Stairlift and Auto Lift Installation Technician

Job Description

Job Description

Installation Technician

Join our dynamic team as a Stairlift and Auto Lift Installation Technician, where you'll play a vital role in enhancing mobility and independence for our customers. Altamira is a full service home medical equipment provider specializing in providing home accessibility equipment, including stair lifts, scooter lifts, ramps, patient lifts, and wheelchair lifts for the elderly and disabled.

This position offers the opportunity to work hands-on with state-of-the-art lift systems, ensuring safe and efficient installations, maintenance, and troubleshooting. Your technical expertise will directly impact lives by providing reliable solutions that improve daily living.

Job Type: Full Time

Pay: $25.00 - $32.00 per hour ($52,000 - $66,560)

• Represent the company in a professional and courteous manner in all interactions with clients.
• Deliver and install home medical equipment to clients in Western PA, Eastern OH, and WV to include but not limited to mobility and accessibility products, vehicle lifts, stair lifts, and wheelchair lifts. Occasional overnight trips.
• Demonstrate and explain Home Medical Equipment (HME) in the client’s home and obtain appropriate documentation.
• Perform service requests as needed, as well as rotational on-call weekend services according to the schedule.
• Provide assistance to the Installation Manager as needed.
• Repairing delivered equipment in the field and in the warehouse.
• May loading and unload trucks.
• May checking deliveries received in the warehouse to ensure orders are correct and no damage to deliveries.
• Log complaints from patients and facilitating follow up.
• Maintain cleanliness of company vehicle; keeping it stocked with needed supplies for day to day activities.
• Maintain warehouse cleanliness and organization.
• Complete bi-weekly truck inventories and assisting with warehouse inventory as needed.
• Participate in training classes and in-services when provided.
• Participate in company committees and meetings when requested.
• Participate in surveys conducted by authorized inspection agencies.
• Report any misconduct, suspicious or unethical activities to the Installation Manager.
• Report equipment hazards and/or product incidents as required in accordance with company policy.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Installation Manager.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent
• 1-2 years of carpentry/construction skills including light electrical skills (the ability to add or move outlets) preferred.
• 1-2 years installing durable medical equipment (DME) such as stairlifts and auto lifts preferred.
• Mechanical Inclination and aptitude in tool use
• Must be willing to travel with occasional overnight stays
• Effective interpersonal, time management, and organizational skills
• Valid driver’s license and clean driving record for the past three years

Physical Requirements

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions in this job description:

• Regularly required to stand, walk, and sit, as well as talk and hear.
• Required to use hands to operate vehicles and office equipment.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 80 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Join us to be part of a dedicated team committed to delivering safe, reliable mobility solutions. Your technical skills combined with a passion for helping others will make a meaningful difference every day!

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