Yard Technician

Job Summary

Tates Rents has been serving the Treasure Valley since 1946 and is now employee owned. Come join our team and tell the Tates Rents story! Our success wouldn’t be possible without the hard work and dedication of our valued employees. Our yard technicians make the first and lasting impression on our loyal customers and are the reason they keep coming back. If you are customer service oriented, detail focused, and driven to help influence the experiences of those around you, this position may be for you.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Work every day to create a safer environment for customers and coworkers by making safety a number one priority. Attend safety training when requested and be aware of all situations, even when it does not directly affect you.   
• Exceed customer expectations and make every step of the customer’s rental experience easy and enjoyable.  
• Understand and be willing to continually learn about rental equipment in order to recommend the correct equipment and assist customers. Complete monthly online training to advance knowledge of equipment and safety. 
• Maintain a clean and organized work area.
• Clean, service, and check fluid levels and perform minor repairs on equipment. 
• Demonstrate, load and unload equipment 
• Greet customers promptly as they arrive at the store, resolve customer problems, fill propane tanks.
• Communicate efficiently about equipment to counter staff and mechanics.
• Keep lot organized and display equipment for professional appearance.
• Perform other duties as requested

Qualifications

Education, Skills & Requirements

• Must possess excellent customer service skills
• Requires the ability to stand and move for extended periods throughout the workday, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Must be able to understand, follow, and complete written and verbal instructions.
• Maintain a cooperative relationship with co-workers
• Must be able to maintain a high degree of patience 
• Must maintain a professional appearance
• Must be able to work outdoors year-round in varying weather conditions.
• Must be able to communicate effectively in English (verbal and written) to safely perform job duties and assist customers. Bilingual ability is a plus.
• Must successfully pass a pre-employment drug screening in accordance with company policy and applicable law.
• Must have a valid driver’s license (21 years of age or over for driving positions)
• A high school diploma or GED is preferred but not required 

Working conditions

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those required to successfully perform the essential functions of this job, with or without reasonable accommodation.

• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.
• Heavy work: Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• The worker is subject to both environmental conditions: Activities occur inside and outside.
• The worker is subject to noise: There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above the ambient noise level.
• The worker is subject to hazards: Includes a variety of physical conditions such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals.

Benefits

Work for the Treasure Valley rental industry leader, with an established history of success. Tates Rents takes pride in treating its customers and employees like family.

• Qualify for employee ownership! Tates Rents is 100% employee owned.
• Qualify for top notch health benefits, including vision and dental
• 401K benefits with generous dollar for dollar matching up to 4% of your compensation. 
• Ability to earn monthly bonuses based on company performance. (Make the company better every day and share in the earned success.)
• Use rental equipment upon availability and approval
• Five paid holidays and sick time available.
• PTO accrual starts at 80 hours in the first year and increases with tenure.
• Two weeks of paid parental leave
• Ability for advancement inside the company

This company is committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally recognized basis including, but not limited to: military status, race, color, religion, gender, genetic information, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability and/or age.