About This Role
Working on heavy-duty vehicles, this permanent full-time position is for an experienced mid-level diesel technician to support the truck fleet at Ryder. The role involves performing vehicle maintenance and repair duties, diagnosing mechanical and electronic problems, and ensuring compliance with safety guidelines.
Responsibilities
- Perform vehicle maintenance and repair duties
- Perform standard vehicle maintenance
- Perform standard component inspections and repairs
- Perform preventive maintenance
- Diagnose standard mechanical and electronic problems, utilizing diagnostic computer when applicable
- Identify root cause of basic failures/conditions and perform repairs as required
- Replace defective components as instructed
- Perform facility maintenance duties
- Interact with customers/drivers to properly determine nature of complaint once assigned a task
- Utilize key functions of Shop Management System and electronic documentation available
- Work in accordance with all federal/provincial and corporate compliance guidelines (i.e., safety, DOT, MOT)
- Perform other support duties as required to support operations, including Service Island support
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent preferred
- Vocational or Technical Certification preferred
- Post Secondary degree or Technical Certifications preferred
- Basic tools required
- Demonstrated aptitude and applied experience in mechanical repair of automotive gas or diesel engines, including routine preventative maintenance (oil changes, brake and tire work) required
- Two (2) years or more of a combination of classroom training and work experience in required experience preferred
- Valid Commercial Driver License (CDL) CLASS A preferred
- Must be able to obtain CDL within 6 months after hire
- Pass a Ryder Drug Test
- Pass a DOT physical
- Pass a Ryder road test
- Pass a Ryder Background and Motor vehicle check including drug and alcohol verification from previous employers for the last 3 years
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision after 30 days
- PTO starting Day 1, up to 80 hours accrued in 1st year
- Yearly merit pay increases
- 401(k) company match
- PPE, uniforms, and boot allowance
- Paid training
- Safety-first workplace & State-of-the-art equipment
- Top Tech Competition: Earn $250 – $50,000 per year
- U.S. military veterans - extra paid day off
- 15% company stock discount
