Heavy Equipment Mechanic

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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