Website Arcosa
Job Highlights
Title | Heavy Equipment Mechanic |
Type | Full Time |
Experience | Required |
Function | Maintenance/Manufacturing |
Location | Streetman, TX, United States |
Company | Arcosa |
Company Profile
Arcosa provides infrastructure-related products and solutions with leading brands serving engineered structures, construction, and transportation markets.
Job Profile
The company is hiring a Heavy Equipment Mechanic to join its team.
Education Level
- Not mentioned, yet a High School Diploma will be a plus
Work Experience
- Welding experience
- Mechanic experience, preferably heavy equipment mechanics in construction or mining environment
- MSHA certification (we will train)
Duties/Responsibilities
- Actively promote and observe safety and security procedures and use equipment and materials properly.
- Assist operators with preventative and predictive maintenance of equipment by inspecting and testing electrical, mechanical, and hydraulic components.
- Attend scheduled departmental and safety meetings.
- Comply with strict safety procedures, following all MSHA guidelines.
- Control downtime by informing operators of daily preventive maintenance techniques; and monitoring compliance.
- Demonstrate aptitude to acquire additional skills.
- Demonstrate initiative, accuracy, and thoroughness.
- Ensure that safety, health, and environmental legal and company standards are complied with, emphasizing safety as a top priority.
- Keep accurate and detailed records of equipment failures and repairs.
- Locate sources of problems by observing mechanical devices in operation; listening for problems; and using precision measuring and testing instruments.
- Observe all operation policies and procedures;
- Perform other tasks as assigned by management.
- Purchase and pick up parts.
- Report potentially unsafe conditions.
- Some welding, performing minor body work.
- Work independently while understanding the necessity for communicating and coordinating work efforts with other employees.
- Actively helps and trains others.
- Perform other duties as required or assigned.
Skills/Knowledge/Abilities
- Ability to set priorities that accurately reflect the relative importance of job responsibilities.
- Good communication skills and ability to follow directions.
- Problem-solving skills; exercise good judgment in determining the best method and procedure to be followed.
- Proficient skills in General Maintenance, Lubrication, Welding, Hydraulics, Drive Trains, and Diagnostics.
- Prompt, regular, and predictable attendance.
- The ability to stand, stoop, bend, lift, walk, climb stairs, ladders, and catwalks up to 60 feet as required and lift weights up to 60 pounds.
- The ability to work in a varied outdoor environment (cold, hot, dry, dusty, rainy).
- Willingness and ability to work overtime hours.
Working Conditions
- May require periods of work in all weather conditions including heat, cold, wet, dry, and dusty. Regularly sitting, standing, walking, talking, hearing.
- Vision requirements include close vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Frequent use of hands and arms.
- Requires ability to lift, carry, push, or pull medium weights, up to 75 lbs.
- Occasional bending, squatting, crawling, climbing, reaching, ascending, and descending stairs or ladders.
Benefits/Perks
- 11 paid holidays
- 401k program with employer matching
- Competitive hourly pay
- Dental and Vision Insurance
- Health insurance
- MSHA/OSHA training provided
- Opportunity for annual performance increases
- Paid life insurance
- Paid short-term disability
- Paid vacation and sick time
- Room for growth and career advancement
Employer’s Statement
Arcosa is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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