Fleet Service Mechanic
Location: Elk River, MN

Shift: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Ability to travel one week per month, with some overnight, to field locations and service centers to perform work.

Application due: October 17, 2024

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Summary:

Seeking an experienced mechanic with a passion for maintaining and repairing a diverse fleet of heavy-duty vehicles and equipment. Elevate your career while contributing to a sustainable future. Help us power progress with Great River Energy (GRE).

Total Rewards:

A typical starting range for this position is $44.72 - $52.61+ hourly. We offer market competitive base pay and adjust our offer accordingly based upon the value of the candidate’s knowledge, skills and experience. In addition, our Total Rewards strategy focuses on recognizing individual performance and rewarding business results. Our robust Total Rewards package includes exceptional benefits and retirement, a focus on continuous engagement, recognition, personal and professional development, and an emphasis on work-life effectiveness.

Responsibilities: Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Perform service, repair and preventative maintenance to GRE fleet assets including vehicles, trailers, aerials, and power operated equipment.
• Inspect, service, diagnose, and make minor and major repairs to electrical, hydraulic, air conditioning, gasoline, and diesel systems.
• Comply with established GRE safety rules, procedures, and guidelines.
• Perform some fabrication and welding.
• Perform OSHA/ANSI annual inspection and required repairs to GRE fleet assets including aerials, digger derricks, cranes, and trailers.
• Perform emergency field repairs to GRE fleet assets.
• Maintains GRE assigned equipment, tools, and materials in mobile service truck to provide safe and efficient use.
• Perform MN DOT inspections on all GRE fleet vehicles and trailers over 10,000# GVWR.
• Maintains current bi-annual DOT inspector certification.

Qualifications: 

Minimum education requirements include a two-year technical degree in automotive/heavy duty truck repair with two to three years’ work experience in automotive/heavy duty truck repair and maintenance; or equivalent related courses with a minimum of four years’ work experience in automotive/heavy duty truck repair and maintenance. Requires MN DOT Inspector certification or the ability to earn certification. Class A CDL preferred. Ability to travel 25%, with some overnight, to field locations and service centers to perform work.

Working Conditions: 

Working conditions will be indoors and occasionally outdoors, sometimes in inclement weather conditions of extreme cold or heat. Schedules shall be an eight hour shifts and requires traveling one week per month to field locations and service centers to perform work and may include some overnight stays. This position requires the ability to sit, walk, and lift up to 50 pounds occasionally. Ability to climb, balance, work at heights and work with arms above your head occasionally and/or frequently. Ability to frequently and/or occasionally stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, twist and squat, work on even and uneven surfaces. Ability to frequently stand, push, pull, carry, grasp and finger objects. Subject to frequent vibration and hazards and on occasion exposed to fumes, dust or mist. Must have vision ability to encompass close-up and distant work, and the ability to speak and hear. This position is designated as a safety sensitive position for drug, cannabis and alcohol testing purposes.

Apply: 

Qualified candidates will find we have a lot to offer: comprehensive benefits package, wellness programs, continuing education, generous retirement plan, a team-based, collaborative culture and more! Internal candidates, please apply at using Employee Space then select the Opportunities tile. Qualified candidates please apply at www.greatriverenergy.com(under the Careers tab) by October 17, 2024 

GRE values diversity, equity and inclusion and we are an equal employment opportunity employer. 

About Great River Energy

Powering what’s possible Great River Energy is a not-for-profit electricity provider owned by our 28 distribution cooperatives in Minnesota and Wisconsin for which we generate and transmit electricity. We provide wholesale electric service to our member owners who distribute electricity to approximately 660,000 member consumers - or about 1.7 million people. A diverse mix of generation resources - Our power plants generate more than 2,800 megawatts of electricity and several solar arrays capable of producing 650 kilowatts. In addition, we purchase wind and hydroelectric energy.Your electricity is delivered through power lines to you. Every time you plug in your toaster, television or other electrical device, a system of power lines goes to work to bring you the power you need. Our job at Great River Energy is to keep the lights on by providing a safe & reliable supply of electricity.

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