Joshua Kuhl
Fort Atkinson
Summary
Professional machine operation specialist with substantial hands-on experience in operating and maintaining industrial machinery. Strong focus on ensuring precision, safety, and efficiency in all tasks. Collaborative team player known for reliability and adaptability to changing production needs. Skilled in troubleshooting equipment issues, maintaining optimal machine performance, and adhering to safety protocols.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
General Laborer
TERRA Staffing Group
10.2024 - 12.2024
- Maintained clean and organized worksites, minimizing hazards and promoting a safe working environment.
- Loaded, unloaded, and moved material to and from storage and production areas.
- Demonstrated strong work ethic, completing physically demanding tasks under varying conditions.
- Performed general housekeeping and cleaning tasks.
Automotive Technician
Lily's Auto Care Center
02.2024 - 08.2024
- Maintained a clean and organized work environment, demonstrating pride in personal workspace while contributing to overall shop cleanliness.
- Performed diagnostic and troubleshooting procedures to find and identify root causes of mechanical issues.
- Serviced vehicles according to OEM recommended maintenance schedules for oil changes, engine tune-ups and fluid changes.
- Completed full vehicle inspections to check for leaks, damage, or other issues of concern.
- Replaced damaged, missing, or defective parts with new and refurbished components.
- Changed, rotated, and balanced tires on different types of vehicles.
- Inspected and tested vehicles and completed preventive maintenance such as engine tune-ups, oil changes, tire rotations, wheel balancing, and filter replacement.
- Improved vehicle performance by conducting thorough diagnostic tests and repairing or replacing faulty components.
- Troubleshot and diagnosed faults with vehicle systems and components using OEM-specific code readers, diagnostic trees, and online knowledge bases.
- Enhanced customer satisfaction by providing timely and accurate repair estimates for various automotive issues.
- Analyzed and located malfunctions in brakes, motors, switches, and control systems.
- Completed customer orders and warranty services according to manufacturer specifications.
- Reduced vehicle downtime with meticulous preventative maintenance services, extending the life of customers'' vehicles.
- Trained and coached junior employees on procedures for completing various types of repairs and maintenance on cars and light trucks.
- Tested newly installed equipment to determine proper functionality and compliance with regulations.
- Maintained accurate records of time and materials required to perform repairs and service.
- Used specialized tools to detect leaks in gas and refrigerant systems.
Maintenance Technician
Walmart
02.2023 - 02.2024
- Plan day accordingly to repair orders priority based
- Including repairs but not limited to electrical equipment and wiring anything not behind a breaker panel
- Repair and Replacement of all hydraulic and electric pallet jacks
- Perform routine maintenance on forklift equipment
- Fix any plumbing issues
- Operated varied hand and power tools to complete repairs.
- Used problem-solving skills to alleviate issues efficiently with minimal supervision.
- Troubleshot equipment breakdowns and performed preventive maintenance.
- Followed safety protocols to minimize workplace accidents.
- Installed new locks, door handles, and door closers.
- Performed electrical and mechanical repairs of production equipment to minimize downtime.
Owner/Operator
Kuhl Automotive LLC
01.2022 - 12.2023
- All Service and Diagnostics of Automatic Transmission/Transaxle, Automobile Service Technology, Brakes, Electrical/Electronic Systems, Engine Performance, Engine Repair, Heating and Air Conditioning, Maintenance and Light Repair, Manual Drive Train and Axles, Suspension and Steering
- Managed all accounting books including but not limited to sales accounts, all invoicing of repairs performed, writing up, selling, and communicating estimates to all customers
- All Marketing advertisements, monthly specials, and social media accounts
- All Building maintenance and inventory daily
- Customer relations
Automotive Technician
Northside Auto Sales
03.2020 - 01.2022
- Maintained a clean and organized work environment, demonstrating pride in personal workspace while contributing to overall shop cleanliness.
- Performed diagnostic and troubleshooting procedures to find and identify root causes of mechanical issues.
- Serviced vehicles according to OEM recommended maintenance schedules for oil changes, engine tune-ups and fluid changes.
- Completed full vehicle inspections to check for leaks, damage, or other issues of concern.
- Replaced damaged, missing, or defective parts with new and refurbished components.
- Changed, rotated, and balanced tires on different types of vehicles.
- Inspected and tested vehicles and completed preventive maintenance such as engine tune-ups, oil changes, tire rotations, wheel balancing, and filter replacement.
- Improved vehicle performance by conducting thorough diagnostic tests and repairing or replacing faulty components.
- Troubleshot and diagnosed faults with vehicle systems and components using OEM-specific code readers, diagnostic trees, and online knowledge bases.
- Enhanced customer satisfaction by providing timely and accurate repair estimates for various automotive issues.
- Analyzed and located malfunctions in brakes, motors, switches, and control systems.
- Completed customer orders and warranty services according to manufacturer specifications.
- Reduced vehicle downtime with meticulous preventative maintenance services, extending the life of customers'' vehicles.
- Trained and coached junior employees on procedures for completing various types of repairs and maintenance on cars and light trucks.
- Tested newly installed equipment to determine proper functionality and compliance with regulations.
- Maintained accurate records of time and materials required to perform repairs and service.
- Used specialized tools to detect leaks in gas and refrigerant systems.
Automotive Technician
Dairyland Automotive
04.2013 - 12.2019
- Maintained a clean and organized work environment, demonstrating pride in personal workspace while contributing to overall shop cleanliness.
- Performed diagnostic and troubleshooting procedures to find and identify root causes of mechanical issues.
- Serviced vehicles according to OEM recommended maintenance schedules for oil changes, engine tune-ups and fluid changes.
- Completed full vehicle inspections to check for leaks, damage, or other issues of concern.
- Replaced damaged, missing, or defective parts with new and refurbished components.
- Changed, rotated, and balanced tires on different types of vehicles.
- Inspected and tested vehicles and completed preventive maintenance such as engine tune-ups, oil changes, tire rotations, wheel balancing, and filter replacement.
- Improved vehicle performance by conducting thorough diagnostic tests and repairing or replacing faulty components.
- Troubleshot and diagnosed faults with vehicle systems and components using OEM-specific code readers, diagnostic trees, and online knowledge bases.
- Enhanced customer satisfaction by providing timely and accurate repair estimates for various automotive issues.
- Analyzed and located malfunctions in brakes, motors, switches, and control systems.
- Completed customer orders and warranty services according to manufacturer specifications.
- Reduced vehicle downtime with meticulous preventative maintenance services, extending the life of customers'' vehicles.
- Trained and coached junior employees on procedures for completing various types of repairs and maintenance on cars and light trucks.
- Tested newly installed equipment to determine proper functionality and compliance with regulations.
- Maintained accurate records of time and materials required to perform repairs and service.
- Used specialized tools to detect leaks in gas and refrigerant systems.
Education
Certificate of Technical Studies - Automotive Technology
Madison College
Madison, WI12.2016
Skills
- Automotive Dealership Experience
- Service technician experience
- Hands-On Electrical Experience
- Automotive repair
- Power tools
- Hand tools
- Mechanic experience
- Soldering
- Welding
- Customer service
- Mechanical knowledge
- Sales
- Vehicle maintenance
- Equipment repair
- Forklift
- Equipment maintenance
- Material handling
- Troubleshooting techniques
- Preventive maintenance
- Vehicle inspections
- Attention to detail
- Safety procedures
- Proficient in Hand and Power Tools
- Organization
- Adaptable Knowledge Seeker
- Punctual and reliable
- Facilities maintenance
Certification
- ASE Certification
- Air Conditioning Certification
- EPA 609 Certification
Personal Information
Work Permit: Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
General Laborer
TERRA Staffing Group
10.2024 - 12.2024
Automotive Technician
Lily's Auto Care Center
02.2024 - 08.2024
Maintenance Technician
Walmart
02.2023 - 02.2024
Owner/Operator
Kuhl Automotive LLC
01.2022 - 12.2023
Automotive Technician
Northside Auto Sales
03.2020 - 01.2022
Automotive Technician
Dairyland Automotive
04.2013 - 12.2019
Certificate of Technical Studies - Automotive Technology
Madison College
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