Service & Repair Technician

SunSource and its family of companies represent 270+ locations and 4,000+ employees making up one of North America’s leading value-add industrial distribution companies. We provide customers with products and value-added solutions within Fluid Power, Fluid Process, Fluid Conveyance, Automation, General Industrial Components, and Industrial Repair. Service and repair various pumps, motors, and power units including testing, trouble-shooting, repair and assembly. ### Responsibilities - Investigate hydraulic or pneumatic systems that are not working properly using schematics and diagnostic equipment. - Inspect parts and various components. Determine if parts are re-workable. Write up the unit in a complete service report - Diagnose problems and give recommendations for repairs. - Pull necessary parts and prepare for repair. - Assemble units according to manufacturer specifications. - Test repaired unit. - Adjust components and equipment. - Clean, organize, and maintain the Shop and Shop equipment. - Participate in continuous improvement through training and associate development. Assist level I Technicians with repairs and training. ### General Education and Experience - Education—2-year fluid power associates degree and certification preferred; high school diploma/G.E.D. minimum. Basic mechanical understanding required. - Experience--1 to 3 years in fluid power service and repair experience required. 3 to 5 years experience preferred. - Physical Requirements—Must be able to lift up to 75lbs. Position stands 95 to 100% of the workday ### Core Competencies - Attention to Detail: Thoroughness in accomplishing a task through concern for all the areas involved, no matter how small. Monitors and checks work or information and plans and organizes time and resources efficiently. - Technical Expertise: Applies and improves extensive or in-depth specialized knowledge, skills and judgment to accomplish a result or to serve one’s “customers” effectively. (Customers can be co-workers, pears or management as well as external consumers or a service.) - Job-Focused Learning: Demonstrates eagerness to acquire necessary technical knowledge, skill and judgment to accomplish a result or to serve a customer’s needs effectively. Has desire and drive to acquire knowledge and skills necessary to perform job more effectively. - Teamwork: Using appropriate interpersonal styles and methods to inspire and guide individuals (or a team) toward goal achievement: modifying behaviors to accommodate the tasks, situations, and people involved. - Problem Solving/Analytical Thinking: Builds a logical approach to address problems or opportunities or manage the situation at hand by drawing on own knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary. - Follow-Up: Establishing procedures to monitor the results of delegations, assignments, or projects; taking into consideration the skills, knowledge, and experience of the assigned individual and characteristics of the assignment or project. - Initiative: Asserting one’s influence over events to achieve goals; self-starting rather than accepting passively; taking action to achieve goals beyond what is required; being proactive. - Planning and Organizing (Work Management): Establishing a course of action to accomplish a specific goal; planning proper assignments of personnel and appropriate allocation of resources. - Drive for Results (Work Standards): Demonstrates concern for achieving or surpassing results against an internal or external standard of excellence, shows a passion for improving the delivery of services with a commitment to continuous improvement.