Field Service Paving Technician

Overview

The Field Service Paving Technician (Night Shift) is responsible for installing, maintaining, and repairing paving equipment at various job sites, ensuring machinery like asphalt pavers and compactors and milling machines operate efficiently. The Field Service Paving Technician will diagnose and troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic issues to provide timely solutions, to minimize downtime and ensure project timelines are met. This position requires one week of training, conducted Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Following training, the schedule will transition to Night Shift, Sunday through Thursday from 4:00 pm to 12:00 am.

Blanchard Machinery Company is committed to fostering a high-performance work culture with challenging work opportunities that inspire high quality results.  Some of the benefits of joining our team are:

• Competitive Pay.
• Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401K, profit sharing, generous PTO and paid holidays, uniforms, and much more.
• Exposure to world-class CAT training and development.
• A friendly and supportive work environment.
• Continuous exposure to learning and new technologies.
• Opportunities for advancement.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to a positive work environment and promotes the vision, mission and values of BMC.
• Completes all job responsibilities in a safe manner, promotes and champions a safe and healthy work environment.
• Perform diagnostics, maintenance, and repairs on asphalt paving equipment including pavers, screeds, rollers, and related support machinery, both in-shop and in the field.
• Execute planned maintenance and urgent repairs with a strong focus on minimizing customer downtime during critical paving operations, including night shift paving schedules.
• Provide technical support and guidance to customers on equipment operation and maintenance, ensuring they understand how to use and care for their equipment.
• Troubleshoot and repair mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, and electronic systems using Cat ET and other diagnostic tools.
• Respond to service calls with a sense of urgency, particularly during active paving shifts, to support customer production and meet uptime commitments.
• Maintain detailed records of services performed and manage inventory of spare parts. 
• Communicate effectively with customers, supervisors, and dispatch to provide status updates, job progress, and repair recommendations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• 3+ years of experience diagnosing and repairing heavy equipment, preferably within paving, road construction, or asphalt operations (pavers, screeds, rollers, milling machines).
• CDL and safe driving record
• Knowledge of CAT troubleshooting techniques and proper repair procedures is required.
• Proficiency in reading and interpreting electrical and hydraulic schematics and service manuals is required.
• Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks and handle stress.
• Represent Blanchard Machinery by consistently exhibiting professionalism, punctuality, and effective communication with customers, team members and management.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail ensuring a high level of accuracy.
• Ability to use computers and related software (Word, Excel, etc.)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Flexibility to work varying shifts including weekends, and holidays.

Working Conditions

• The physical environment requires the employee to work both inside (non-climate controlled) and outside in heat/cold, wet/humid, and dry/arid conditions.
• Required to use personal protective equipment to prevent exposure to injury and/or hazardous materials.
• Job requires standing, stooping, squatting, pushing, pulling, twisting, turning, lifting.
• Physical use of a broad variety of tools and machines in order to maintain, troubleshoot and repair equipment.
• Must be able to lift varied weight up to 75 lbs. unassisted.
• Seeing, reading, and writing to complete job responsibilities.
• Use of computer and other forms of technology to complete job responsibilities.