Tank Mechanic

Great Western Trailer (GWT) is immediately hiring full-time Tank Technician to service semi-trailers in our Oklahoma City, OK location. As a Tank Technician, you will inspect, repair, and maintain tanks in accordance with the Department of Transportation and ASTM regulations.

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What’s in it for you?

• Weekly paychecks.
• Weekday Mon-Fri work schedule (8am-4:30p CST).
• Health/dental/vision/life insurance.
• 401k; Flexible Spending/Health Savings Account programs.
• BOTH paid time off and sick time.
• Employee Discounts.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• $400 Benefit card.

Good GWT candidates are:

• Quick learners: Willing to listen, receive and follow instructions, ask questions, communicate verbally and in writing, and self-study to master skills.
• Team Players: Punctual and reliable, who can also work well independently and are respectful of others.
• Focused: Keep excellent work habits; display accuracy in their work product and attention to detail.
• Safety-minded: Follows company safety policies and procedures and demonstrates safety standards at all times.

Tank Mechanics can expect any of the following responsibilities:

Inspect, Service and Repair:

• Tanks and trailers with efficiency and effectively to align with FHWA, FMCSA, DOT HM183, and hazmat standards.
• Pneumatic and hydraulic control systems; Product pumps and piping; Suspension and wheel end repair.
• Various overfill Systems (Scully, Civacon, Flotech, Titan logix, and Garnett).
• Air brake lines, couplers, tanks, valves, sensors, dome lids, shoes, drums, pads and rotors; services, adjusts and/or replaces components where necessary.
• Low voltage wiring couplers, harnesses, lights, batteries, and charging systems; services, adjusts and/or replaces components where necessary.
• Chassis rails, side-shell, caps, doors, retainers, fasteners, floors and plates for damage or defect.
• Sheet metal and paint work to finish; minor mechanical; troubleshoot electrical and lighting.
• Preventative Maintenance on trailers of all types.

Installation, Welding and Fabrication:

• Install add-on components and accessories including but not limited to toolboxes, pumping systems, ladders, and bracketry.
• Performs aluminum, steel MIG & TIG welding and fabrication, occasionally in confined spaces.
• Performs metal fabrication and wood carpentry tasks to repair/replace and custom fabrication of hydraulic pump systems.
• Ability to obtain company weld test certification.
• Wreck repairs.

Quality checks and reporting:

• Prepares Mechanic’s Service Report.
• Completes FHWA and/or HM 183 Testing Paperwork.

Duties, responsibilities and activities may be changed and/or assigned at any time with or without notice.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum 1 year experience servicing Tank vehicles
• Lift or move up to 50 lbs.
• Owns a personal set of hand tools.
• Broad knowledge of semi-trailer equipment and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance; current computer software, related hardware, and machine electronic systems.
• Ability to operate hand tools, power tools, pneumatic tools, and equipment used in fabrication and welding; make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands in order to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
• Ability to follow logical troubleshooting procedures, manufacturer and company installation and service guidelines to ensure quality work.
• Ability to maintain all company equipment, tools, and work areas in a good, clean, and working order.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• 3 years’ experience servicing Tank vehicles
• Tank, ASE or other industry-recognized certifications.
• Bilingual Spanish a plus.
• Welding certification.
• Ability to work overtime as needed.

PHYSICAL DEMAND

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the role. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Frequently required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk or hear; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and to reach with hands and arms. Regularly is required to sit. Specific vision abilities requirements include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus. Must operate equipment such as phone, computer, fork truck, yard goat, hand tools, welding equipment and refrigerated trailers.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Exposure to working near moving mechanical parts, in high precarious places, with toxic or caustic chemicals; fumes or airborne particles, extremes in temperature and environmental conditions. Usually moderate to loud noise levels. Potential risk of electrical shock. May work in a shop or yard or out of a mobile service vehicle.

Great Western Trailer (GWT) is a dynamic Semi-trailer Sales, Leasing, Rental, and Service company in significant growth mode. With 10 locations across 8 states, we are planning expansion into other sites in our current footprint, as well as other locations across the country. We have operations in Fontana, CA; Albuquerque, NM; Phoenix, AZ; Grants Pass, OR; Dallas, TX; Houston, TX; Dearborn, MI; Salt Lake City, UT; Oklahoma City, OK; and Tulsa, OK.