Service Technician / Reefer Mechanic

Job Overview

Murphy-Hoffman Company, LLC is North America’s largest Kenworth truck dealership group and leasing group. As MHC continues to grow, we have an opening for a Refrigeration Service Diesel Technician at our MHC Carrier location in Little Rock, Arkansas. The role of the Refrigeration Service Diesel Technician is responsible for performing all functions of a fully qualified transport refrigeration mechanic under minimal supervision.

Essential Functions

• Performs all functions of a fully qualified transport refrigeration mechanic under minimal supervision.
• Performs skilled and complicated mechanical work on transport refrigeration equipment and related components with minimum supervision.
• Performs trouble shooting on major problems.
• Works with and helps train apprentice technicians.
• Maintains a neat and orderly working area, and proper handling of company tools.
• Advises the Shop Foreman if additional repair work is necessary.
• Maintains favorable relations with customers.
• Masters the techniques needed to use a laptop computer to test microprocessors.
• Follows safe work practices and procedures, uses safety equipment when required, responds to suggestions for working safely and seeks assistance when necessary.
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Safety

This position has been designated as a safety-sensitive position. Any person performing the position while under the influence of marijuana or any other illegal drug may constitute a threat to health or safety or in which a lapse of attention could result in injury, illness, or death, including without limitation a position that includes the operating, repairing, maintaining, or monitoring of heavy equipment, machinery, aircraft, motorized watercraft, or motor vehicles or handling of hazardous materials and/or waste as part of the job duties.

Qualifications

• Minimum three years hands-on experience and on-the-job training in a related mechanical field.
• Basic understanding of how to read a wiring diagram/schematic.
• Minimum one year of diesel engine experience.
• Education - Graduate of vocational course or experience and training equivalent. 608 Certification preferred.
• Necessary tools to perform position responsibilities.

About

MHC is an expansion of the original company, Ozark Kenworth, Inc. Ozark Kenworth started in Springfield, Missouri, in January 1975. Opening for business without a Parts or Service department and only three employees in a temporary facility. From there, the company grew and expanded. MHC is now a multi-state network of full-service diesel truck dealerships, leasing and rental operations, transport refrigeration locations, and a finance company which offers a complete array of finance and insurance services. We believe in fostering an environment that helps employees realize their full potential – a place where you can grow as a person and a professional.