[Hiring] Entry Level Trailer Mechanic @Cox Enterprises

Role Description

****Equal opportunity Employer – Disabled/Veterans encouraged to Apply****

Cox Fleet keeps your fleet moving! Headquartered in Indianapolis, Cox Fleet has grown to become one of the largest fleet maintenance companies in the country. Cox Fleet is the leading provider of on-site mobile maintenance and repair services nationwide, offering mobile on-site fleet service for light medium, and heavy-duty trucks and trailers. Cox Fleet also services customers utilizing its 50+ nationwide service centers; each offering accident repair, painting, refurbishment, and heavy mechanical repair. We are supported by a 24/7 in-house call-center and provide scheduled maintenance services and unscheduled services to fleets anywhere, anytime.

Have you ever thought about a career as a Trailer Technician? Are you tired of working hard at a dead-end J-O-B and no appreciation for your contributions? Do you want to feel proud of what you do and get on the path to a better and brighter future for you and your family?

Then this is the opportunity of a lifetime! Fleet Services by Cox Fleet, a national leader in mobile onsite fleet maintenance, is proud to announce open enrollment into our next FleeTec Academy class. FleeTec Academy is a paid educational program that leads to a path to becoming one of our full-time Trailer Technicians.

• 4 weeks paid classroom training; all travel expenses paid.
• Free Technical Education.
• Further hands-on training by one of our technicians and a full-time job with us as a Mobile Trailer Mechanic in your market.

Our Mobile Technicians are assigned a state-of-the-art vehicle, with all the bells and whistles, which they use to perform vehicle repairs at our customers’ locations. You are not going to be doing emergency truck repairs on a side of the road as part of your everyday duties, but rather go to our customers’ locations to do preventative maintenance and general repairs onsite, so they can keep their vehicles running efficiently without having to take them to the shop.

Real pay rates that you can afford to pay rent with and a predefined pathway for raises.

• Pay Details:
• $13.08/h (or state minimum wages, whichever is greater) + $250 / wk. stipend (taxed)
• $19/h after that for 6 weeks
• Then 2nd class for 4 weeks at Indy at $19/h + $250 / wk. (taxed)
• Then $21/h upon graduation.

Sounds like something you might be interested in. Apply now! Our class size is kept extremely small to ensure we can dedicate the time teaching our future technicians properly. We only have one spot in each geographical market we hire, so it will be competitive. Could that next hire, be you?

Qualifications

• Desire to start a career as a Trailer Technician and become one of our Mobile Mechanics.
• Willingness and ability to study hard.
• Dedicate 4 weeks away from home to be with us.
• Maturity level to focus on the task at hand.
• Technical aptitude and a passion for fixing vehicles.
• Ability to operate iPad.

Requirements

• This position follows regulations issued by the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).
• Candidate must be able to successfully complete and pass a DOT-regulated pre-employment background screening and DOT physical prior to employment.
• A current and valid DOT medical card with more than four (4) months remaining until its expiration may be submitted in lieu of a DOT physical.
• Due to interstate operating authority commerce regulations, candidates must be at least 21 years or older.
• Safe drivers needed; valid driver’s license required.
• Candidate must hold a valid state-of-residence driver’s license, be able to obtain and maintain their Driver Qualification File.
• High School Diploma or an equivalent combination of education is preferred but not required.
• We conduct background checks, driving records checks, pre-employment drug testing and physical.

Benefits

• Employees are eligible to receive a minimum of sixteen hours of paid time off every month and seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
• Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.