Mechanic- Highway Department

Description
The Heavy Equipment Mechanic’s work involves a variety of makes and models of trucks and heavy road equipment. A Heavy Equipment Mechanic performs difficult and skilled mechanical work in the repair of heavy equipment. The employee is expected to plan their work and make decisions within established policy. The work is performed under general supervision of the Fleet & Facilities Manager and is subject to inspection while in process and upon completion. Shop clothing, as well as allowances for tools and clothing are provided. This position is the primary service truck operator for remote repairs and diagnostics as assigned and necessary.

Essential Duties:
-Repair and maintain vehicles and heavy equipment including but not limited to backhoes, loaders, tractors, trucks, and road graders.
-Completes work orders, inspection reports, and other basic forms as needed.
-Repair, inspect, adjust and replace necessary components and related parts on a wide variety of road maintenance equipment.
-Wire feed welding, plasma cutting, oxyacetylene cutting and fabricating.
-Mount and dismount seasonal equipment; serve as a backup for snow plowing as directed by supervisor.
-Diagnose defects of trucks and specialized heavy maintenance equipment.
-Repair and/or overhaul brake systems, engines, differentials, front and rear axles.
-Repair and maintain hydraulic systems; remove and install engines, transmissions, and differentials.
-Service truck operation for remote repairs/diagnostics as assigned.
-Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:
Completion of a vocational training course in Diesel Mechanics and Heavy Equipment Maintenance and one year of full-time paid experience as a heavy equipment mechanic; OR three years of full-time paid experience as a heavy equipment mechanic. Work experience as a heavy equipment mechanic may be substituted for formal training on the basis of two years of full-time paid experience for one year of formal training. CDL licensure is preferred.

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Full-time based on 40 hours per week; $24.91 – $26.22 per hour.
This posting will remain open until adequate applications are received.

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