Job Description

Job Details

Job Title
Service Technician / Reefer Mechanic
Business Function
Carrier
Branch Name
MHC Carrier Transicold-KansCty
Date
04-01-2026
Address
2700 South 88th Street
City
Kansas City
State
KS

Job Overview & Essential Functions

Murphy-Hoffman Company, LLC is North America’s largest Kenworth truck dealership group and leasing group. As MHC continues to grow, we have an opening for a Refrigeration HVAC Service Diesel Technician. The role of the Refrigeration HVAC Service Diesel Technician is responsible performs all functions of a fully qualified transport refrigeration mechanic under minimal supervision.

• Performs skilled and complicated mechanical work on transport refrigeration equipment and related components with minimum supervision.
• Performs trouble shooting on major problems.
• Works with and helps train apprentice technicians.
• Maintains a neat and orderly working area, and proper handling of company tools.
• Advises the Shop Foreman if additional repair work is necessary.
• Maintains favorable relations with customers.
• Masters the techniques needed to use a laptop computer to test microprocessors.
• Follows safe work practices and procedures, uses safety equipment when required, responds to suggestions for working safely and seeks assistance when necessary.
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor.

SAFETY-SENSITIVE

This position has been designated as a safety-sensitive position. Any person performing the position while under the influence of marijuana or any other illegal drug may constitute a threat to health or safety or in which a lapse of attention could result in injury, illness, or death, including without limitation a position that includes the operating, repairing, maintaining, or monitoring of heavy equipment, machinery, aircraft, motorized watercraft, or motor vehicles or handling of hazardous materials and/or waste as part of the job duties.

Qualifications

• Minimum three years hands-on experience and on-the-job training in a related mechanical field.
• Basic understanding of how to read a wiring diagram/schematic
• At least one year of HVAC experience preferred
• Minimum one year of diesel engine experience
• Education - Graduate of vocational course or experience and training equivalent.
• A/C Certification.
• Necessary tools to perform position responsibilities.
• CDL preferred.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Medical, Dental and Prescription Insurance
• Disability and Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off program
• 401k and Profit Sharing with Employer Match
• Flexible Spending Account
• Internal Promotion Opportunities
• On the Job Training

About Us

MHC is an expansion of the original company, Ozark Kenworth, Inc. Ozark Kenworth started in Springfield, Missouri, in January 1975. Opening for business without a Parts or Service department and only three employees in a temporary facility. From there, the company grew and expanded. MHC is now a multi-state network of full-service diesel truck dealerships, leasing and rental operations, transport refrigeration locations, and a finance company which offers a complete array of finance and insurance services. We believe in fostering an environment that helps employees realize their full potential – a place where you can grow as a person and a professional.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled