Experienced Heavy Equipment Diesel Technician

Wagner Equipment Co.

$63K — $105K *
Hobbs, NM 88240In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • High School Diploma or GED required
  • Preferred graduation from an accredited technical school in diesel or earthmoving repair
  • 4+ years experience with Caterpillar Equipment or 4-5 years in heavy equipment repair
  • 1+ years of administrative or clerical experience
  • 3+ years of customer service experience

Responsibilities

  • Perform maintenance on new and repaired equipment
  • Service and maintain company-owned equipment
  • Diagnose and troubleshoot machine and engine malfunctions
  • Order replacement parts and ensure accuracy
  • Prepare detailed inspection and service reports
  • Communicate repair status with management and staff
  • Train and mentor service technicians

Benefits

  • Shift differential pay included
  • Opportunities for training and career advancement
  • Team-oriented work environment
  • Engagement in diverse service projects
  • Potential for flexible work schedules
Full Job Description
Pay: $30.50-$50.60 per hour + shift differential
Pay rate is dependent on education and experience

Essential Functions:Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

  • Performs maintenance activities on new and rebuilt/repaired equipment
  • Services and maintains equipment sold and/or owned by the company
    • Removes, disassembles, assembles, and installs components and parts
    • Tests measures, and adjusts engine and machine systems and components
    • Diagnoses and troubleshoots machine and engine malfunctions and failures
  • Makes recommendations as to repairs meeting warranty criteria
  • Orders replacement parts ensuring that parts orders are correct and complete at the time of order
  • Cleans, repairs, reconditions, and maintains equipment and component
  • Prepares accurate and complete inspection, appraisal and service reports, and turns them in on time
  • 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
  • Provides direction, training, mentoring and guidance to assigned service technicians
  • Other duties as assigned by manager


Required Education and Experience:

  • High School Diploma or GED
  • Graduation from an accredited technical school in diesel engine or earthmoving repair preferred
  • 4+ years experience working on Caterpillar Equipment OR 4-5 years in heavy equipment, engine, or electric power generation system repair (EX: Caterpillar, John Deere, Komatsu, Etc.)
  • 1+ years administrative/clerical experience
  • 3+ years customer service experience


Competencies:

  • Safety Knowledge
  • Reading/writing, reasoning, organizational, communication & math skills
  • Caterpillar Product Knowledge
  • Basic ability to search for and enter data into a computer
  • Ability to type service reports


Work Environment:

  • Noise: Loud, Environment: Indoors and Outdoors


Physical Demands:

  • Standing, Walking, Talking, Squatting/Kneeling,
  • Use of Hands, Hearing
  • Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, etc.
  • Heavy work that includes carrying, lifting and/or moving objects up to 100 pounds or more


Other Duties:

Job Offers are contingent upon all required pre-employment screenings which may include but are not limited to background checks, drug/alcohol testing, fit for duty testing, and any other job-related tests/screenings

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee must possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently.

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