Sioux Falls Ford - Technician Jobs in Sioux Falls, SD

The Shop is fully heated with in floor and traditional heating. We have both A/C and fans to help keep the shop cool. Lastly, we have Horman quick garage doors to keep the Heat/A/C from escaping, keeping it cooler/warmer in the shop.

Our Service and parts team consists of around 180 people. With the sales team our facility has roughly 220 people working at it.

We are open 7:00 am - 6:00 pm Monday - Friday. We are also open on Saturdays from 7:30 am - 4:00 pm. The majority of our shifts are from 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday through Friday. We are flexible and can make adjustments when needed. The Saturday rotation is every 6th Saturday and you are also offered a comp day during the week. If you choose to not take it, we will also pay overtime for that Saturday.

We provide all necessary Ford-specific tools. We have BG equipment for Flushes. We have several A/C machines. Shop supplies vending machines through Wurth. We provide safety glasses and Latex/Nitrite gloves. We even have a small tractor to help push vehicles in when needed!

We have a fairly large break room with several tables, 2 refrigerators, a coffee machine and TV. We also have access to several vending machines and one with access to more meal-based food and not just snacks. We are walking distance from a Wahlburgers, Starbucks, Dairy Queen and a Chicken Max. There are also many restaurants that are very close and easily accessible, so you have many options as to how you like to take your breaks/lunchs.

We have a total of 37 bays onsite and 3 bays offsite at our reconditioning center. We also have two alignment racks, two flat stalls, a mobile 4 post, 4 mobile vans and Quick Lane with 4 pit stalls.

We average roughly 5,000 repair orders a month with our Main shop, mobile team, Quick Lane and reconditioning center. The main shop alone averages 2,400 repair orders a month.

This varies depending on the repair. We have a huge inventory of parts and have a 90% same-day fill rate on parts. Whenever possible, we order parts during the appointment process, otherwise, our technician requests parts via Tekion (Our DMS) or directly from a parts person. We even have 3 dedicated parts people who work right in the shop with you and are very accessible to help make sure that you are getting the right parts!

You are able to work on your own vehicle or a family/friends vehicle when you are not on your shift.

4 Mobile Service Vans are out diagnosing the vehicle before it comes into the shop for repair. 3 dedicated in shop parts people. We like to do frequent out of work events, typically every 2-3 months. This may consist of Axe throwing, Go Karts, Shooting, Dave and buster, etc. We also like to grill occasionally in the summer for either lunch or dinner right outside the shop. A monthly all tech meeting where food is provided. We like to switch it up and not just do pizza every time. We do anything from burgers to BBQ and will cater in the food. Lunch is provided on Saturdays. Over time is paid on Saturdays, this applies to flat rate technicians as well!

We provide the opportunity to be involved in any Ford training that you are interested in. If your goal is to be a senior master technician, we will do our best to support you in getting all of the training you need.

Our goal is to promote from within whenever possible. We have advanced several technicians from our Quick Lane to our training bays. After they were ready and an opening was available we partnered them with someone in the shop. We determine who is best for them to partner with based on the work that they are interested in (Electrical, suspension, engine, transmission, and Diesel). Once they can comfortably diagnose common to semi-common concerns and perform 90% of the work on their own, we advance them to a D-level technician. From there it depends on training, variety of work, attitude and performance to advance to C, B and A.

A minimum of once a year, our shop foreman and service manager like to sit down and to discuss performance. We discuss attendance, following process, inspection/media usage, proficiency, training, teamwork, and attitude. We like to provide constructive support in getting our technicians to the next level. We also like to hear any feedback as to what we can do better for our technicians and the shop. Beyond this, our shop foreman Dale is very active with the shop and meets with team members almost daily to see where our team needs help.

There is no prior safety training that is required. Any training can either be done or provided here.

They will work side by side to help with small and big issues. When they partner up with a technician, they will be in the bay closest to them. We also have dedicated special matter experts who can help with the more difficult issues. Lastly, our foreman is very active and available to help when needed.

Community involvement is one of our Core Values. Several times a year we do events and donations. This can be anywhere from United Way to providing help to individuals. On Fridays, we wear a T-shirt branded with which organization we are currently donating to. We do this to raise awareness and get as much involvement as possible. We will have volunteers sign up to go to local places like day cares, hospitals, grocery stores, etc. and see if they can find anyone in need of help and provide financial support for what we can.

We are involved in a few local High schools and even donated a transit to one of them. We have a good relationship with our local tech schools and frequently visit them and provide tours of our shop. We also do paid internships for individuals in our local tech schools. Lastly, we do go to several UTIs around the country and try to further support individuals who are interested in this industry. Several of our technicians are not originally from South Dakota and had moved here after meeting with us at a UTI campus.

We typically only do a phone screening/preliminary interview if you do not live locally.

We like to get to know you. Your work history is on your resume but your interests, hobbies, goals and values typically are not. Our culture here is the most important thing and want to make sure that anyone that we may be hiring share similar values.

We do both a background test and a personality test.

We do depending on what level roll you are applying for. This is typically going to consist of reviewing previous training/certifications that you have obtained.

This can vary depending on the position and the individual that we interview. If we think you are a perfect fit, we may offer a position during the interview or later the same day. If we have several interviews set up for the position that is being applied to, this could be a few weeks before you hear back. We like to give everyone equal opportunity to meet with us before making a decision.

This is usually dependent upon who we are hiring. We can usually get the entire hiring process done in 2-4 days.

This is a Flat rate position where you have the opportunity to get paid for all of the hours you flag. This position starts at $32 per flat rate hour. At this tech level we do offer a guarantee at 100% of your time clock hours. There is also additional incentives once you turn over 80 hours in a pay period.

This is a Flat rate position where you have the opportunity to get paid for all of the hours you flag. This position starts at $28 per flat rate hour. At this tech level we do offer a guarantee at 90% of your time clock hours. There is also additional incentives once you turn over 80 hours in a pay period.

This is a Flat rate position where you have the opportunity to get paid for all of the hours you flag. This position starts at $25 per flat rate hour. At this tech level we do offer a guarantee at 85% of your time clock hours. There is also additional incentives once you turn over 80 hours in a pay period.

This is a Flat rate position where you have the opportunity to get paid for all of the hours you flag. This position starts at $22 per flat rate hour. At this tech level we do offer a guarantee at 80% of your time clock hours. There is also additional incentives once you turn over 80 hours in a pay period.

Apprentice Technicians are paid as hourly technicians but are also provided a $1.50 bonus for every hour they flag. This position starts at $20 per hour. We do frequently offer some overtime.

This is an hourly paid position. The starting pay is $17.00 but once you complete all of your Quick Lane and Ford Training you would qualify for a raise to $18.00. There is some but minimal amount of overtime offered for this position.