Heavy Equipment Mechanic

Job Highlights

Company Profile

Waste Management partners with communities to reduce waste, recover resources, and create renewable energy through comprehensive collection, disposal, and recycling services.

Job Profile

The company is seeking a Heavy Equipment Mechanic to join its team.

Education Level

• High School Diploma (a plus)
• Be over 18 years of age

Work Experience

• 1 year of maintenance mechanic experience on heavy equipment

License/Certification

• A valid driver’s license, with a clean driving record
• Legally eligible to work in the United States

Duties/Responsibilities

• Diagnose and repair differentials, hydraulic systems, motors, transmissions, drives, air conditioning systems, and electrical systems.
• Paperwork and admin tasks such as work orders, card files, PM checklists, and oil samples.
• Preventative maintenance as set out by the site checklist.
• Repair equipment, including but not limited to, bulldozers, scrapers, backhoes, front-end loaders, yard trucks, farm tractors, forklifts, and company cars.
• Service and maintain other equipment such as light plants, water pumps, welders, and other equipment.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Ability to perform the physical requirements of the position with or without reasonable accommodations.
• Curious and determined fixers.
• Good communicators who are ready to support other colleagues.
• Complete and pass a pre-employment drug screen and physical.
• Take accountability for the quality and standard of their work.
• Thrive while working independently.

Work Environment

• Required to be exposed to a physical environment that involves dirt, odors, noise, weather extremes, or similar elements often.
• Required to be exposed to physical occupational risks (such as cuts, burns, exposure to toxic chemicals, etc.) often.
• Required to exert physical effort that will include but is not limited to frequent lifting, pushing, pulling, crouching, and climbing; constantly standing, walking, and grasping; occasionally: sitting and balancing
• Operates in both inside garage, shop, or gas plant conditions as well as in outside conditions that include inclement weather, heat, and humidity.

Benefits/Perks

• The company offers a competitive compensation package that includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and short-term disability, stock purchase plan, company match on 401 (k), paid vacation, holidays, and personal days.

Employer’s Statement

Waste Management is an Equal Opportunity Employer.