Yellow Iron Mechanic
About this role
Join Our Team as a Heavy Equipment / Yellow Iron Mechanic!
📍 Location: Heart of Florida Landfill – Lake Panasoffkee, FL
🕡 Schedule: Monday–Friday | Saturdays as needed
💰 Pay:$35-$45 hour DOE
What You’ll Do:
- Perform repairs and preventive maintenance on a variety of heavy equipment.
- Diagnose and fix electrical, hydraulic, suspension, brake, and air systems.
- Work with a fleet of yellow iron equipment including compactors, dozers, excavators, motor graders, water trucks, and articulated dump trucks.
- Operate bulldozers, wheel loaders, motor graders, and scrapers. (Compactor experience is a plus!)
- Maintain a clean and safe work environment in compliance with OSHA and company standards.
What We’re Looking For:
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- 3–5 years of hands-on experience with diesel engines and yellow iron equipment.
- Ability to read, write, and communicate technical service information.
- CDL preferred (but not required at time of hire).
- Strong knowledge of heavy equipment operation and maintenance.
- Ability to lift over 50 lbs and work in physically demanding conditions.
Why Join Us?
- Comprehensive Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, FSA, long-term disability, life insurance, 401(k), and more.
- Year-Round Stability: The waste industry is essential and reliable.
- Growth Opportunities: Unlimited potential to “Connect with Your Future.”
- Veterans Welcome: We proudly support and encourage veterans to apply.
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Apply today and Connect with Your Future!
Waste Connections is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer (Minorities/Female/Disabled/Veterans)
Company at a glance
Pick your destination. We’ll help you get there. That’s how we’ve been growing our local teams and our national recognition for more than 20 years. Our culture is rooted in the idea that our leaders are here to serve our employees. That means wherever you’re headed on your journey – to a new role, to a better lifestyle, or simply to those moments on the job that stick with you – rest assured, we’ll be traveling along with you.
We are Waste Connections, an integrated services company that provides solid waste collection, transfer, disposal and recycling services to local residents and businesses throughout the U.S. and Canada. We’re proud to be a different kind of company with a different kind of culture. One where self-directed, empowered employees have our trust and full support to realize their potential as they strive to make a bigger and better impact on their communities and careers every day.
Top Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- FSA
- Long-term disability
- Life insurance
- 401(k)
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