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Interested in a career with Alta Equipment? We’d love to hear from you.

Thanks to all our excellent employees who made it possible to achieve Top Places to Work for 2020 in Michigan! Interested in joining our team?

Thanks to all our excellent employees who made it possible to achieve Top Places to Work for 2020 in Michigan! Interested in joining our team?

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At Alta Equipment, we believe in investing in our people. That’s why we offer an excellent benefit package that includes:

  • Health, dental, and voluntary vision insurances
  • Life, short and long term disability insurances
  • Pre-paid legal and identity theft insurance
  • Flexible and health savings accounts
  • Holiday, personal and vacation time
  • 401(k) with discretionary match after one year of service

Are you a hard worker looking for a good job on a stable career path? We invite you to get in touch! When you work for Alta Equipment, you’ll find:

  • Opportunities for growth and learning
  • A supportive and challenging work environment
  • A company that’s committed to you

In promoting our Invest in the Best Guiding Principle, we place a high value on continuing education for our employees. For our Industrial Equipment Group (lift trucks) technicians we have corporate trainers that visit the branches to conduct training and we offer 4 levels of certifications. For our Construction Equipment Group technicians we combine training from our corporate trainer and trainers from our manufacturers, which offer certifications specific to their equipment. Also, we send our managers, sales professionals, and administrative staff to relevant trainings in their line of work to sharpen their skills and stay up-to-date on the latest technologies and/or regulations.

Come work for us and allow us to invest in you!

At Alta Equipment Company we are looking for candidates who are a cultural fit with our organization and understand that every task and job goes toward fostering customers for life. Along with that, a great attitude that embraces mutual respect and delivering a consistent high energy level that exudes a passion for excellence. Also, we are searching for a skill set that has a high aptitude for the position with a continual focus on investing in one’s profession through additional training and learning.

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Why Work for Alta Equipment?

Company Culture

Our core commitment is to build a team of the best people around in order to provide outstanding service that exceeds our customers’ expectations.

Growth Opportunity

We are a growing, progressive, multi-location distributor with 31 locations and over 1200 employees throughout Michigan, Northern Indiana, Illinois and Florida.

Passion for Excellence

At Alta, we “invest in the best”. We work together as one team to promote mutual respect and develop relationships that create customers for life.

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MEET THE ALTA EQUIPMENT TEAM

Jenny J. | Fleet and Warranty Administrator in Itasca, IL

What is your favorite part about working at Alta?

Variety! My role involves working with multiple branches. I enjoy working with team members from different departments and locations. I believe this has given me a clearer insight into how I can best contribute.

What do you look forward to most every day coming to work?

Most days I can expect to be involved in researching unusual repair issues. Working with the branch, technicians and manufacturers to determine the best way forward is always rewarding.

How do you invest in the best?

I’m always glad when I am able to help another team member. Training, sharing tips, tricks and best practice ideas. Usually when coaching other team members I learn something too!

Araro G. | Branch Manager in Montgomery, IL

What is your favorite part about working at Alta?

The relationship is mutually beneficial, so the feeling that we are more than a number or a stats on a page. We work hard for the company and we get taken care of by them as well.

What do you look forward to most every day coming to work?

Getting to work with a great team that feels like family. This goes company wide because there is a lot of interaction between branches.

How do you invest in the best?

Having the Alta family take in new team members under their wing. Most of the team, if not all, help to educate the new team members in addition to existing team members. We understand that we are always learning so sometimes even senior techs have questions. At that time we all come together to resolve and learn from the situation.

TJ D. | Corporate Trainer in Bolingbrook, IL

What is your favorite part about working at Alta?

Working with all the different departments within the company. I get to work, as a team, with the technicians, management, sales departments, and rental department on daily issues.

What do you look forward to most every day coming to work?

Working with the technicians on a daily basis to solve customer issues. It’s rewarding to know at the end of the day, we’ve made a difference and taken care of the customer.

How do you invest in the best?

By working with our technicians to advance their skills, knowledge, and understanding of the equipment they are servicing. This saves the customer money on diagnostic time and parts and promotes our “Customers for Life.”

Gabi E. | Benefits Specialist in Livonia, MI

What is your favorite part about working at Alta?

The culture that Alta has established. I really enjoy being part of a company where all team members are willing to offer support to one another.

What do you look forward to most every day coming to work?

Every day is different. Even though there are routine tasks that need to be completed,, there is always something new. I also really enjoy the satisfaction of helping others, and working with a team that is always there for support.

How do you invest in the best?

I invest in the best by being a team player and always having a positive attitude. I make decisions with the best intentions for the organization. I also think it is important to look at every challenge as an opportunity and not a problem no matter the circumstance.

Gary C. | Aftermarket Rep in Elkhart, IN

What is your favorite part about working at Alta?

Being part of a winning team that provides quality equipment and service to customers, the company-wide support from other branches and divisions, and working for a company that truly cares.

What do you look forward to most every day coming to work?

Knowing that I have a team to count on and they count on me, the satisfaction of knowing I made a difference, and that no two days are the same.

How do you invest in the best?

By helping other team members. If there is a new employee, we all help that person grow. Additionally, we look for ways to better serve our customers by listening to the ideas and opinions of other Alta employees – we are One Team.

John (Bart) B. | Shop Technician in Sterling Heights, MI

What is your favorite part about working at Alta?

Being able to work on something different every day and working on a team. I do everything from road work, installations, project management, welding, electrical work, etc. There is a lot of comradery within the group and it makes coming to work every day enjoyable.

What do you look forward to most every day coming to work?

Knowing that I am going to be able to complete a job. Being able to take something broken and making it work is a great feeling.

How do you invest in the best?

It is about the team not just an individual. When someone is new or just needs help, everyone works together. When someone has a problem, they call someone else to work together to resolve the issue. The more everyone knows the better Alta is as a company.