Mechanic Specialist
XPO Logistics
- Nashville, TN
- $20.24 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Pay starts at $20.24/hour
- Monday - Friday operation
- Quarterly tool allowance to grow your tool kit
- Full health insurance benefits on day one
- Life and disability insurance
- Earn up to 13 days PTO over the course of your first year
- 9 paid company holidays
- 401(k) option with company match
- Education assistance
- Handle routine repairs on trailers
- Assisting with trailer inspections and brake replacement to gain experience necessary to meet requirements of FMCSA 396.19 and 396.25
- Complete component replacements
- Spend up to 50% of your day performing maintenance, service, and repairs on trailer doors and SafeStack Systems to units parked at the dock.
- Spend 50% or more of your day working alongside technicians in the shop to complete minor trailer repairs
- Enter job times and parts on repair orders to track activities
- Operate specialized tooling and vehicles
- Ensure work area is always clean, safe, and well-maintained by reporting any damage or negligence to management immediately
- Interact with operations management and shop management
- A valid driver's license
- Basic mechanical skills
- Basic computer skills for documenting maintenance, service, and repair activities
- Ability to perform safety inspections of equipment and prepare safety documentation
- A desire to become a trailer mechanic
- Availability to work a variety of shifts, including days, evenings, nights, and weekends
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Prior mechanical training or experience such as automotive or skilled trades
- Have a desire to become a Technician Level 1
- Disclaimer: Employee will have to have a combination of one (1) year verifiable previous experience with heavy duty maintenance and time in this role to be eligible for a promotion to a Technician Level 1.
- Basic hand tools
- Lift objects of various shapes, sizes, and weights up to 50 lbs. frequently and more than 75 lbs. occasionally
- Safely walk and stand for extended periods of time on various surfaces that may be uneven or slippery, including working outdoors in inclement weather
- Reach (including above your head), bend, climb, push, pull, twist, squat and kneel
- Walk and stand for extended periods of time on a loading dock that is not climate-controlled and may be slippery