Heavy Equipment Diesel Technician
About the role
The Heavy Equipment Diesel Technician at Wagner Equipment Co. is responsible for diagnosing, repairing, reconditioning, and maintaining heavy equipment and components. This position requires preparation of accurate service reports, inspection and appraisal reports, and effective communication with various team members.
Responsibilities
- Prepares accurate and complete service reports and turns them in on time
- Prepares inspection and appraisal reports
- Correctly charges work to appropriate work order segments
- Communicates effectively with Service Writer, Shop Coordinators, and Shop Managers to ensure problems, nature of repair, and status of repairs are understood and followed up on
- Cleans, repairs, reconditions, and maintains equipment and components
- Prepares, inspects, and operates machines prior to delivery
- Removes, disassembles, assembles, and installs components and parts
- Determines reusability of parts in accordance with published Caterpillar reusability guidelines
- Orders replacement parts ensuring that parts orders are correct and complete at the time of order
- Serves and maintains equipment sold and/or owned by the company
- Tests measures, and adjusts engine and machine systems and components
- Diagnoses and troubleshoots machine and engine malfunctions and failures
- Analyzes customer repair and maintenance requirements
- Keeps up to date with developments in tooling, technologies, and systems
- Uses safe working practices and follows all company safety requirements
- Maintains a clean and organized work area
- Makes recommendations as to repairs meeting warranty criteria
- Makes parts replacement decisions assuring optimum economic reusability
- Performs maintenance activities on new and rebuilt/repaired equipment
- Makes recommendations as to repairs meeting warranty criteria
- Makes parts replacement decisions assuring optimum economic reusability
Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED
- Graduation from an accredited technical school in diesel engine or earthmoving repair preferred
- 3 years’ experience in heavy equipment, engine, or electric power generation system repair
- 1+ years administrative/clerical experience
- 1+ years customer service experience
Physical Demands & Competencies
- Standing, walking, talking, sitting, use of hands & hearing
- Squatting/Kneeling
- Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, etc.
- Heavy work that includes carrying, lifting and/or moving objects up to 100 pounds or more
- Data Entry, telephone, reading/writing, reasoning, organizational, communication & math skills
- Safety & Product Knowledge
- Basic ability to search for and enter data into a computer
- Ability to type service reports
Additional Information
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions. Pay rate: $30.00-$39.56 per hour. Pay rate is dependent upon education & experience. Benefits include Paid Time Off (PTO) Plan, Medical, dental, and vision insurance, Life and AD&D Insurance, Retirement Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), CEFCU- Citizens Equity First Credit Union, Unum Supplemental life Insurance, Aflac Critical Illness + Accidental Insurance, ID WatchDog, and discounted employee phone plans. Additional benefits include: Unum Supplemental life Insurance, Aflac Critical Illness + Accidental Insurance, ID WatchDog and discounted employee phone plans.