Hoekstra Transportation is growing and looking for dedicated individuals to help reach and create our corporate vision. Interested? Email your resume or employment application to jmatthew@hoekstrainc.com.
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Body Shop Technician
Hoekstra Transportation is seeking a full time Body Shop Technician to join our successful Body Shop division. The Body Shop Technician position requires knowledge of collision repair, auto body priming, and painting.
Compensation and Benefits:
Hoekstra Companies provides a competitive salary based on experience along with a monthly incentive plan.
Our benefit package is a robust plan. We have two health plans available, FSA and HSA available. The company contributes to HSA quarterly. PTO, paid holidays which includes your Birthday! Dental, Vision, additional Life Insurance, Short Term and Long Term Disability plans. 401(k) / Roth with employer match 50% on the first 6%.
At Hoekstra Companies we appreciate our employees! Throughout the year we have several fun events. Catered lunches in the summer, chili cook off in the fall, family fun night out, Christmas party just to name a few.
Responsibilities of this role:
- Restoring vehicles by repairing, replacing, and upgrading features of their exterior.
- Customizing vehicles according to customers’ preferences, if requested.
- Ensuring that each vehicle is roadworthy upon completion of the job.
- Prime and prep vehicles for paint as needed.
To be successful in this role you will need the following:
- Positive, motivated, and team oriented
- Observant and meticulous
- Experience with commercial vehicles, busses, and/or truck equipment
- Dealership experience is a plus
- Minimum 2 years experience required
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Requires ability to walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, bend or twist.
- Requires ability to stand for long periods of time.
- Use of hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls.
- Ability to lift 50 pounds unassisted.
- Requires normal color vision, good close-up vision, either normal or with corrective lenses.
Job Type: Full-time
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Ability to Commute:
- Grand Rapids, MI 49548 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Grand Rapids, MI 49548: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
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Email your resume or employment application to jmatthew@hoekstrainc.com.
DIESEL MECHANIC
Job type: Full-time, Shift and schedule, 8 hour shift
Location (Positions open at both our Grand Rapids and Troy locations)
3741 Roger B Chaffee Mem Dr SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49548
555 Oliver Street, Troy, MI 48084
Benefits
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Opportunities for advancement
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Hoekstra Transportation has an immediate opening for a Diesel Service Technician. We are seeking a talented individual to join our service team at our Grand Rapids location. This person should be a motivated, high-energy individual, yet have a high attention-to-detail. We offer great pay and benefits, as well as opportunity for growth and advancement, and a fun and unique environment to work in! Seeking an individual with a willingness to learn and grow.
A Hoekstra Transportation technician’s responsibilities include prepping buses for inspection, delivery to end users, and upfitting buses with accessories, such as cameras, radios and other equipment. Technicians also perform preventative maintenance, diagnosis and repairs to new and used buses.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Diagnosis and repair of engines, drive lines, suspensions, brakes, and electrical systems
- Pre-delivery inspections, including passing state police inspections
- Be a team player, willing to help and give advice and assistance to peers
- Meet or exceed assigned repair times, while maintaining quality of work
- Maintain a clean and organized work station
- Safely perform work and job functions
Key Qualifications and Skills:
- Possess a clean driving record
- Excellent time management, attendance and dependability
- Provide personal tools needed for the job
- High school education with college or trade-school experience a plus
- Ability to read, understand, and apply instructions from manufacturer service manuals
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- Requires ability to walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, bend or twist.
- Requires ability to stand for long periods of time.
- Use of hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls.
- Ability to lift 50 pounds unassisted.
- Requires normal color vision, good close-up vision, either normal or with corrective lenses.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
What We Offer:
- Superior incentive programs
- Competitive and rewarding
- Family-oriented culture with healthy work/life balance
- Benefits include Medical, Dental, Vision, Long/Short Term Disability, Life Insurance, and 401(k) upon hire with company % match after one year
- PTO
- Paid holidays – including your birthday!
Compensation and Base salary rate adequate with experience.
Experience level: 2 years
Education: High school or equivalent (Preferred)
Experience:
- Diesel engine repair: 1 year (Required)
- Dealership: 2 years (Preferred)
License/Certification: Driver’s License (Preferred)
Contact:
Jason Carley | Parts & Service Director
616-326-5040 |jcarley@hoekstrainc.com
Email your resume or employment application to jmatthew@hoekstrainc.com.
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