Tire Technician

Austal; Livonia (MI); On-site; USD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading equipment dealer as a Tire Technician in Livonia, MI. You'll be responsible for installing tires on material handling equipment and ensuring operational efficiency. Enjoy competitive wages, outstanding benefits, and a culture that values excellence and respect.

Benefits

Company Fuel Card

Company Paid Cell Phone

Tool Insurance

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Outstanding Benefits Package

401(k) with Match

Company Uniforms Provided

Qualifications

• Previous tire industry experience preferred.
• Valid Chauffeurs License required.

Responsibilities

• Install tires on forklifts and material handling equipment.
• Safely operate a 26-foot box truck.
• Maintain company truck and perform inspections.

Skills

Mechanical Aptitude

Communication

Tools

Forklift

Hydraulic Tire Press

Pneumatic Impact Wrench

Torque Wrench

Job description

Come work for the largest equipment dealer in North America! Are you a Technician/Mechanic with auto, diesel, agricultural, material handling, lift truck or heavy equipment repair experience? If so, then we want you on our team!

Technicians are at the backbone of our organization; therefore, we provide them with the tools and resources to be successful:

• Company fuel card
• Company paid cell phone
• Tool insurance
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Outstanding benefits package offering Dental, Vision, and 100% employer paid Medical insurance premiums, plus much more!)
• 401(k) with match
• Competitive wages
• Company uniforms provided
  
  

Responsibilities

Our Material Handling Group is seeking a full-time Tire Technician for our Livonia, MI branch. Tire technicians will provide professional installation of industrial tires on material handling equipment. The primary responsibilities of the position consist of, but are not limited to:

• Install tires on various material handling equipment, primarily forklifts
• Safely operate a single axle 26-foot box truck with a self-contained industrial tire press
• Ensure work orders are filled out correctly
• Put away tires/stock in warehouse
• Load trucks daily with inventory needed, unload scrap at end of day
• Maintain company truck (wash/clean, check fluids, daily walk around inspection)
• Fill out monthly truck inspection/condition form
• Maintain professional appearance
• Incorporate Alta's Guiding Principles into daily activities
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Consistent, regular, and reliable attendance including being ready for work at the designated start time
  
  

Qualifications

• Previous tire industry experience is preferred
• Experience operating a forklift, hydraulic tire press, pneumatic impact and torque wrench is preferred
• Good mechanical aptitude
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Valid Chauffeurs License with a clean driving record is required
• DOT Medical Certification required upon hire
• Language Skills - Basic: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations, to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
• Mathematical Skills - Basic: Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.
• Reasoning Ability - Intermediate: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
  
  

Physical Demands/Work Environment

• Physical/Sensory Functions: Regularly will use hands, talk/hear; Frequently will stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel crouch or crawl; Occasionally will climb or balance, taste/smell
• Vision: No special vision requirements
• Lift and/or Move Functions: Frequently will lift from 25 to 100+ pounds
• Work Environment: Regularly will work near moving mechanical parts, vibration; Frequently will work in outdoor weather conditions; Occasionally will work in wet or humid conditions (non-weather related), fumes or airborne particles, extreme hear (non-weather related), risk of electrical shock
  
  

About Alta

Culture is Job #1. Alta Equipment Group prides itself in living by our Guiding Principles: Invest in the Best, Passion for Excellence, Customers for Life, Mutual Respect and One Team. More than an equipment company, Alta is an innovator of solutions, delivering diverse products and unrivaled support centered on building lasting customer relationships.

If you have a passion for excellence and are ready to make a difference within our organization, we're ready for you. Whether it's selling the world's-best big iron, rolling up your sleeves and servicing our industry-leading construction and material handling product brands or being a difference maker behind the scenes, we can use your skillset.

At Alta Equipment Group, we believe in mutual respect and are committed to diversity while inspiring our employees to reach their maximum potential. Voted a "Top Work Place USA", our employees across North America are committed to excellence. It's the Alta way.

So, let's start the conversation. Click the link to apply and begin the journey of a lifetime.

• Livonia, MI, USA