Truck Driving permit may be required (forklift) with training available.
• Basic computer skills and knowledge of small engine repair.
• Proficiency in maintaining safety while handling potential fumes, chemicals, odors, and/or noise.
• Physical abilities to perform the required job duties with or without accommodations, including on feet 75% of time.
• Capacity to handle and lift up to 75 lbs. as needed.
• Ability to move in a variety of motions including bending, squatting, crawling, kneeling, twisting, pulling, and/ or pushing.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive weekly pay.
• Outstanding benefits and advancement opportunities.
• Generous benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, onsite medical clinics and pharmacy, 401(k) retirement plan, paid time off, wellness programs, and more.
• Precious perks like discounts on childcare, fuel, bus passes and fitness membership, free uniforms, free uniform cleaning, and tuition reimbursement.

About the Community

The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community contributes both time and financial resources across the region, state, and country. The SMSC has donated more than $400 million to organizations and causes, provided $500 million in economic development loans to other tribes, and contributed millions more to support regional governments and infrastructure. The SMSC's Native Green initiative annually diverts hundreds of tons of waste from landfills, has implemented compostable containers throughout our properties, and restored hundreds of acres of prairie land. Team members are eligible to participate in SMSC Gives, a community outreach initiative that organizes various opportunities in the local community.