Utility Technician
Posted May 6, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about the maintenance work you have done. What kinds of equipment or tools have you repaired?
What they are checking: Whether they have real hands-on repair experience across tools, vehicles or machines like the posting describes.
How do you inspect your own work to make sure a repair actually held?
What they are checking: Whether they check results before calling a job done, which the posting asks for directly.
Tell me about a time you saw a coworker skip a safety step. What did you do?
What they are checking: Whether they will speak up about at-risk behavior, a stated expectation for everyone at SBM.
These shifts can be 10 hours overnight. How do you stay sharp and safe at the end of a long shift?
What they are checking: Whether they know fatigue causes mistakes and have ways to stay careful late in a shift.
What would you do
You are on a lift and someone walks under your work area. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they will stop work and secure the area, showing they protect others and not just themselves.
Your supervisor gives you a repair job and a cleaning job at the same time, and both seem urgent. How do you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they ask for priorities instead of guessing, which keeps the customer site running smoothly.
About the work
A power tool stops working in the middle of a job. Walk me through how you figure out what's wrong.
What they are checking: Whether they troubleshoot step by step, starting with safe and simple checks, instead of guessing.
What does preventive maintenance mean to you, and why does it matter?
What they are checking: Whether they understand that regular checks prevent bigger breakdowns, which is the core purpose of this role.
This job may use a boom lift for high-rise window cleaning and dusting. Have you run a lift, and what do you check before you go up?
What they are checking: Whether they know lift inspection, fall protection and when to stop, since falls from height are deadly.
What personal protective equipment would you wear when cleaning stainless steel with chemicals or working at height?
What they are checking: Whether they match PPE to the task, like gloves, eye protection and a harness, rather than treating it as optional.
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