Field Service Technician I - Lift Truck

Main Duties & Responsibilities

Primary Job Role

Repairs or replaces defective parts on machinery / equipment. Disassembles components and properly clean parts. Inspects components to ensure maximum parts are being reused to control repair costs. Tests, diagnoses and adjusts failures of equipment.

Creates repair estimates and submits information to substantiate quotes and estimates. Prepares all parts requisitions, time cards, or service reports, as requested by the supervisor. Ensures they are legible and accurate with sufficient detail for service accounting needs.

Monitors job expenses versus repair estimates and ensures that the lead person is aware of any cost over run, prior to the job being completed. Assumes the lead person position temporarily, as necessary.

Demonstrates utilization of dealer computer systems for work orders and other documentation.

Maintains a minimum set of tools required for job performance

Works in a neat, orderly, and safe manner while caring for and maintaining company machines / equipment.

Maintains personal company service literature, and maintains a high awareness of technical changes in the industry.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Essential Job Competencies

Safety

fully supports, encourages and follows safe work behavior, and considers safety of paramount importance in the workplace.

Job Specific Skills

Demonstrates the required depth and mastery of knowledge and skill associated with the job as identified in the Learning Management System (LMS) and other applicable sources. Demonstrates the effective application of the job specific knowledge, skills and ability required to resolve job related challenges in the workplace. Refer to job specific training requirements for the job identified in the LMS.

Coaching and Mentoring

Inspires and empowers team members to excel, providing timely productive feedback and guidance to stretch beyond their comfort levels to achieve specific, measurable and challenging goals. Builds productive relationships with team members, conveying confidence and expressing genuine appreciation for team member contributions. Explains to team members the importance of the work they do.

Managing Change

Demonstrates support for innovation and for organizational changes needed to improve the organization's effectiveness. Helps individuals and groups manage the anxiety associated with significant change. Establishes processes to manage the orderly implementation of change.

Valuing Diversity

Helps create a work environment that encourages and appreciates workforce diversity. Seeks different points of view and leverages diverse perspectives in group processes and decision-making. Respects the contributions of all individuals. Strives to eliminate barriers to diversity. Understands multigenerational and multicultural workforce trends.

Communication

Uses active listening skills, conveying information with the appropriate medium that is clear and easily understood. Uses feedback to verify effective and accurate communication has occurred. Ensures that others having a need to know are kept informed about developments, progress, problems and plans through consistent, effective communication. Avoids surprises.

Information Gathering

Checks all appropriate sources in identifying the information needed for analysis and decision making. Uses skillful methods in obtaining high quality relevant information. Checks work to ensure accuracy and completeness. Compares observations or finished work to what is expected to find inconsistencies. Clearly documents sources, and organizes the information according to the research needs.

Planning and Organizing

Creates realistic schedules and follows them. Evaluates progress against schedule and goal. Identifies the sequence of tasks and the resources needed to achieve a goal, and prioritizes key action steps. Anticipates the impacts / risks of actions. Seeks and uses others' input about critical actions, timelines, sequencing, scope, methodology, expected outcomes, and priorities. Adjusts plans based on input.

Innovative

Sees old problems as opportunities for creative problem solving while staying within the parameters of good practice. Develops and fosters better, faster, or less expensive ways to do things. Thinks in terms of desired outcomes, not just reactive, quick solutions. Energized by any challenge that stands in the way. Remains agile and adapts in a high degree of ambiguity.

Customer Oriented

Demonstrates concern for satisfying external and / or internal customers. Responsive, quickly and effectively addresses customer concerns or problems. Assures customers he / she is willing to work with them to meet their needs. Presents a cheerful, positive manner with customers.

Company Overview

In 1962, Ring Power Corporation became a full-line Caterpillar dealer in North Florida, and later expanded its authorized territory to include Central Florida.

Today, Ring Power Corporate headquarters in St. Augustine oversees the operations of 18 branch locations throughout the state of Florida, including large regional facilities in Tampa and Orlando and crane and forklift sales and service facilities in Pompano. Ring Power also has eight facilities outside of Florida - The Carolinas, Georgia, Texas & Tennessee- to serve the needs of other specialized industries and customers.

Ring Power Corporation has become one of the largest Caterpillar dealers in the Southeastern United States through dedication to the mission of customer service. In order to preserve the "Customers First" reputation that Ring Power was built on, we continually train our employees and work closely with our customers to assure complete satisfaction, especially after the sale.

Currently, more than 2,300 employees at 20+ locations throughout Florida and the United States work hard to provide the highest quality construction equipment, backed by responsive, professional service and support at every level.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Formal Education

High School diploma or GED

Experience

7 or more years

Required / Credentials

Able to easily and effectively comprehend written material and communicate orally and in writing with employees and customers.

Must posses a valid Class E Driver's License.

Not Required but Highly Desired Criteria

A specialized technical course or equivalent years experience as a Technician preferred.

Updating of Knowledge

Job requirements occasionally change requiring re-training to stay current every 3-5 years.

Responsibility for Change, Innovation, Overall Improvement, and / or Effectiveness

Problem Solving

Job requires complex problem solving ability with little guidance. Independent research and analysis are sometimes required to develop solutions.

Creativity

Job requires some creativity to generate solutions or improve effectiveness within well-established boundaries.

Autonomy

Job is not monitored. Involvement in determining overall objectives is encouraged. Use of discretion in how the work is done, setting priorities and decision making is expected. Achieving desired outcomes is evaluated with little emphasis on process.

Working Environment

Stress Load

Regular exposure to these stresses (20-80% of the time).

Workload Fluctuation

Job involves occasional changes in priorities, complexity and / or quantity of work.

Work Schedule

Work is typically performed during regular business hours with occasional requirements to work nights, holidays and weekends.

Organizational Impact

A person's performance in this job has

significant

immediate impact on expense, efficiencies or achievement of overall department

and

company objectives.

Supervisory Responsibility

Job has no subordinates / no supervisory responsibility (may work independently or as a member of a team)

Physical Demands

"NA"

Not Applicable

"O"

Occasionally - (up to 3 hours / day)

"F"

Frequently - (3-6 hours / day)

"C"

Constantly - (6-8 hours / day)

F : Climbing

O : Balancing

O : Stooping

F : Kneeling

F : Crouching

O : Crawling

F : Reaching

C : Standing

F : Sitting

F : Walking

O : Feeling

F : Fingering

F : Grasping

F : Repetitive Motion

C : Talking

C : Hearing

F : Pushing - Up to 25 lbs.

F : Pulling - Up to 25 lbs.

F : Lifting - Up to 25 lbs.

O : Pushing - 26-50 lbs

O : Pulling - 26-50 lbs.

O : Lifting - 26-50 lbs.

O : Pushing - Over 50 lbs.

O : Pulling - Over 50 lbs.

O : Lifting - Over 50 lbs.

Environmental Conditions

"NA"

Not Applicable

"O"

Occasionally - (up to 3 hours / day)

"F"

Frequently - (3-6 hours / day)

"C"

Constantly - (6-8 hours / day)

C : Inside conditions : Protection from weather but not necessarily from temperature change. O : Outside environmental conditions : No effective protection from weather. F : Extreme cold : Temperatures below 32 degrees for periods of more than one hour. F : Extreme heat : Temperatures above 100 degrees for periods of more than one hour. F : Noise : sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout to be heard above the ambient noise level F : Vibration : Exposure to oscillating movements of the extremities of whole body. F : Hazards : Includes a variety of physical conditions (i.e. proximity to moving mechanical parts, electrical current, working in high places, exposure to heat and / or chemicals. F : Atmospheric conditions : One or more of the following conditions that affect the respiratory system or the skin : Fumes, odors, dust, mists, gases or poor ventilation. F : Oils : There is air and / or skin exposure to oils and other cutting fluids. O : Air particulates / contaminants : the worker is required to wear respirator.

RING POWER CORPORATION, INC. IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

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