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Forklift Maintenance Technician

Alta Equipment Group
Biddeford, ME Full Time
POSTED ON 8/5/2025 CLOSED ON 9/15/2025

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Forklift Maintenance Technician position at Alta Equipment Group?

Come work for the largest equipment dealer in North America! Are you a Technician/Mechanic with auto, diesel, agricultural, material handling, lift truck or heavy equipment repair experience? If so, then we want you on our team!
Technicians are at the backbone of our organization; therefore, we provide them with the tools and resources to be successful:
  • Company van (parked at home each day)
  • Company fuel card
  • Company paid cell phone
  • Tool insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Paid holidays
  • Outstanding benefits package offering Dental, Vision, and 100% employer paid Medical insurance premiums, plus much more!)
  • 401(k) with match
  • Competitive wages
  • Company uniforms provided
Our Material Handling Group is currently looking for a full time Forklift Maintenance Technician / Mechanic reporting to our Lewiston, ME branch. This position is first shift, M - F, and hourly (no flat rate!). Field Technicians are provided a company service van, which is provided for our Techs to drive home (you don't leave it at our shop at the end of the day), along with a fuel card. The primary responsibilities of the position consist of, but are not limited to:
  • Performing preventative maintenance on customer forklifts and other material handling equipment
  • Completing each service job in a timely, efficient and professional manner
  • Providing exceptional customer service
  • Work independently
  • Field Maintenance Technicians are responsible for company vehicle and on-board parts inventory
  • Performs other duties as assigned
  • Consistent, regular, and reliable attendance including being ready for work at the designated start time
Qualifications:
  • Excellent mechanical aptitude
  • Own tools
  • Must have clean driving record and valid driver’s license to drive company vehicle
  • Language Skills - Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
  • Reasoning Ability - Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several variables.
Physical Demands/Work Environment:
  • Physical/Sensory Functions: Regularly will stand, walk, use hands, reach with hands; Frequently will talk/hear; Occasionally will sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
  • Lift and/or Move Functions: Regularly will lift 10 pounds; Frequently will lift 11 to 25 pounds; Occasionally will lift from 26 to 100 plus pounds
  • Work Environment: Regularly will work near moving mechanical parts; outdoor weather conditions
About Alta:
Culture is Job #1. Alta Equipment Group prides itself in living by our Guiding Principles: Invest in the Best, Passion for Excellence, Customers for Life, Mutual Respect and One Team. More than an equipment company, Alta is an innovator of solutions, delivering diverse products and unrivaled support centered on building lasting customer relationships.

If you have a passion for excellence and are ready to make a difference within our organization, we’re ready for you. Whether it’s selling the world’s-best big iron, rolling up your sleeves and servicing our industry-leading construction and material handling product brands or being a difference maker behind the scenes, we can use your skillset.

At Alta Equipment Group, we believe in mutual respect and are committed to diversity while inspiring our employees to reach their maximum potential. Voted a “Top Work Place USA”, our employees across North America are committed to excellence. It’s the Alta way.

So, let’s start the conversation. Click the link to apply and begin the journey of a lifetime.

What We Look For:
At Alta Equipment Group, we are looking for candidates who are a cultural fit with our organization and understand that every task and job goes toward fostering customers for life. Along with that, a great attitude that embraces mutual respect and delivering a consistent high energy level that exudes a passion for excellence. Also, we are searching for a skill set that has a high aptitude for the position with a continual focus on investing in one’s profession through additional training and learning.

Other Opportunities at Alta:
Please visit our careers page at altg.jobs to view other openings that may be of interest to you!
Alta Equipment Group is an equal opportunity employer. This means we do not discriminate on account of age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, height, weight, marital status, familial status, disability, genetic information, military status, veteran status, misdemeanor arrest record, or membership in any other classification protected under applicable law. If you believe the Company has violated its equal employment opportunity policy in any way, please contact recruiting@altg.com immediately!

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