Battery Maintenance

Tom Thumb Supermarket; Roanoke (TX); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Tom Thumb Supermarket is seeking a Battery Technician to maintain and service batteries for forklifts and related equipment in our Roanoke, TX warehouse. You will log work in the computer system, perform basic repairs, and keep the battery room clean and organized.

The role requires flexibility in scheduling, mechanical aptitude, and the ability to work in varied temperatures. Prior experience with preventive maintenance is helpful, with a team-oriented approach prized.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of changing batteries and where they are located on respective machines.
• Prior mechanical experience; preventive maintenance, repair, hydraulic and electrical helpful.
• Ability to read computerized forms, aisles, work orders, manufacturer instructions.
• Maintain accurate records of battery changes on computer.
• Detail oriented and organized; initiative to see things that need to be done without being told.
• Ability to work inside the warehouse and outside in temperature extremes.
• Frequent standing, squatting, reaching, bending, climbing, and walking.
• Strength to lift, push, or pull objects weighing up to 40 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Change and water the batteries on the forklifts, long jacks, pacers, reach trucks, order pickers, crown machines, scrubbers, and others, as necessary.
• Wash the batteries on the forklifts, long jacks, pacers, reach trucks, order pickers, crown machines, scrubbers, and others as necessary.
• Keep battery room clean and organized, empty waste cans.
• Keep battery changing equipment clean and well maintained.
• Use computer to record work.
• Minor repairs on equipment and preventive maintenance (prior mechanic experience helpful).
• Be a positive team-oriented associate and have good follow through.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule.
• Perform other duties as required.

Skills

Battery maintenance knowledge

Mechanical experience

Read computer forms

Detail oriented

Team player

Job description

Key Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To

• Change and water the batteries on the forklifts, long jacks, pacers, reach trucks, order pickers, crown machines, scrubbers, and others, as necessary.


• Wash the batteries on the forklifts, long jacks, pacers, reach trucks, order pickers, crown machines, scrubbers, and others as necessary.


• Keep battery room clean and organized, empty waste cans.


• Keep battery changing equipment clean and well maintained.


• Use computer to record work.


• Minor repairs on equipment and preventive maintenance (prior mechanic experience helpful).


• Be a positive team-oriented associate and have good follow through.


• Ability to work a flexible schedule.


• Perform other duties as required.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of changing batteries and where they are located on respective machines desired.


• Prior mechanical experience preferred, (experience with performing preventive maintenance, repair, hydraulic and electrical experience preferred and desired)


• Ability to read computerized forms, aisles, work orders, manufacturer instructions.


• Maintain accurate records of battery changes on computer.


• Detail oriented and organized; initiative to see things that need to be done without having to be told.


• Ability to work inside the warehouse and outside in temperature extremes (-20 degrees to over 95 degrees).


• Frequent standing, squatting, reaching, bending, climbing, and walking.


• Strength to lift, push, or pull objects weighing up to 40 pounds on a regular basis, able to pick up from floor level to waist level, and sometimes shoulder level.


• As always schedules are never set permanently and are subject to change as our business dictates, sometimes radically.