Heavy-duty Truck Mechanic

Company: Betts
Location: Sacramento
Posted on: January 27, 2023

Job Description:

Description: Are you looking for a new and rewarding career opportunity? Are you ready to join a solid team of passionate individuals? Betts Truck Parts and Service has a wonderful job opening in our Sacramento Branch. Our Service Technicians repair and overhaul brake, suspension, and steering-related systems. We work on a variety of automobiles, buses, trucks, trailers, and other vehicles. Betts is a family-owned company in business for over 150 years. We specialize in parts and service work for suspensions, brakes, wheel ends, and more on a variety of vehicles. We currently operate 8 locations on the west coast and offer competitive compensation packages, benefits, vacation time, and paid holidays. Our Sacramento store is open Monday through Friday 7:30 am - 5 pm. Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Positively represents Betts to all customers, vendors associates, and other contacts in a respectful and professional manner.
• Examines vehicle and discusses with Service Manager the nature and extent of damage or malfunction.
• Completes paperwork documenting parts needed and description of work to be performed.
• Replaces components such as springs, walking beams, u-bolts, hangers, torque arms, equalizers, kingpins, drag links, air systems, shocks, brakes, and other suspensions, and steering-related parts. Requirements:
  • Basic knowledge of functions of air brake systems.
  • Ability to properly use a cutting torch and have the capability to weld.
  • Understanding of brake hydraulic systems including testing.
  • Understanding of steering and suspension components.
  • Ability to measure components and verify if they are in or out of specifications. Education Completion of a four-year apprentice training program in heavy-duty vehicle equipment repair, or four years of equivalent experience in heavy-duty vehicle equipment repair. Completion of a heavy-duty vehicle repair program from a recognized college or vocational school of at least two years duration may substitute for one year of the required experience. PI202050920

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