Southland Holding is seeking resumes for a Equipment Technician in DFW to assist with the troubleshooting, maintenance and repair of various pieces of equipment used. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Understand and comply with all federal, state, and company health, safety, and environmental requirements

• Material handling and procurement

• Currently pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET), Diesel Technology, or Automotive Technology

• Ability to freely access all points of a construction site in a wide-ranging climates and environments

• Highly motivated, with a demonstrated passion for excellence and taking initiative

• Strong work ethic, willing to do what it takes to get the job done right the first time

• Create and maintain tool/filter lists and documentation

• Inspections of equipment and parts

• Logistics management and communication

• Long/short range equipment planning, scheduling, and budgeting

• Planning and paperwork processing to prepare for critical lifts

• Use reliability and failure analysis data to increase equipment availability and reliability

• Establish and maintain communications between all levels of supervision and management

• Support of craft maintenance technicians – ordering parts, manage inventory, schedule crews, and manage quality and safety

• Specialty projects as needed

Other Skills and Abilities

• Must be able to legally work in the United States.

• Must be willing to work in a drug-free environment and agree to a post offer drug test.

• Must be willing to work safely and keep OSHA recordable incidents to a minimum.

• The candidate must have excellent diagnostic skills and a willingness to continue to improve technical knowledge and ability.

• The ability to communicate well and get along with others is an important attribute for the success of this position.

• This candidate must possess a professional attitude, as well as the willingness to work the necessary hours to meet all customer needs.

Education and/or Experience     

The candidate must have a minimum of technical training on diesel and/or heavy equipment experience. 

Pay: $19-$23

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Compliance with all safety and company policies and procedures is a must. The candidate must have a valid Driver's License and a good driving record. A CDL License would be a plus.

Language Skills

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general shop manuals, periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.  Ability to write reports, and procedure manuals.  Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, and customers.

Mathematical Skills        

Ability to work with accounting concepts and related calculations.  Individual should some level of business acumen, including knowledge of fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Reasoning Ability

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

Computer Skills

Work with current computer systems in the diagnostics and repair of equipment

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.

The employee must lift a variety of parts and tools, which can weigh up to 75 pounds. Many of the repair tasks must be performed in awkward positions such as lying on the back, crouching, squatting, kneeling, and stooping. Assistance is not generally available. They must endure prolonged forward and overhead arm positions while repairing the equipment. They must be able to use the hands to grasp tools and parts.

Work Environment

Generally this position will work in a shop environment but may have to from time to time go into the field and repair equipment

EOE Statement

Southland Holdings is an Equal Opportunity Employer and employment selection is based on merit, qualifications, and abilities.  Southland Holdings does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, Veteran status or any other characteristics.

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