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Hose TechnicianSunSource · Andover, VA 24215
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Hose Technician

🗓️ Posted 2026-09-15 Andover, VA 24215 Technician, Warehouse, Driver & Branch Roles Hybrid Manufacturing Transport Logistics
💰 Salary Not shared 📊 Market US$2,500–US$3,500/mo

About the Company

Keeping Industrial America Running... At SunSource, we don't just sell products - we deliver solutions. We don't just offer service - we build partnerships. And we don't just power machines - we help keep North American industry running. With 270+ locations and 4,000+ employees, SunSource, and its family of companies, is a leading value-added industrial distributor and solutions provider serving manufacturers and industrial customers across North America. Within our family of companies, we bring together expertise in fluid power, automation, fluid process, fluid conveyance, industrial components, and repair services to help customers solve complex challenges, improve performance, and keep their operations moving. When you join a SunSource company, you become part of a team where technical expertise, customer relationships, innovation, and entrepreneurial thinking come together. Our scale provides resources and opportunities to grow, while our specialized businesses give you the opportunity to make a meaningful impact. Our family of companies includes Amazon Hose & Rubber, Applied Controls, Callahan Weber Hydraulics, Carotek, Denver Industrial Pumps, D/J Industrial, Dover Hydraulics, Electro-Matic, Energy Hydraulics, Ford-Gelatt, Fluid Process Equipment, GHX Industrial, Heitek Automation, K+S Services, Lubrication Equipment & Supply, Master Pumps & Power, McCarty Equipment, Mission Controls, Paragon Technologies, Perfection Servo, Precision Zone Industrial Electronics, Process Solutions Integration, Price Engineering, P.S.I. Fluid Power, Ryan Herco Flow Solutions, Stuart Hose & Pipe, Tec-Hackett, The Hope Group, United Central, Vytl Controls Group, Western Hydrostatics, and Western Integrated Technologies. We may be many brands, but at our core we're one company, one culture and one team committed to keeping North American industry running. Industrial Machinery Manufacturing Specialties: Value Add Industrial Distribution

Responsibilities

  • ● Since 1974, United Central Industrial Supply, a SunSource company, has been providing industrial operators throughout North America the components and services they need, when they need them. Our span of product offering, manufacturing partnerships, and our unmatched customer service has been the cornerstone of our success. www.unitedcentral.net
  • ● Hose Technician
  • ● I. FUNCTIONS & REQUIREMENTS
  • ● To improve and facilitate the manufacture of Hose, Pipe and Gasket products offered by United Central Industrial Supply Co. LLC., throughout its organization.
  • ● Primary Functions
  • ● Serve as an intermediary between sales and production personnel, providing technical assistance designed to promote product knowledge and to facilitate the overall sales process.
  • ● Work with existing and new customers, learn their end-use product requirements and provide/suggest innovative technical solutions to individual customer problems.
  • ● Develop technical solutions to product manufacturing issues. Improve and streamline the hose and gasket manufacturing process. Evaluate new tools in the manufacture of said products. Improve the current utilization of current tools/equipment, to include programming improvements of computer-controlled devices.
  • ● Facilitate the repair and ongoing maintenance of current equipment.
  • ● Work with Inventory Control regarding stock levels, obsolete inventory, etc.
  • ● Additional Functions
  • ● Oversee employees engaged in the manufacturing process. Recruit/interview/hire employees as appropriate in order to meet customer demands. Evaluate individual employee's job performance and provide constructive feedback as necessary.
  • ● Work with purchasing and management on the selection and purchase of equipment necessary to facilitate or improve the manufacturing process.
  • ● Train employees in the assembly/manufacture of products sold by UC. Consult with other branches in the training requirements of their employees. Prepare training documents and manufacturing/assembly procedures manuals for use throughout UC.
  • ● Attend and participate in company meetings, industry conferences and conventions as requested by management
  • ● Visit customer sites when necessary to troubleshoot problems and evaluate customer needs.
  • ● Required Equipment
  • ● Company Computer System
  • ● Standard Office Equipment
  • ● Specialized equipment used in the manufacture of hose, pipe and gasket assemblies marketed and sold by UC.