Trailer Technician

Western offers competitive pay, benefits, paid time off, paid holidays, and a family-oriented culture. Western Express HQ is in Nashville, TN. All outside terminals, located all over the country, have a small town, tight knit family atmosphere. Whether you are in Nashville or at one of our outlying locations, you are treated like family!

Western Express, Inc is recruiting for a Trailer Technician to join our Maintenance team.  We are looking for candidates with mechanical aptitude and a drive to learn, with the goal of advancement within the department. Western Express is an asset-based trucking company headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee with terminals and facilities located across the United States. We offer competitive benefits package, excellent pay, fun environment, and opportunity for growth within the company. This is a full-time position scheduled 45 hours weekly.

Principle Duties

• Inspect, troubleshoot, and repair fleet of dry van and flatbed semi-truck and trailer bodies, systems, and components
• Preventative maintenance to include preventative, warrantable and accident related repairs
• Inspection of suspension, wheel-end, braking and structural components to match company and DOT specifications
• Test equipment for performance issues
• Must be self-motivated, punctual, and eager to learn

Compensation: $20.50-$30 per hour depending on experience.

Work Experience

• Two years of verifiable experience is preferred but not required
• Tooling is required; applicable to repairs listed in job description. Main air tools will be provided
• Must perform at 85% or above productivity and 95% or above efficiency

Benefits available through Blue Cross Blue Shield to include Medical, Dental, Vision, also a Fidelity 401(k). If you are interested in becoming part of our great Maintenance Team, or just learning more about the opportunities available, we would love to hear from you!

Western Express is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. Western Express follows all CDC guidelines. 

Due to the collaborative nature of the work environment, the spontaneous need for idea generation and execution, and the potential for expedited remediations, responses, or information gathering, in-person, in-office attendance is an essential function of this position.

Western Express, Inc. is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee based on race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law. The information collected by this application is solely to determine suitability for employment, verify identity, and maintain employment statistics on applicants.

Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act or other similar state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on Western. Please inform the company's personnel representative if you need assistance completing this application or to otherwise participate in the application process.

I understand, where permissible under applicable federal, state, and local law, I may be subject to a pre-employment drug test after receiving a conditional offer of employment. Upon employment, employees may be required to have their picture taken.

Qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for the position in accordance with the California Fair Chance Act.