Sr. Field Service Technician - Night Shift

9 Minutes ago • All levels • Facility Management

Job Summary

Job Description

Rivian is seeking a Sr. Field Service Technician to enhance the customer experience at service locations. This role requires strong technical acumen, excellent customer service, and communication skills. Responsibilities include performing vehicle diagnosis, repairs, installations, and inspections, leveraging understanding of schematics and parts processes. The technician will conduct road tests, manage parts operations, and document repairs. This position involves supporting and mentoring other technicians, maintaining high-quality work with minimal supervision, and potentially transitioning from remote to onsite work, requiring travel.
Must have:
  • Follow Rivian repair procedures with efficiency and safety
  • Perform vehicle diagnosis, repairs, installations, and inspections
  • Conduct road tests to ensure repair quality
  • Perform parts operations such as ordering, receiving, shipping, and inventory
  • Stay updated with technical skills and required training
  • Support campaigns and containment initiatives
  • Maintain high quality work and efficiency with little supervision
  • Work collaboratively with team spirit in a dynamic environment
  • Provide service support to the field
  • Communicate with a high level of professionalism in customer-facing environments
  • Support, coach, and mentor other technicians as assigned
  • Properly document repairs completed and in process
  • Travel to locations to support as required until the local Service Center opens
  • Operate remotely until the local service center opens, if applicable
  • Possess a valid driver’s license and maintain a clean driving record
  • Be available for a regular schedule of 40 hours a week, including weekends and holidays
  • Be at least 21 years old
  • Ability to read and speak fluent English
  • Ability to see, read and interpret documents
Good to have:
  • HS Diploma or GED
  • Graduation from an accredited automotive repair school or equivalent vocation program
  • Extensive experience in HV diagnostic work
  • 10 or more years’ experience working on vehicle high voltage systems
  • Minimum 3 years’ experience as a shop foreman, team lead, shop supervisor or trainer
  • Ability to drive non-commercial truck and trailer
  • Parts department and billing experience
  • Experience working in start-up environments

Job Details

Job Description

About Rivian

Rivian is on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever. This goes for the emissions-free Electric Adventure Vehicles we build, and the curious, courageous souls we seek to attract.

As a company, we constantly challenge what’s possible, never simply accepting what has always been done. We reframe old problems, seek new solutions and operate comfortably in areas that are unknown. Our backgrounds are diverse, but our team shares a love of the outdoors and a desire to protect it for future generations.

Role Summary

The Sr. Field Service Technician will be responsible for overdelivering on the internal and external customer experience at our service locations. The ideal candidate will possess the technical acumen and the ability to provide a strong level of customer service. If you're able to think quickly on your feet, have a go-getter attitude, possess great communication skills, and have a passion for adventure, then we want you on the team. You will be working with our internal partners every day to assist with service needs and coordinate with our Service, Vehicle and Delivery Operations, and Field Service Engineer teams. This role will require a dynamic and resourceful leader with excellent oral and written communications skills, who will foster cross functional interaction and champion a culture of continuous improvement to support Service teams and customers within a Service center. To be successful in this role, you must have a customer-first approach, thrive in ambiguous and unexpected environments, tackling all challenges with a creative and flexible mindset. Experience in automotive, process standardization, continuous improvement, and managing escalations is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Follow Rivian repair procedures with efficiency without compromising quality and safety
  • Perform diagnosis, repairs, installations, and inspections on vehicles
  • Leverages strong understanding of schematics and diagrams to diagnose and resolve repair issues accurately and appropriately
  • Perform vehicle repairs in a setting outside of a service center
  • Conduct road tests on vehicles to ensure quality of the repair
  • Perform necessary parts operations such as parts ordering, receiving, shipping and inventory
  • Utilizes deep understanding of parts department process to ensure quality standards are met
  • Stay up to date with technical skills and required training
  • Support campaigns and containment initiatives
  • Demonstrates high-level administrative experience through the use of Microsoft Office tools
  • Maintain high quality work and efficiency while working with little supervision
  • Work with a collaborative attitude and team spirit in an ever-changing, dynamic environment
  • Provide service support to the field to support the Service organization
  • Ability to perform duties and communicate with a high level of professionalism, in a customer-facing environment
  • Support, Coach and Mentor other technicians as assigned
  • Ability to properly document repairs completed and in process
  • This role may transition from remote to on-site and require in-person work, on-site at the service center should one be opened within 90 miles or 2 hours of the employee’s assigned remote work location
  • Travel to locations to support as required until the local Service Center opens, including but not limited to, production plant
  • Operate remotely until the local service center opens, if applicable

Qualifications

  • HS Diploma or GED preferred
  • Graduated from an accredited automotive repair school or equivalent vocation program preferred
  • Extensive experience in HV diagnostic work
  • 10 or more years’ experience working on vehicle high voltage systems preferred
  • Understands HVIL (High-Voltage Interlock) and the high voltage architecture
  • Minimum 3 years’ experience as a shop foreman, team lead, shop supervisor or trainer preferred
  • Excellent written and oral communication
  • Ability to root-cause problems and find or suggest solutions
  • Experience in Continuous Improvement Process
  • Experience using test tools (PICO-Scope, PCAN, Kavaser Memorator, breakout box etc)
  • Extensive experience in bumper-to-bumper diagnosis and repair
  • Ability to drive non-commercial truck and trailer preferred
  • Limited travel may be required depending on business need
  • Must possess a valid driver’s license, and maintain a clean driving record
  • No driving related suspensions or revocation of Driver License (within a 3-5year period).
  • Parts department and billing experience preferred
  • Experience using a work order management system including repair documentation
  • Experience working in start-up environments preferred
  • Strong organizational and time management skills along with attention to detail
  • Physical exertion may be required to perform occupational tasks (sitting, standing, walking, bending, kneeling, carrying, reaching, pushing, pulling, and lifting up to 50 lbs)
  • Frequent use of hands for purposes of grasping and using tools correctly, entering data, writing communications, or calling customers or internal partners
  • Ability to read and speak fluent English.
  • Ability to see, read and interpret documents such as governmental regulations, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions or schematics.
  • Minimum age of 21.
  • Must be available for a regular schedule of 40 hours a week, including weekends and holidays, according to business need. Shifts may include evening, overnight, or early morning hours

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