Fleet Maintenance Technician Day Shift

Old Dominion Freight Line • Boise, ID

2d

About The Position

Old Dominion Freight Line is seeking a maintenance technician to repair company equipment safely, promptly, cost-effectively, and practically. The role includes preventative maintenance, general repairs, troubleshooting, and electronic diagnostics to keep the fleet operating and meet customer pickup and delivery schedules. The technician diagnoses and repairs mechanical and electrical problems, performs failure analysis on truck, tractor, trailer, or converter-dolly components and systems, and applies applicable industry and safety regulations. Welding may be required for certain repairs, including horizontal and vertical welding for employees working on converter dollies. The position requires providing personal tools, maintaining records, participating in training, and working on assigned rolling stock and associated equipment. Shift and hours are to be determined and may change based on scheduling and business needs.

The work is hands-on and physically demanding, with frequent standing, walking, bending, kneeling, climbing, reaching, handling materials, and lifting objects weighing up to 100 pounds. Work may take place in shops, enclosed vehicles or trailers, and varying weather conditions, temperatures, noise levels, and lighting conditions. Employees are expected to maintain attendance, communicate in English, follow safety practices, and provide superior customer relations.

Old Dominion offers full-time employees and their families health benefits, including a zero-premium medical plan for employee-only coverage, vision and dental coverage, disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) with company match and potential additional annual discretionary match, life insurance, a wellness program, tuition reimbursement for drivers and technicians, and training and career-growth opportunities.

Requirements

• High school degree or equivalent.
• Experience working as a maintenance technician or equivalent education.
• Experience with truck repair and body and frame repair.
• Must provide own tools to perform job duties.
• Ability to complete required paperwork and records.
• Must possess a valid Commercial Driver’s License when required.
• Working knowledge of most systems on a truck or truck tractor, semi-trailer, or converter dolly.
• Proficiency reading precision instruments, including micrometers, dial indicators, bore gauges, voltmeters, digital multimeters, calibrators, and other electronic diagnostic tools.
• Ability to troubleshoot and perform failure analysis on relevant vehicle component parts and systems; this requirement may not apply to body and frame specialists.
• Knowledge of DOT, EPA, ICC, and OSHA rules and regulations.
• Willingness to participate in and attend company training classes, which may require a shift change.
• Willingness to take written and/or oral tests for management and classification purposes.
• Ability to work on any piece of rolling stock and associated equipment as directed.
• Ability to read, write, and speak English.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of the job, including frequent standing and walking, bending, squatting, kneeling, climbing, reaching, handling materials, and lifting objects up to 100 pounds.
• Ability to work in extremely hot or cold climates and in environments where noise and odors may be present.
• Ability to meet attendance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Build, rebuild, and repair parts of company equipment as required.
• Diagnose mechanical, electrical, or other breakdowns or failures in motor trucks and related equipment.
• Read and use precision instruments and electronic diagnostic tools.
• Troubleshoot and perform failure analysis on truck, truck-tractor, trailer, and converter-dolly components and systems, where applicable.
• Use welding skills and knowledge of metals to complete truck repairs when applicable; converter-dolly work requires horizontal and vertical welds without air pockets in the bead.
• Apply knowledge of DOT, EPA, ICC, and OSHA rules and regulations.
• Complete required paperwork and records.
• Attend company-offered or requested training, including when attendance may require a shift change.
• Work on rolling stock and associated equipment as directed by the company.
• Maintain superior customer relations consistent with company policies.
• Perform assigned duties and tasks and follow attendance and safety expectations.

Benefits

• Great health benefits, including a zero-premium medical plan for employee-only coverage.
• Vision and dental coverage.
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match and an opportunity for an additional company annual discretionary match.
• Life insurance.
• Wellness program.
• Tuition reimbursement for drivers and technicians.
• Training and growth opportunities to build a career.
• Opportunities to advance through the company's promote-from-within philosophy.
• National career opportunities at more than 260 service centers.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED