Automotive Technician

D Patrick; Evansville (IN); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Strong benefits

Supportive workplace culture

Job summary

D Patrick in Evansville is hiring experienced Service Technicians to join our team. You will work in a well-equipped service center providing vehicle repair and maintenance while ensuring customer satisfaction.

The ideal candidate should have a high school diploma, some technical training, and be a dependable team player. This position offers competitive pay and strong benefits in a supportive workplace culture.

Qualifications

• Must have a valid driver's license with a good driving record.
• Ability to work weekends and overtime.
• Self-motivated with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Perform vehicle repair and maintenance work as assigned.
• Diagnose and estimate repair work to be performed.
• Documents work performed and keeps service advisors informed.

Skills

Basic computer knowledge

Good math skills

General mechanical skills

Ability to listen and follow directions

Team player

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Two years of technical training or four years of experience

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: Evansville, IN 47716

D-Patrick has proudly served the Evansville community for over 90 years, earning a strong reputation for excellence, integrity, and customer satisfaction. We are honored to have been named the 2025 TIME Dealer of the Year — a prestigious award recognizing the top dealership in the nation!

Now, we’re growing and we are looking for experienced Service Technicians to join our team. You’ll work in a modern, well-equipped service center with competitive pay, strong benefits, and a supportive workplace culture.

As a D Patrick Service Technician, you will perform vehicle repair and maintenance work as assigned in accordance with dealer and factory standards by performing the following duties.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Receives repair orders from dispatcher and performs work as outlined on repair order with efficiency and accuracy in accordance with dealership and factory standards.
• Verifies, diagnoses and estimates repair work to be performed.
• Examines vehicle to determine if additional safety or service work is required and advises service advisor.
• Documents work performed (input story in computer) and keeps service advisors informed of status of vehicle.
• Responsible for completing all documentation to meet manufacture specifications.
• Road‑tests vehicles when required and to quality-check work performed.
• Supervises any apprentice technicians as assigned.
• Attends factory‑sponsored training classes and keeps abreast of manufacture updates and technical bulletins.
• Ensures that customers' cars are kept clean and returned in the condition received.
• Keeps shop area neat and clean and is able to account for all dealership‑owned tools at all times.
• Communicates with the parts department to obtain needed parts.
• Saves and tags parts if the job is under warranty or if requested by customer.
• Understands and follows federal, state and local regulations, such as disposal of hazardous waste and OSHA safety rules.
• Requires being at work on time and having satisfactory attendance.
• Any other duties assigned by management.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Individuals must have basic computer knowledge, ability to work well with others, be neat and clean, have good math skills, general mechanical skills, a positive attitude and be able to listen and follow directions. They should perform duties with little or no supervision, read and comprehend instructions and information, and be able to work weekends and overtime. They should be honest, ethical, dependable and a team player.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

High school diploma or the equivalent, two years of technical training or four or more years of related experience.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Must have a valid driver’s license with a good driving record.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; talk, hear, or smell; stand most of the day; and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions, moving mechanical parts, hazardous and nonhazardous materials, and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

NOTE: This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of responsibilities, skill, duties, requirements, efforts, or working conditions associated with the job. While this list is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, the dealership reserves the right to revise the functions and duties of the job or to require that additional or different tasks be performed when circumstances change.