Mobile Automotive Service Technician (310S)

Carleton-Place-Ford; Carleton Place; On-site; CAD 83,000 - 93,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits package

Company vehicle provided

Job summary

Carleton Place Ford is seeking a licensed 310S Automotive Service Technician to lead a mobile service operation across the Ottawa Valley. You will travel to customer sites in a Ford Transit van to diagnose, repair, and service fleets, with significant independence and the support of a Service Advisor.

This full-time position offers a stable schedule (Mon–Fri, no weekends), a comprehensive benefits package, and incentives tied to the mobile unit's productivity.

Qualifications

• Valid Ontario 310S Automotive Service Technician Certificate of Qualification.
• Strong diagnostic ability and independent decision-making.
• Valid Ontario Class G driver's licence with clean abstract.
• Comfort working with customers and explaining findings.
• Proficiency with diagnostic software, tablets and digital repair documentation.
• Ability to operate manual and automatic transmissions.
• Self-directed, organized and dependable with follow-through.
• Commercial fleet experience is an asset.
• Ford experience/training is an asset.
• ODP certification is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Operate a fully equipped Ford Transit mobile service van as your primary work environment.
• Perform scheduled maintenance, diagnostics, module updates and field repairs at customer locations.
• Evaluate customer fleets on site and identify safety, maintenance and repair needs before they turn into breakdowns.
• Determine what can be properly completed in the field and what needs to come into the shop.
• Document findings and present recommendations to customers and to your Service Advisor.
• Perform road tests and safety inspections in accordance with applicable standards.
• Keep the van, its tooling and its inventory clean, organized, stocked and road-ready.
• Represent the dealership professionally on customer property.

Skills

Diagnostic ability

Customer communication

Manual/Automatic transmission handling

Self-directed

Organized with follow-through

Commercial fleet experience

Education

Ontario 310S Automotive Service Technician Certificate of Qualification

Tools

Diagnostic software

Tablets

Digital repair documentation

Job description

Job type

Full-time, permanent

Schedule

Monday to Friday·No weekends

Compensation

$37–$40 per hour base, based on experience,licensing and productivity, plus a monthly mobile service incentive. Expectedtotal annual earnings of approximately $83,000 to $93,000.

Comprehensive company benefits package

Vehicle

Fully equipped Ford Transit mobile service van, providedand maintained by the dealership

Vacancystatus

This posting is for an existing vacancy

Carleton PlaceFord is building a mobile service operation, and we are looking for theLicensed 310S Technician who will run it.

This is not ashop job with a van attached. You will operate a fully equipped Ford Transitmobile service unit across the Ottawa Valley and greater Ottawa region, workingprimarily with commercial fleet customers — contractors, service companies,municipalities and business owners who cannot afford to lose a truck to a fullday in a shop. Your job is to go to them, assess what they are running, andkeep it running.

Let's be direct about what this is not

Every goodtechnician asks this question first, so we will answer it up front. This isnot changing oil on your back in somebody’s cold driveway.

The mobile unit exists to do realtechnical work in the field: diagnostics, module programming and softwareupdates, recalls and campaigns, fleet inspections and assessments, andrepairs that can be completed properly and safely on site. Work that belongson a hoist comes back to the shop, where it should be. You will never beasked to do a job badly because you happen to be outside.

What you will do

• Operate a fully equipped Ford Transit mobileservice van as your primary work environment
• Perform scheduled maintenance, diagnostics,module updates and reprogramming, and field repairs at customer locations
• Evaluate customer fleets on site and identifysafety, maintenance and repair needs before they turn into breakdowns
• Determine what can be properly completed in thefield and what needs to come into the shop, and communicate that clearly
• Document findings and present recommendations tocustomers and to your Service Advisor
• Perform road tests and safety inspections inaccordance with applicable standards
• Keep the van, its tooling and its inventoryclean, organized, stocked and road-ready
• Represent the dealership professionally oncustomer property

The autonomy is real

A dedicatedService Advisor builds your bookings and manages your daily workflow, so youare not chasing your own work or fielding scheduling calls. Past that, the dayis yours to run.

For the righttechnician, this is the closest thing there is to running your own servicebusiness — with a dealership’s parts supply, technical resources, warrantybacking and established customer base behind you, and none of the overhead,risk or shop politics.

What you bring

• Valid Ontario310S Automotive Service Technician Certificate of Qualification (required for this role)
• Strong diagnostic ability and the confidence tomake sound technical decisions independently
• Valid Ontario Class G driver’s licence and aclean driver’s abstract, required for daily operation of a company vehicle
• Comfort working face to face with customers andexplaining technical findings in plain language
• Proficiency with diagnostic software, tabletsand digital repair documentation
• Ability to operate both manual and automatictransmissions
• Self-directed, organized and dependable, withstrong follow-through
• Commercial fleet experience is an asset
• Ford experience and Ford technical training areassets, but not required
• ODP certification is an asset
• Hourly base plus a monthly incentive, so youshare in what the mobile unit produces
• Genuine independence, with a Service Advisorhandling your bookings and workflow
• Fully equipped Ford Transit van, provided andmaintained for you
• A ground-floor role where you help shape howmobile service operates here
• Full benefits package
• Stable, full-time opportunity
• Monday to Friday schedule, no weekend work
• Career growth with a family-owned and operatedautomotive group

Carleton Place Ford is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, inclusion and accessibleemployment practices in compliance with applicable legislation. Accommodationis available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of therecruitment process.

We thank all applicantsfor their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will becontacted.

Artificial intelligencenotice:

CarletonPlace Ford does not use artificial intelligence to screen, assess or selectapplicants for this position.