About the Role
Alta Equipment Company is seeking a Heavy Equipment Shop Service Technician to join their team in Berlin, CT. This role is crucial to the organization, and technicians are provided with the necessary tools and resources for success.
Responsibilities
- Complete inspections
- Removal and installation of parts
- Implementation of optional accessories
- Maintenance
- Basic diagnosis and troubleshooting
- Testing
- General repairs
- Performs other duties as assigned
- Consistent, regular, and reliable attendance including being ready for work at the designated start time
Requirements
- Three years of previous heavy equipment repair experience is required
- Excellent mechanical aptitude with a solid understanding of engine, power train, hydraulics and electrical systems
- Possess own tools
- A positive attitude and high energy
- Must have a clean driving record
- Computer programs - Microsoft Outlook
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
- Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
- Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization
- Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's
- Ability to perform operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form
- Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations
- Regularly will stand, walk, use hands, reach with hands
- Frequently will talk/hear, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl
- Occasionally will sit
- Regularly will lift up to 25 pounds
- Frequently will lift 26 to 50 pounds
- Occasionally will lift from 51 to 100 plus pounds
- Regularly will work near moving mechanical parts
- Frequently will be exposed to fumes or airborne particles, outdoor weather conditions
- Occasionally will work in wet or humid conditions (non-weather), risk of electrical shock, vibration
Skills
- Diesel repair
- Agricultural equipment repair
- Heavy equipment repair
- Diagnosis
- Troubleshooting
Location
- Berlin, CT
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 3 years of previous heavy equipment repair experience
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive wages
Benefits
- Manufacturer technical training programs
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Tool insurance
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Benefits will be administered through the local Union
- Company uniforms provided
About the Company
- Alta Equipment Group is one of the largest equipment dealers in North America.
- Culture is Job #1. Alta Equipment Group prides itself in living by our Guiding Principles: Invest in the Best, Passion for Excellence, Customers for Life, Mutual Respect and One Team.
- More than an equipment company, Alta is an innovator of solutions, delivering diverse products and unrivaled support centered on building lasting customer relationships.
- Voted a “Top Work Place USA”.
Equal Opportunity
- Alta Equipment Group is an equal opportunity employer. This means we do not discriminate on account of age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, height, weight, marital status, familial status, disability, genetic information, military status, veteran status, misdemeanor arrest record, or membership in any other classification protected under applicable law.
