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Service Writer

Montana Peterbilt
Columbia, MT Full Time
POSTED ON 12/4/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/3/2026

Jackson Group Peterbilt is a family owned dealer group with facilities in multiple Pacific Northwest and Mountain West states. We offer career opportunities to people with all levels of experience and career goals.

We are in search of a highly motivated, qualified service advisor to join our team. This location represents Peterbilt, Cummins, Cat, and Paccar engines. We take pride in the fact that our facilities are clean, bright, modern, and the staff is friendly and hardworking. We offer an apprenticeship training program for entry-level technicians, continuous advanced training for experienced technicians, competitive pay, excellent family health insurance, PTO, paid holidays, and 401K w/ employer contribution.

Benefits include but not limited to:

  • Great working environment
  • Clean and organized shop
  • State of the art tools that are well maintained
  • Manufacturer training for Peterbilt, Cat, Cummins, Paccar, and more
  • Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays
  • 401K w/ employer contribution
  • Excellent health benefit plan

An ideal candidate is someone who wants to grow within this amazing company and is highly motivated and detail-oriented. This candidate will also need to work well with fellow employees and supervisors. If you are ready to be a part of an amazing team, apply now!

Requirements:
1-3 Years of applicable face-to-face customer service experience.

High attention to detail in preparing HD truck/automotive service documentation.

  • Verifies warranty and service contract coverage by examining records and papers; explaining provisions and exclusions.
  • Develops estimates by costing materials, supplies, and labor; calculating customer's payment, including deductibles.
  • Prepares repair orders (RO) by describing symptoms, problems, and causes discovered, as well as repairs and services required; obtaining approval signatures; entering RO into service database system.
  • Maintains customer rapport by explaining estimates and expected return of vehicle; obtaining customer's approval of estimates; obtaining and providing contact telephone numbers; answering questions and concerns; arranging towing and temporary transportation.
  • Maintains service records by recording problems and corrective actions planned.
  • Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading manufacturers' publications.
  • Enhances organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

Equal Opportunity Employer
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