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Diesel Technician

Nextran Truck Centers
Decatur, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 1/11/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/22/2025

Job Description

Job Description

Nextran Truck Centers Diesel Service Technician - Decatur, Illinois

Are you looking to further develop your profession into a career? Are you driven by opportunity? Nextran Truck Centers is hiring!

Our Employees Benefit from :

Career Paths || Network of 25 Dealerships || Disability Insurance || Paid Time Off || Nextran Paid Life Insurance

Family Centered Values || Medical and Dependent Care FSA || 401(k) Retirement Plan with Match || Company-Paid Holidays || EAP

Great Medical, Dental, & Vision Benefits || Social Responsibility Opportunities || 28 Years of Industry Experience || Professional Growth

Pay : Non-Exempt position : $ Wage based on an individual’s skills, certifications, education, and years of experience.

Hours of Work : Monday through Friday : 7 : 00 a.m. – 5 : 00 p.m. &

Saturday 7 : 00 a.m. – 12 : 00 p.m.

Apply Before : February 28, 2025

Drug Testing required

Background Check required

Physical Abilities Test required

The Diesel Service Technician at Nextran Truck Centers is a skilled position that is responsible for repairing and maintaining our customer’s Medium & Heavy-Duty Trucks. This includes preventative maintenance, repairs, disassembly and reassembly, and writing detailed work notes.

Essential Duties

  • Performs work as outlined on repair order with efficiency and accuracy, in accordance with dealership and factory standards.
  • Communicates with the parts department to obtain needed parts.
  • Saves and tags parts of the job if under warranty or if requested by the customer.
  • Documents all work performed and recommended on the repair order.
  • Reports machinery defects or malfunctions to the supervisor.
  • Ensures that the vehicle is kept clean. Notifies service advisor / dispatcher immediately of anything that has happened to change the appearance or condition of the vehicle.
  • Maintains and is accountable for all dealership-owned tools and manuals. Return them to the proper place and in the same condition as when they were received.
  • Understands, keeps abreast of, and complies with federal, state, and local regulations, such as hazardous waste disposal, OSHA Right-to-Know, etc. Keeps abreast of manufacturer technical bulletins.
  • Operates all tools / equipment in a safe manner and reports any safety issues immediately to management.

Skills and Qualifications

  • High School Diploma and / or GED required
  • Basic computer skills
  • Up to Two years related experience and / or training as a technician.
  • Must have clean driving record (MVR)
  • Must have valid driver license and / or prefer CDL license
  • Mathematical Skills

    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.

    Reasoning Ability

    Ability to solve problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations with only limited resources. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

    Physical Demands

    The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

    While performing the duties of this job, the employee is

  • Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.
  • Use of torque wrenches, air powered tools or hand tools.
  • Use of arms in a raised position above shoulder level for prolong periods of time. Use of creeper or rolling device to enable tech to work underneath vehicle.
  • The employee frequently is required to walk; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.
  • The employee is required to stand and sit for extended periods of time (hours) while making repairs.
  • Entry or exit from the cab of the vehicle.
  • Climb to a safe position to access the engine compartment area, firewall or roof of a vehicle to perform repairs.
  • The employee must regularly lift and / or move up to 50 pounds, frequently lift and / or move up to 100 pounds, and occasionally lift and / or move more than 100 pounds.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
  • Ability to push / pull large tool chest from vehicle to vehicle.
  • Work Environment

    The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

    Essential duties and related qualifications may be changed as needed to meet the changing demands of the organization. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Nextran Truck Centers is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and a Drug Free Workplace.

    We are a network of commercial truck dealerships committed to providing the best products and services through highly skilled associates who are focused on delivering the lowest life-cycle cost to our customers. Spanning the Southeast and Midwest United States, we provide sales, parts, and service for several leading brands, including Mack, Volvo, Isuzu, GMC, Ford, Hino, and Kalmar Ottawa. EEO Employe

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