Fleet Mechanic Delivery

Builders FirstSource; Bradenton (FL); On-site; USD 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Fleet Mechanic Trainee to join their team. This role is essential in ensuring the maintenance and repair of the fleet, which involves diagnosing issues, installing parts, and ensuring safety standards are met. The ideal candidate will possess strong mechanical skills and a commitment to quality and safety. If you're ready to kickstart your career in a hands-on environment with opportunities for growth, this position offers the perfect starting point. Join a company that values dedication and hard work, and be part of a team that keeps operations running smoothly.

Qualifications

• Ability to perform essential duties satisfactorily.
• 1-3 months related experience or training preferred.

Responsibilities

• Repairs and maintains the fleet by diagnosing malfunctions.
• Installs and replaces parts, including engines and transmissions.

Skills

Problem solving

Quality control

Mechanical skills

Mathematical skills

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Fleet Mechanic Trainee - Lead (Depending on Qualifications)

Repairs and maintains the Builders FirstSource fleet by performing the following duties. Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

1. Reads job order and observes and listens to truck in operation to determine malfunction and to plan work procedures.
2. Installs new ignition systems, aligns front wheels, changes or recharges batteries, and replaces transmissions and other parts.
3. Overhauls gas or diesel engines.
4. Examines protective guards, loose bolts, and safety devices on trucks, making adjustments as necessary.
5. Lubricates moving parts and drives repaired truck to verify conformance to specifications.
6. Fabricates special lifting or towing attachments, hydraulic systems, shields, or other devices according to blueprints or schematic drawings.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Core Competencies

1. Problem solving: Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner.
2. Quality: Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; looks for ways to improve and promote quality; monitors own work to ensure quality.
3. Quantity: Meets productivity standards; completes work in a timely manner; strives to increase productivity; works quickly.
4. Safety and Security: Observes safety and security procedures; reports unsafe conditions; uses equipment properly.
5. Attendance/Punctuality: Consistently at work and on time; ensures responsibilities are covered when absent; punctual for meetings and appointments.

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 accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.

• Education and/or Experience: High school diploma or GED; or 1-3 months related experience/training; or equivalent.
• Language Skills: Ability to read and comprehend instructions, memos; write simple correspondence.
• Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide with 10's and 100's.
• Reasoning Ability: Apply common sense to carry out instructions; deal with standardized problems.

Physical Demands

Regularly required to stand, handle, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl; frequently reach with hands and arms; occasionally walk, sit, climb, balance, talk, hear; lift/move up to 50 pounds; specific vision abilities required include close vision, depth perception, focus adjustment.

Work Environment

Frequently exposed to outside weather conditions; occasionally to moving mechanical parts, high places, fumes, airborne particles, chemicals; moderate noise level.