Full Benefits!
- 100% employer-paid medical
- 401k with company match
- Vision and Dental...and more!
Duties and Responsibilities
- Maintain, repair, and overhaul all types of powered industrial forklifts (gas, electric, or propane) and other company and warehouse mobile equipment
- Inspect and test equipment at prescribed intervals of time or usage or because of breakdown or malfunction
- Immediately remove any potentially dangerous equipment from service
- Inspect, test, and align lights and wheels and maintains electrical systems and controls
- Disassemble, inspect, and replace worn or broken parts
- Grind and fit parts as required to maintain or overhaul motors, transmissions, clutches, rear ends, steering devices, brakes and wheels, lifts, hoists, and hydraulic systems
- Test drive repaired equipment before turning over to operators
- Change batteries or propane tanks as determined by vehicle design
- Charge batteries and maintain battery fluid at prescribed level
- Clean battery connectors
- Stores empty propane tanks safely in outside storage cage
- Maintain records of vehicle maintenance and parts usage
- May repaint vehicles
- Work with electrician on complex electrical problems on truck
- May assist in loading/unloading propane tanks from outside supplier's truck
- Order repair parts from stores department or designated outside suppliers
- Notify supervisor of potentially dangerous equipment noted and corrective action taken
- Punctuality and regular attendance is mandatory
- Other duties and assignments as requested by management
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Knowledge of minor forklift equipment repair and maintenance
- Knowledge of occupational hazards and standard safety precautions
- Must wear protective equipment such as goggles, face shield, gloves, and work apron
- Frequently involves heavy lifting, pulling (up to 50 pounds) or working in awkward positions or lying on back on auto mechanic's "creeper," working beneath truck
- Close mental and visual effort
- Perform a variety of minor repair, replacement, and maintenance tasks on heavy and light equipment
- Understand and carry out oral and written instructions
- Use and care of tools used in equipment repair work
- Operate a two-way radio and telephone
- Must be able to be to work on time with good attendance
