About Vermeer Southeast

Vermeer Southeast Sales & Service, Inc, founded in 1967 is a heavy equipment sales and services dealer with locations in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. In 2018 VSE became a 100% employee-owned company.

“From the beginning, we wanted the culture of Vermeer Southeast to be based on the biblical principles of honesty and integrity. We wanted to be fair about everything, treat our employees well, and treat our customers well.”

Merle Den Besten and Mel Bokhoven
Vermeer Southeast Co-founders

About the role

Vermeer Southeast is seeking a motivated and technically skilled individual to serve as a key support resource for our outside sales team, service shop, and HDD (Horizontal Directional Drilling) customers. This role involves training customers on the operation of drills, locators, vacs, and plows; preparing and delivering equipment for demos and sales; supporting trade shows and HDD training classes; and assisting customers both on-site and at our location. The ideal candidate will have experience operating HDD equipment, strong communication skills, and a Class A CDL. This is a customer-facing position with opportunities to grow into equipment diagnostics, product demonstrations, and expanded support responsibilities.

What you'll do

Primary Roles & Responsibilities:

• Train and support our directional drilling customers how to operate drills, locators, vacs, & plows
• Prep drills and mix tanks for demo / delivery
• Deliver equipment for outside sales team as needed
• Assist customers that want to meet as at the shop to look at equipment when outside rep cannot be there
• Assist with signing up, setting up, and working shows
• Assist with HDD classes and simulator training as needed
• Look for parts and service opportunities with accounts by reviewing account before calling them and then promoting our parts and service department to them
• Visit HDD job sites proactively to support our customers
• Knowledge of Vermeer tooling for directional drills

Secondary Responsibilities:

• Take Vermeer University classes on how to repair drills. Long term goal of being able to help diagnose repair needs on the job site and in the shop
• Utilize our CRM to proactively call customers on rainy days
• Run equipment to other Vermeer Southeast locations as needed
• Maintain a Class A CDL and Air Brakes endorsement in order
• Assist shop as requested
• Potentially assist in selling/demonstrating some of the Yanmar product line in future

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

• High school diploma/GED required
• 2 Years of directional boring experience preferred

Necessary Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to operate a directional drill, vac, locator, mini excavator, and plow
• Proficient with common computer programs, including Microsoft Office & Excel
• Excellent communication skills in person & on phone
• Class A CDL required
• Air Brakes endorsement preferred
• Ability to work flexible hours at times (before 7 and after 5)

Benefits offered

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) - Certified Employee-Owned
• Health insurance with 0 deductible
• Dental and Vision plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Company Paid Telehealth Program - MediOrbis
• 401K Retirement Plan
• Paid Holidays & Vacation
• Others

We are a Drug Free Workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer