Job Details

Yard Technician

Holt of California is proud to be part of the elite group of Caterpillar dealers worldwide. We sell and service a wide-variety of equipment including large and small construction tractors, forklifts, and prime/stand-by-power generation.

This position is locatedin Pleasant Grove, CA. Position summary: Equipment yard technician positions are for individuals that are energetic, eager to learn and grow their careers. In this position the ideal candidate will have the opportunity to start their career while working through the different track levels by learning and growing their knowledge, skills, and abilities.

At Holt of California, we are the customer's first choice in the equipment rental from small construction equipment to large dozers. We are the customer best choice for their needs. Along with that we take pride in providing careers not just jobs, careers where our employees can take their knowledge, skills, and abilities to a wide range of opportunities.

Qualifications requirements: The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Clean equipment
• Learn and work on the steam rack
• Forklift operations
• Contamination control of yard
• Introduction to equipment controls and safety
• Greet customers immediately upon arriving at the store. Checking equipment in and out.
• Verify that equipment is in good mechanical and safe operating condition.
• Red tag equipment that is in need of repair.
• Responsible for adding oil, airing times, cleaning, and replacing minor parts and accessories on equipment.
• Place equipment ready for rent in the proper location and in uniform position.
• Assist drivers with loading and unloading and unchaining as necessary.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Skills:

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, and other employees of the organization.
• Ability to fulfill the essential functions in a consistent state of alertness and safe manner.
• Ability to add, subtracts, multiply and divides in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form.

Education and/or experience: High school or GED and one to two years related yard experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Certificates, licenses, registrations: Must have a valid driver license and a clean DMV driving report.

Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and use hands and fingers to handle and feel objects, tools, and controls and to reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to climb or balance and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.

The employee must regularly fit 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, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts and is regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The employee frequently works in outside weather conditions and is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals and vibration. The employee occasionally works in high, precarious places. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Compensation: Wage range $19.00 to $21.00 hourly. Wage depends on knowledge, skills and ability to perform the responsibilities of the job.

Holt is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/V/DV. Holt provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, all applicable veteran status or disabled veteran status.