Battery Road Technician

Classification

Non-Exempt

Job Summary

The Battery Road Technician is responsible for installing, servicing and repairing equipment to include flooded and sealed batteries, chargers, and DC power distribution equipment.

Essential Functions

•Performs Preventative Maintenance inspections of customer’s batteries, chargers, battery handling equipment, and battery changing/charging area and records data.

•Replaces defective parts, reassembles battery, and fuses lead parts with gas torch.

•Waters, Washes, cleans, and neutralizes customer’s batteries at customer ‘s location.

•Installs equipment at customer's facility to ensure full functionality according to specifications.

•Provides on-site technical assistance to help troubleshoot and repair equipment.

•Maintains records of performance reports.

•Provides a communication link between the customer and the company to help ensure that effective service is provided to the customer.

•Occasionally download battery and charger data via a monitoring device and use the information to repair or correct battery/charger problems in accordance with the customer’s operation.

•Follows all company policies and procedures as listed, but not limited to: warranty, safety, environmental, OSHA, DOT Hazmat, and ISO9000.

•Must be able and willing to operate forklift.

Qualifications

•Associate's degree or equivalent from a two-year College or technical school preferred. 

•Qualified applicants will have experience in trouble-shooting and repairing battery powered equipment. 

•The candidate must have basic computer skills. 

•Maintains good work habits and presents a favorable business image towards customers served by the company. 

•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. 

•Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs. 

•Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. 

•A basic electrical understanding.

•Must own proper tools to perform required repairs

Typical Physical Activity

While performing the duties of this job, the employee must have the ability to occasionally lift 75 pounds from floor to chest; reach and use the arms with a full range of motion; endure prolonged standing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and squatting while performing mechanical operations; exert push and pull forces with the arms in order to use various wrenches and tools; endure prolonged forward and overhead arm positions while performing mechanical operations; use hands to grasp hand tools and parts and climb onto and operate equipment.

Typical Environmental Conditions

Employee regularly works around moving mechanical parts. May be exposed to weather extremes when working outside in conditions that include inclement weather, heat, cold, and humidity. Noise level may be loud at times. Exposure to small quantities of chemicals, dust, steam, high-pressure water, and high-speed rotating equipment. Requires wearing common protective or safety equipment. Required to perform work in cramped spaces and/or high places.

The Battery Road Technician must perform the essential duties and responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodation efficiently and accurately, and without causing significant safety threat to self or others. The statements made herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this job classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive and inclusive list of all responsibilities, duties, and/or skills required of personnel so classified.