Marine Service Technician
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Take a boat from check-in to delivery and make it perfect, as part of a 10-person crew where the owners are on the floor every day and everyone is an avid boater.
- Industry
- Maritime
- Location
- Shreveport, Louisiana
- Employment
- Full time
What this role is measured on
Perform annual outboard services accurately and efficiently. Rig and integrate modern marine electronics, including multi-display installs and camera mounts, to a finish a customer will admire. Diagnose 12-volt electrical issues, tracing grounds, connections, and faults; run network and power cabling cleanly and precisely so any future technician can service the boat.
Quality-check every repair and confirm boats run right, including test-driving high-performance models. Keep documentation, parts requests, and time tracking complete and accurate.
Full job description The complete posting, as the client wrote it
Location: Shreveport, LA 71103 (Onsite) Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Optional summer Saturdays (paid time and a half). Compensation: $65,000 to $90,000, base pay plus billable production.
Reports To: Service Manager.
The Mission
Take a boat from check-in to delivery and make it perfect, as part of a 10-person crew where the owners are on the floor every day and everyone is an avid boater.
Performance Objectives
Perform annual outboard services accurately and efficiently.
Rig and integrate modern marine electronics, including multi-display installs and camera mounts, to a finish a customer will admire.
Diagnose 12-volt electrical issues, tracing grounds, connections, and faults; run network and power cabling cleanly and precisely so any future technician can service the boat.
Quality-check every repair and confirm boats run right, including test-driving high-performance models.
Keep documentation, parts requests, and time tracking complete and accurate.
Fit Traits
Cares About the Work. Cares enough to do everything in their ability to make a job right.
Takes Pride in Clean Work. Takes pride in clean, precise work and a personal standard for finish quality.
Team-First Fit. Fits a tight, fun, team-first shop.
Requirements
- A strong working knowledge of the 12-volt DC circuit and the ability to chase wiring faults, grounds, and connections. This is the one hard technical floor.
- Hands-on mechanical aptitude with rigging, installs, and component repair (this is not heavy engine teardown).
- Willingness to learn and configure modern marine electronics.
- Attention to detail and a personal standard for finish quality.
- Ability to operate and test boats, including high-performance models.
- Nice to have, not required: prior boat experience. Factory training from the engine manufacturers and a Garmin installer class are provided after hire.
Benefits
- Standard benefits package.
- Compensation: base plus billable production, with total earnings in the $65,000 to $90,000 range depending on the hours you bill. Average technician bills 70 hours a month; top technicians bill 100.
- Optional Saturday hours in the summer are paid at time and a half.
- The company is a family-owned marine sales and service dealership in Shreveport, an authorized Vexus, Trifecta, SeaArk, and Caymas dealer servicing Mercury and Yamaha outboards and rigging Garmin/Humminbird electronics; started service-only in 2014 and is now the premier marine service center in the Shreveport-Bossier area. Minutes from Barksdale Air Force Base, with the VA a short walk from the shop. Housing runs roughly a half to a third of Dallas-Fort Worth or Houston, with short commutes and water or woods within an hour.