What are the responsibilities and job description for the Used Car Technician - Reconditioning Center position at McDonald Automotive?
What Makes Us Different?
- Competitive Pay: Top-tier compensation with the potential for performance-based bonuses, overtime pay, and generous incentives. Ask us about our Techs Referring Techs Program!
- State-of-the-Art Facilities: With advanced tools and technology in a clean, modern, and fully equipped service center. We are always looking for ways to improve efficiency, cleanliness, and safety in our workspaces.
- Career Growth: We are dedicated to creating employees for life—whether it’s through skill development, leadership training, or pathways to advanced positions.
- Compensation Overview: This role is based on flagged hours.
Experience & Qualifications Needed:
- Valid driver’s license and clean driving record
- Automotive trade or technical school is preferred
- ASE certification is preferred
- 1–3 years of automotive technician experience is required
- Ability to drive and handle various vehicle makes, models, and sizes
- Mechanical and troubleshooting skills and ability to operate electronic diagnostic equipment team-oriented, flexible, and focused on maintaining a high level of customer service.
- Working knowledge of shop equipment such as wheel and tire equipment, electrical, engine, alignment systems, diagnostic equipment, AC equipment, etc.
Essential Duties and Major Responsibilities:
- Diagnoses and repairs vehicles to specifications, ensuring they are safe to drive by test-driving vehicles, testing components and systems, and using equipment such as infrared engine analyzers, compression gauges, and computerized diagnostic devices
- Examines vehicles to determine the extent of damage or malfunctions
- Tears down, repair, replace, and/or rebuild faulty assemblies such as power systems, steering systems, linkages, pistons, rods, gears, valves, and bearings
- Disassembles units and inspects parts for wear using micrometers, calipers, and gauges
- Rewires ignition systems, lights, and instrument panels and repairs manual and automatic transmissions
- Closely inspect parts like hoses, belts, plugs, fuel systems, and other items
- Adequately explains the technical diagnosis and required repairs to non-mechanical individuals
- Follows Company safety policies and practices and immediately reports all accidents to the Manager/Supervisor
- Assists with other duties as assigned
- Follow scheduled hours as needed, defined by your manager
What We Offer:
- Competitive 401k / 401k matching
- Medical / Dental / Vision Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – free, confidential counseling
- PTO Accrual
- Health Savings Account
- Flexible Spending Account
- Voluntary Life and AD&D
- Employee Discounted Pricing on Parts, Vehicles, and Service
Salary : $25 - $40