Assistant Equipment Technician

SUMMARY 

An Equipment technician’s Manager is responsible for analyzing root causes of equipment failures and proposing corrective actions. Provide round-the-clock support for clients and troubleshoot their equipment problems and concerns. Perform regular inspections to identify and correct equipment malfunctions, repairs, and replacements. Help assemble, test, and maintain company equipment and read and understand equipment operations and maintenance manuals. Provide employee assistance and on-the-job training when requested and propose improvements to enhance equipment reliability and performance. Perform major and mechanical repairs on a variety of gasoline and diesel power equipment.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Oversees the daily workflows, scheduling, and assignments of the equipment.
• Train and assess other technicians.
• Conducts performance evaluations that are timely and constructive.
• Supervises the maintenance, care, and efficient operation of all equipment.
• Purchases repair parts and replacement supplies, maintains records of preventative maintenance, repairs made, parts ordered.
• Reviews expenses and purchases with department Director for approval. Places orders for parts/ supplies as needed for equipment or service and tracks expenses and inventories for budget purposes.
• Helps to control costs and expenses in the maintenance of the equipment fleet relating to parts purchases, inventory levels, service work, fuel inventories and related items.
• Maintains up-to-date working knowledge of light and heavy construction and maintenance equipment and automotive apparatus. Skilled in the use of a wide variety of equipment repair tools and in the making of various types of mechanical repairs.  
• Diagnoses mechanical troubles and schedules appropriate preventive maintenance work. 
• Inspects, adjusts, diagnoses and repairs mechanical defects in many types of golf course maintenance equipment. 
• Performs mower grinding/sharpening, performs general overhaul of motors, reels, install and adjusts braking systems. 
• Performs machining or welding work in making fittings used in repair of maintenance equipment. 
• Incorporates safe work practices in job performance.
• Maintains flexibility to take on new and different tasks as directed by the department manager. 
• Attend staff meeting.

Skills/ Abilities:

• Knowledge of the theory, care and operation of internal combustion engines, hydraulic systems and mowing equipment maintenance such as grinding, sharpening and adjustment.  
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence; to speak before groups of customers or associates of the organization. 
• Ability to apply basic mathematical skills.

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

Education/Experience: 

• High School or equivalent education required.  Certificate from college or technical school; or three to six months related experience and/or education; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Valid driver’s license. 
• Mechanics Certificate from Gas and Diesel Engine Training Seminar. 

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to physically reach, bend, stoop, kneel, and lift up to 100 pounds.
• Must be able to work under variable temperature conditions (extreme heat or cold, indoors/outdoors)
• Must be able to work around chemicals, dust, fumes and/or odor hazards. 
• Regularly works in outdoor weather conditions and may face the risk of electrical shock or encounter fumes or airborne pathogens. 
• Must be able to work in a loud environment and in areas near moving mechanical parts.  

Ventana Canyon is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Ventana Canyon makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

Position starts at $17.00/HR DOE, Overtime available.  Schedule will be Sunday - Thursday 5:30 am - 2:00 pm.  Sign on Bonus Available.  Free Lunch daily, medical, dental, vision and 401K.

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