What are the responsibilities and job description for the Heavy-Duty Vehicle Repair Technician position at Performance Foodservice?
About Us
At Performance Foodservice, we value the safety of our associates and strive to provide a safe and inclusive working environment. As a Diesel Technician - Class B, you will play a crucial role in keeping our associates safe by repairing, maintaining, and overhauling all company fleet diesel equipment to ensure a safe operation for associates' usage and ensure compliance standards are met.
Primary Responsibilities
As a key member of our team, the Diesel Technician - Class B will perform preventative maintenance of medium to heavy-duty trucks, trailers, reefer units, and convertor dollies under minimal supervision. Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:
At Performance Foodservice, we value the safety of our associates and strive to provide a safe and inclusive working environment. As a Diesel Technician - Class B, you will play a crucial role in keeping our associates safe by repairing, maintaining, and overhauling all company fleet diesel equipment to ensure a safe operation for associates' usage and ensure compliance standards are met.
Primary Responsibilities
As a key member of our team, the Diesel Technician - Class B will perform preventative maintenance of medium to heavy-duty trucks, trailers, reefer units, and convertor dollies under minimal supervision. Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:
- Completes and performs preventative maintenance on minor repairs and standard component inspections/repairs of fleet diesel equipment (tractors, trailers, refrigeration units). Identifies root cause of basic failures/conditions and performs repairs as required.
- Ensures equipment has required licensing and registration prior to being deemed as 'roadworthy'.
- Completes thorough documentation for work orders of repairs and preventative maintenance through the online Enterprise Asset Management system.
- Installs, replaces, and repairs onboard computers.
- Inspects brake systems, steering mechanisms, wheel bearings, and other important parts to ensure that they are in proper operating condition which may require replacement of parts.
- Performs routine maintenance such as changing oil, checking batteries and lubricating equipment and machinery requiring the use of hand tools such as screwdrivers, pliers, wrenches, pressure gauges, and precision instruments, as well as power tools such as pneumatic wrenches, welding equipment, and jacks and hoists.
- Trains/provides guidance to other Mechanics.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
