Joshua Wester
Clarence
Summary
Skilled diesel mechanic specializing in truck maintenance with hands-on experience diagnosing, repairing, and maintaining diesel engines. Familiarity with the latest diagnostic tools and techniques ensures efficient problem-solving and vehicle reliability. Strengths include teamwork, adaptability to fast-paced environments, and commitment to safety standards. Consistently contributed to reducing downtime and extending the service life of fleet vehicles through preventive maintenance and timely repairs.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Industrial Maintenance Technician
MidwayUSA
Columbia
07.2025 - Current
- Maintained and repaired machinery to ensure optimal performance.
- Conducted routine inspections to identify potential equipment issues.
- Assisted in troubleshooting electrical and mechanical problems effectively.
- Perform repairs and maintenance on company box trucks
Area Superintendent shop manager
Poet ethanol products
Macon
09.2016 - 04.2018
- Supervised daily operations to ensure efficient workflow and compliance with safety standards.
- Coordinated maintenance schedules for equipment and ensured timely repairs to minimize downtime.
- Planned weekly shop inflow for technicians on 2 shifts.
- Took care of drivers and equipment snd breakdowns in 4 states scheduling maintenance and any other issues
Shop Manager
Dohrn Transfer Company
Sturgeon
05.2012 - 01.2016
- Managed daily operations and staff scheduling for efficient workflow.
- Oversaw inventory management and ensured stock availability for customers.
- Proactive preventive maintenance scheduling
- Work with vendors for breakdowns
- Parts ordering with proactive attention to inventory
Skills
- Equipment inspection
- Staff management
- Preventive Maintenance
- Expense tracking
- Electrical systems
- Diagnostic troubleshooting
- Complete tear down/rebuild of diesel engines/transmissions
- Federal inspections
- Tanker VK inspections
- Bendix air brake systems training
- Cummins diesel engines training
- Vendor relationship management
- Equipment troubleshooting
- Vehicle fleet management
- Welding and fabrication
- Inventory monitoring
- Safety protocols
- HVAC systems
- Work order management
- Employee performance assessment
- Problem-solving aptitude
- Positive attitude
- Attention to detail
- Problem-solving
- Automotive refinishing skill
- Computer software
Timeline
Industrial Maintenance Technician
MidwayUSA
07.2025 - Current
Area Superintendent shop manager
Poet ethanol products
09.2016 - 04.2018
Shop Manager
Dohrn Transfer Company
05.2012 - 01.2016