Shop Foreman

About the Role

The Shop Foreman supervises employees who repair and maintain rental equipment, coordinating the Service Department workload for maximum efficiency and quality. This role involves directing technicians and yard staff, scheduling service and maintenance, monitoring equipment repairs, and assisting the Profit Center Manager with training, planning, and conflict resolution, while consistently demonstrating Sunbelt’s core values. • Leverage current skills while developing new ones. • Instruct, assist, and train service technicians in equipment repair and safety best practices. • Inspect completed repairs to ensure quality. • Continuously improve operations, reduce turnaround times, and streamline processes. • Collaborate with other areas to deliver seamless customer service. • Direct service technicians and yard staff in daily operations. • Schedule service and maintenance for equipment at the workshop or customer site, coordinating breakdown responses. • Monitor equipment repairs and ensure proper cost allocation to customers, suppliers, or profit centers. • Assist the Profit Center Manager with employee training, work planning, assignment, conflict resolution, and complaints.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸technician training
• ▸repair inspection
• ▸process improvement
• ▸service scheduling
• ▸cost allocation
• ▸staff supervision

What You Bring

Candidates should have a trade school or college degree (associate or bachelor's preferred), a valid driver’s license, and at least five years of mechanical experience in the rental or a similar industry, along with prior supervisory experience. Strong customer‑relation skills, basic computer proficiency, knowledge of repair methods and tools, and a proven safety record are also required. The position demands physical activity such as bending, squatting, crouching, reaching, and lifting 50 lb or more, both indoors and outdoors. • Preferred trade school or college degree (associate or bachelor's). • Valid driver’s license. • Prior supervisory experience. • Over 5 years of mechanical experience in the rental or similar industry. • Strong customer relations and communication skills. • Basic computer proficiency for data entry. • Knowledge of methods, materials, and tools for equipment repair and maintenance. • Proven safety record.

Requirements

• ▸college degree
• ▸driver’s license
• ▸supervisory
• ▸5+ years
• ▸customer relations
• ▸safety record

Benefits

Sunbelt Rentals strives to be the customer's first choice in the equipment rental industry, offering a vast fleet that includes pumps, scaffolding, and general construction tools, backed by a friendly and knowledgeable staff. The company invests heavily in its workforce, providing competitive benefits and extensive on‑the‑job training for eligible employees, and operates over 1,000 locations across North America. Sunbelt offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with company match, volunteer time off, short‑ and long‑term disability, accident, life and travel insurance, tuition reimbursement, an Employee Assistance Program, and length‑of‑service awards. Eligible full‑time employees qualify for paid time off after 30 days, receiving 12–25 vacation days based on tenure, five sick days, six holidays, additional floating and half‑day holidays, as well as inclusion and volunteer days. The company values diversity, teamwork, and career advancement, encouraging veterans and individuals from protected classes to apply. Sunbelt’s extensive on‑the‑job training and clear advancement opportunities help retain staff long‑term, supporting a culture of recognition, growth, and commitment to customers, communities, and the planet. • Health, dental, and vision insurance. • 401(k) retirement plan with company match. • Volunteer time off. • Short‑term and long‑term disability coverage. • Accident, life, and travel insurance with flexible spending options. • Tuition reimbursement. • Employee Assistance Program (EAP). • Length of service awards. • 12–25 vacation days based on tenure. • Five sick days annually. • Six paid holidays plus two half‑day holidays, two floating holidays, one inclusion day, and one volunteer day.

Work Environment

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