Shop Mehcanic (Apprentice)

Job Title: Shop Mechanic (Apprentice) Department: Shop

Reports To: Shop Supervisor FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Position Purpose

The qualified candidate will be required to demonstrate the initiative to learn to service rolling stock equipment. This includes but not limited to daily fueling, cleaning, inspection, and repairs of field equipment. The candidate will be expected to learn from others and to build a skill set.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

· Use of power and hand tools to perform repair and maintenance work

· Perform simple rolling stock repair and maintenance

· Learn repair techniques

· Support equipment and building installation projects

· Ability to weld and fabricate parts as needed

· Follows and ensures adherence to established Hilltop Ranch, Inc.. local, state, and federal regulations and requirements as well as food safety, sanitation, food production, and nutritional guidelines.

· Establishes and ensures adherence to procedures and standards, which are in agreement with these regulations, requirements, and guidelines.

· Ability to follow, comply and enforce all safety policies and procedures

· Responsibilities are not limited to the above-mentioned and may include assisting other departments with reasonable and related tasks.

QUALIFICATIONS

· Mechanically inclined, 1-2 years experience desirable

· Able to work overtime and weekends as needed

· Welding and fabrication experience is a plus

· Valid driver’s license

· Ability to follow and comply with all safety policies and procedures

· Must be able to pass a physical and drug test

SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES

· Bilingual (English / Spanish) is helpful

· Ability to work with groups-team oriented personality

· Organizational skills

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Will occasionally stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle and feel, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear, taste and smell.
• Will frequently sit and occasionally climb or balance and stoop, kneel crouch or crawl.
• Must use both hands for rapid mental muscular coordination, simultaneously.
• Must be able to reach high and low levels, frequently.
• Must be able to push/pull/lift with arms below waist/at shoulder/above shoulder level up to 60 pounds frequently.
• Must lift with arms up to floor to waist, waist to shoulder 60 pounds.
• Must be able to constantly stand/stoop/walk/bend, up to 12 hours/throughout the shift.
• Ability to strenuous flex/grip with wrist/hands frequently (15 flexion/minute).

WORK ENVIRONMENT

· May work near moving mechanical parts.

· May work around wet or humid conditions, in high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, outdoor weather conditions, extreme cold (non-weather), extreme heat (non-weather), risk of electrical shock, and/or risk of vibration.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $20.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 12 hour shift
• 8 hour shift

Work Location: In person

Salary : $20 - $-1