Heavy-duty Truck Mechanic

Be rewarded for your skills and abilities! Betts Truck Parts & Service is seeking a skilled diesel mechanic for our Santa Fe Springs 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. Our Santa Fe Springs location is open Monday through Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm.

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, bonus incentive programs, health benefits, vacation time, and paid holidays.

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.

• 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.