Apprenticeship Jobs in Rio Rancho, NM (NOW HIRING)

Wagner Equipment Co. offers challenging career opportunities, extensive training and employee development along with an opportunity to grow your career and thrive under Wagner’s reputation for excellence. We offer excellent benefits and supply you with the tools you need to maximize your potential and grow within Wagner.

Benefits include:

• Paid Time Off (PTO) Plan - Up to 96 hours of PTO in your first year + 8 company paid holidays
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance 
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Retirement Plans -  401K and Roth 401K , eligible employees can receive a company contribution up to 7%
• Tuition Reimbursement 
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• CEFCU - Employees have access to services include payroll deductions savings, accounts, loans, VISA card, and more.
• Additional Benefits include: Supplemental life Insurance, Critical Illness + Accidental Insurance, ID WatchDog and discounted employee phone plans.

Under direct supervision, the Apprentice Technician is responsible for the diagnosis, repair, reconditioning, overhaul and maintenance of customer and company heavy equipment and/or components. Depending on location and assignment, this position will be responsible for some or all of the functions and duties listed below. The Apprentice Technician will perform work at 150% of the standard productivity times expected of a Journey Technician.  Working as one professional team delivering quality solutions to every customer. 

Important Dates:

• Application deadline:  August 31, 2026
• Tentative Program Start Date:  November 30, 2026

You will attend school at CNM starting January 11, 2027. You will work part-time during the day with Wagner and then continue with night classes through CNM.

Essential Functions:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions. 

• Prepares accurate and complete service reports and turns them in on time
• Prepares inspection and appraisal reports
• Correctly charges work to appropriate work order segments
• Successfully completes all classes at the partner Community College for the region in which the Apprentice is sponsored
• Communicates effectively with Apprentice Coordinator, Service Writers, Shop Coordinators and Shop Managers to ensure problems, nature and status of repairs are understood and followed up on
• Communicates effectively with College Instructors, Apprentice Coordinator, and Managers to ensure successful completion of the required college coursework
• Works in a cooperative manner with other team members to accomplish the goals of the shop, classroom, and company
• Cleans, repairs, reconditions, and maintains equipment and components
• Prepares, inspects, and ensures proper operation of machines prior to delivery
• Removes, disassembles, assembles, and installs components and parts
• Determines reusability of parts in accordance with published Caterpillar guidelines
• Orders replacement parts, ensuring that parts orders are correct and complete at the time of order
• Services and maintains equipment sold and/or owned by the company
• Tests measures, and adjusts engine and machine systems and components
• Diagnoses and troubleshoots machine and engine malfunctions and failures
• Analyzes customer repair and maintenance requirements
• Keeps up to date with developments in tooling, technologies and systems
• Uses safe working practices and follows all company safety requirements
• Maintains a clean and organized work area
• Makes recommendations as to repairs meeting warranty criteria
• Makes parts replacement decisions assuring optimum economic reusability
• Other duties as assigned by Manager

Required Education & Experience: 

• High School Diploma or GED
• Can show an interest in working on cars, trucks, motorcycles, etc. An automotive or diesel course in High School, and/or a job as an entry level Technician preferred.

Strongly Preferred:

• An automotive or diesel course in High School 
• Experience as an entry level technician
• 1-3 years administrative/clerical experience
• 1-3 years customer service experience 
• 1-3 years Technical or mechanical experience 

Physical Demands & Competencies:

• Standing, walking, talking, sitting, use of hands & hearing
• Heavy work that includes lifting and/or moving objects up to 96 pounds or more 
• Data Entry, telephone, reading/writing, reasoning, organizational, communication & math skills
• Safety & Product Knowledge
• Basic ability to search for and enter data into a computer. Ability to type service reports

Work Environment:

• Nosie:  Loud
• Environment:  Indoors/Outdoors 
• Specific Risks:  Works with moving, mechanical parts; may work in high places and be exposed to equipment vibration and fumes. 

Other Duties:

Job Offers are contingent upon all required pre-employment screenings which may include but are not limited to background checks, drug/alcohol testing, fit for duty testing, and any other job-related tests/screenings.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee must possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently.  

Wagner Equipment Co. is an EEO/AA/Veterans/Disabled employer.