Electrical Installation Technician

Safe Fleet • Houston, TX

5h • Onsite

About The Position

At Safe Fleet our name says it all. We make fleet vehicles – and everyone in and around them – safer. Our fleet safety platform brings together best-in-class products, ground-breaking technology, and a 100-year history of fleet know-how and innovation to solve the world’s biggest fleet safety problems.
Our core value is safety. Without safety first, efficiency and productivity are not possible. This is true for our products, our culture, and our relationship with our community. Our vision is to reduce preventable deaths and injuries in and around fleet vehicles with a goal of ZERO accidents.
We are re-defining what safety means for fleets of every type – from school buses to waste collection trucks, firefighting to utility vehicles, police cruisers to delivery vans.
Whether you work in our Charlotte plant to build life-saving stop arms for school buses, or design advanced camera vision products in our Vancouver office, forge valves and high-quality nozzles to fight fires, or dream up new ways to protect fleet operators in our Corporate HQ in Kansas City, you’ll contribute to our goal to keep everyone safe.
We are a fast-growing manufacturing, service, and technology company with over 1700 employees in over 15 locations across Canada and the US. We’re looking for motivated self-starters with innovative thinking to join our team and help us achieve our growth and performance goals. Sound like you?
Work for the Smart Safety Company
American Van, a Safe Fleet company and a leader in the truck equipment manufacturing industry, is looking for a Installation Technician to work as part of a team installing and repairing Automated Tarp Systems.
This important team member partners with others to install Roll-Rite or Pulltarps systems according to company processes, and operating manual instructions. The Installation Technician performs basic wiring, does minor welding and operates industrial sewing machines to repair and produce completed products.

Requirements

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); and one year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
• Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's.
• Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee is frequently required to sit.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.

Nice To Haves

• Prior work experience on industrial sewing machines is desired but will train the right candidate.

Responsibilities

• Installations: Basic knowledge of automotive systems
• STRONG mechanical aptitude with experience using hand and power tools
• Proven experience with 12V electrical systems (wiring, troubleshooting, circuit design)
• Ability to install and configure: - Vehicle alarms and security systems - Lighting (interior, exterior, LED, strobes) - Power inverters, battery systems, and auxiliary power setups - GPS units, cameras, and other electronic accessories

Benefits

• At Safe Fleet, you are empowered to build a career that will take you where you want to go. You'll enjoy the freedom to explore new projects, the support to think outside the box and the tools necessary to achieve personal success. We offer a comprehensive compensation package, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Holidays, 401K match and much more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees