Driveline Shop Associate

Fleetpride; Toledo (OH); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

FleetPride is the nation’s largest distributor of heavy‑duty parts and services. A hands‑on assembler role involves fabricating and repairing driveshafts, reading blueprints, and ensuring quality per company standards. The position emphasizes safety, teamwork, and on‑the‑job training of new staff.

Based in the Toledo area, this on‑site role requires physical readiness to lift parts and operate fabrication equipment while maintaining productivity and accuracy throughout shifts.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to convey information clearly and accurately.
• Ability to learn new processes and adapt to changes.
• Strong time management and prioritization skills.
• Basic math skills for gauging measurements and calculations.
• Logical reasoning to evaluate problems and solutions.
• Ability to coordinate tasks with teammates.

Responsibilities

• Check-in core parts.
• Fabricate and assemble drive shafts.
• Read blueprints when provided for custom fabrication.
• Repair drive shafts to company standards.
• Operate washers and boxing station; maintain cleanliness.
• Train new employees on equipment use and safety.
• Follow-up to ensure results are achieved.
• Keep supplies and work areas clean per safety rules.

Skills

Communication

Active Learning

Time Management

Mathematics

Critical Thinking

Coordination

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

FleetPride is the largest after-market distributor of heavy-duty truck and trailer parts in the U.S. with some of the best and brightest people in the business!

Essential Tasks

• Check-in core parts.
• Fabricate and assemble drive shafts.
• Read blueprints when furnished by the customer for special fabrication and assembly of the driveshaft.
• Repair drive shafts according to company standards.
• Operate washers and other cleaning equipment as well as boxing station.
• Train new employees on the proper use and maintenance of equipment and facilities utilized in the performance of their job.
• Follow-up to ensure results are achieved.
• Clean and maintain supplies, tools, equipment, and storage areas in order to ensure compliance with safety regulations.

Skills

• Communicating: Conveying information to others in an effective manner. Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Active Learning: Understanding the implication of new information for both current and future problem‑solving and decision‑making.
• Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Mathematics: Ability to solve simple equations; ability to use mathematics to solve problems.
• Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others’ actions.

Attributes

Physical Demands Handling of normal stock will include lifting or carrying parts in excess of 60 lbs. up to 15% of the time. Majority of lifting and carrying will involve parts between 5 and 60 lbs.

Environmental / Atmospheric Conditions

Inside/Outside Conditions, Varied Temperature Changes, Minimal Chemical Hazards, Vibration, Dust, Vehicle Noise, Fumes Equipment OSHA approved steel-toed safety shoes required from the first day of this job. Protective eyewear required from the first day of this job.

Qualifications Education

High School Diploma ( GED or High School Equivalence Certificate)

FleetPride is the leader in the industry comprised of retail, service, distribution and wholesale divisions.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Headquartered in Irving, TX, FleetPride is the nation’s largest distributor of heavy duty parts and service in the independent heavy duty aftermarket. FleetPride’s sophisticated network of over 450 locations, more than 110 service centers, and six distribution centers ensures customers get the parts and services they need, when and where they need them.

We also offer heavy duty expertise with some of the best and brightest people in the industry. FleetPride offers career opportunities for self‑motivated professionals and now boasts more than 5,500 experts who are empowered and driven to create tailored solutions and solve problems for each customer’s unique needs.