Diesel Mechanic Lead

State Tractor; Brookline, Rochester (MA, WA); On-site; USD 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled technician to lead a team in repairing medium and heavy-duty trucks. This role involves collaborating with service writers to provide accurate quotes, managing technician assignments, and ensuring high-quality repairs. With a focus on career growth, this position offers a supportive environment where your leadership skills can shine. Enjoy a range of benefits including medical coverage, paid time off, and a Simple IRA plan with company matching. If you're passionate about truck repair and ready to take the next step in your career, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Growing Career

Simple IRA Plan with 3% company matching

7 paid holidays per year

80 hours of PTO after 1 year

Medical, dental and vision benefits

Paid Weekly on Fridays

Career Growth Opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in medium and heavy truck repair with leadership skills.
• Strong understanding of diagnostic equipment and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Communicate with customers to assess repair needs and provide quotes.
• Assign work to technicians, monitor progress, and offer assistance.

Skills

Medium and heavy truck experience

Engine & aftertreatment systems experience

Diagnostic equipment experience

Fault tree understanding

Schematics understanding

Troubleshooting short circuits and low-voltage issues

A/C systems & component understanding

Hydraulic systems & component understanding

Leading and managing technicians

Job description

We are an industrial garage that specializes in the repair of vocational on-highway trucks. We repair medium- and heavy-duty trucks, as well as all components upfitted and attached to them, including, but not limited to, hydraulic power and driven systems, welders, cranes, high-rail gear, and more. We are seeking an experienced technician with leadership skills to lead the technicians who perform this work. We expect you to work closely with an on-highway service writer to quote work submitted for approval. This will include your involvement in sourcing and tracking the parts needed for the quotes. Additional expectations for you are to provide and assign work to the technicians, as well as offer any technical support they may need to complete the job. You must understand time management and stacking work in the queue.

Duties include

• Communicate with customers and assess their repair needs.
• Collaborate with the service writer to provide quotes for customer repairs.
• Work with the service writer and schedule work to be done.
• Assign work to technicians, monitor their progress, and assist them as needed.
• Manage tech time while clocked into work orders.
• Train technicians and evaluate.

Skills needed

• Medium and heavy truck experience.
• Engine & aftertreatment systems experience.
• Diagnostic equipment experience.
• Fault tree understanding.
• Schematics understanding.
• Experience in troubleshooting short circuits and low-voltage issues.
• A/C systems & component understanding.
• Hydraulic systems & component understanding.
• Leading and managing technicians.

Benefits

• Growing Career
• Simple IRA Plan with 3% company matching offered after 90 days.
• 7 paid holidays per year, including the day after Thanksgiving.
• 80 hours of PTO after 1 year.
• Medical, dental and vision benefits after 60 days.
• Paid Weekly on Fridays!
• Career Growth Opportunities
• Pay depending on experience - starting at $75,000 a year and up.