Service Technician - Battery

The Forklift Battery Technician is responsible for inspecting, diagnosing, repairing, and installing customer’s forklift batteries and chargers in various material handling equipment.

Requirements

• Communicate with suppliers about warranty issues.
• Able to burn lead to make connections and case connectors.
• Responsible for diagnostics on batteries, acid adjustments, rebuilds by replacing cells, connectors, cables, etc. to batteries.
• Monitor and request supplies used in battery charger and repair shop, such as: acids, cells, tape, connectors, etc.
• Keep inventory of all changing system parts in inventory.
• Be able to do all repairs to changers and systems.
• Charging, rotation, cleaning, and watering of batteries.
• Build relationships with internal and external customers and vendors
• Receive all new batteries, record serial numbers, and maintain battery inventory records
• Provide high quality battery and charger service work to customer
• Identify and address problems and opportunities for the company
• Perform other duties as required per management
• Manage work and shop area to keep clean and safe in compliance with all safety policies.
• Use manuals, repair manuals, parts manuals, parts diagrams to troubleshoot components on material handling equipment
• Safely use lift trucks, overhead cranes, & other aides to lift or move batteries into position to be repaired.
• Use miscellaneous resources & computers to reference parts, get information about batteries & enter data.
• Climb up onto, under, & into vehicles, use hand & power tools to disassemble/reassemble
• Attend training classes and keep current on product advancements.
• Must be a team player and have excellent interpersonal and communications skills
• World class customer service and ability to maintain positive working relationships
• Must be able to lift up to 75 lbs. (and occasionally more than 75 lbs.)
• Must be able to pass a DOT physical and drug screen