Mechanic - NON-UNION

About the role

This position provides regular servicing, maintenance, and repairs to heavy equipment and tools. Essential functions include handling repairs, providing servicing, making adjustments, examining equipment, testing equipment, cleaning components, and performing welding tasks.

Responsibilities

• Handles all necessary repairs including the replacement of worn or damaged parts.
• Provides regular servicing including using jacks, cranes, and various handheld tools to dismantle and reassemble areas of heavy equipment.
• Makes adjustments to engines, as well as any additional assemblies such as gear transmissions and hydraulic.
• Examines critical parts and operating components of heavy equipment for possible wear and tear, defects, or other damage with the use of specialized tools, and trained eyes and ears.
• Tests equipment and machines on a regular schedule to ensure things are operating efficiently and safely.
• Cleans all components using approved solvents formulated for heavy equipment.
• Checks for components and parts that need to be welded and then, with a gas or electric welder, performs the work.

Requirements

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Must be able to safely drive an approved company vehicle.
• Experience working on and/or repairing Hydraulic systems on fleet vehicles is preferred.
• Must be able to operate the type of machinery being worked on.

Qualifications

• A.S.E Mechanics Certification is preferred.
• Certification for Fleet Repairs / Maintenance is preferred.
• Certification for Welding is preferred.
• Certification for Aerial Device Repairs / Maintenance is preferred.

Skills

Must have sufficient eyesight to judge distance/coordination of equipment and tools, be able to maintain attention and concentration for extended periods, be able to withstand exposure to all kinds of weather while completing work assignments, be able to wear personal protective equipment as necessary, be able to enter and exit a vehicle numerous times a day, have the endurance necessary to traverse various terrain, be capable of performing job duties throughout a standard 8- or 10-hour day, be able to communicate with others, read, write, and comprehend written/verbal job instructions and information, and communicate and handle conflict professionally.

Benefits

• Company-sponsored Retirement Plan
• Health Insurance (Medical/Dental/Vision)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Life, long-term/short-term disability insurance