About this role
Are you looking for stable work as a Senior Heavy Equipment Mechanic with benefits that provide financial security for you and your family? Aspiring to advance in your heavy equipment career at a site that prides itself on employee safety? Searching for a company that prioritizes its employees' well-being and understands the importance of family time? If this speaks to you, then WM might be the place for your next career move.
Stable work and benefits that support you and your loved ones, a schedule that respects work life balance with your safety at the heart of everything we do and support for your future with training and development based on your unique career goals. That’s what you get as a Senior Heavy Equipment Mechanic at WM – and more.
Preferred Skills:
- Able to perform all types oil PM services on heavy equipment & some trucks (Yellow iron, Caterpillar, Volvo , Komatsu)
About us
WM is North America’s leading provider of comprehensive waste management environmental services. We partner with our customers and the communities we serve to manage and reduce waste at each stage from collection to disposal, while recovering valuable resources and creating clean, renewable energy.
The pay and benefits you’ll get as Senior Heavy Equipment Mechanic:
- Starting salary of $35+ per hour depending on experience
- Stable hours for your financial stability
- Relocation Opportunities
- Comprehensive healthcare coverage including dental, vision and prescription coverage.
- Company-matched 401(k)
- Adoption assistance and parent support
These are just a few of our comprehensive benefits for a Senior Heavy Equipment Mechanic. Whether you are planning on building or expanding your family or looking for the next step in your career – WM is there, helping build the best and total you.
The hours and location you’ll work in as a Senior Heavy Equipment Mechanic with WM:
- Monday – Friday every week
- Early Start time and possible overtime
- We’re committed to offering you stable hours for the financial security and work life balance you need.
- The normal setting for this job is our material waste disposal in Shawnee, KS.
Those are the key details on pay and schedule – now here’s more on what you’ll be doing as a Senior Heavy Equipment Mechanic at WM.
Each day you’ll work at one of our recycling facilities that service over 20 million customers across the USA. As a Senior Heavy Equipment Mechanic you’ll be responsible for the service and repair of heavy equipment like bulldozers, scrapers & front end loaders - this equipment is vital to the work we do, so your work will be recognized and valued for the impact it has on our operation. Our heavy equipment mechanics take their careers to the next level by working on equipment that requires a high level of skill – and determination.
Our waste disposal sites operate a rigorous cleaning schedule to protect the working environment for all our MRF employees.
Here’s more of what you’ll do:
- Repair equipment including, but not limited to, bulldozers, scrapers, backhoes, front end loaders, yard trucks, farm tractors, forklifts, and company cars.
- Diagnose and repair differentials, hydraulic systems, motors, transmissions, drives, air conditioning systems, and electrical systems.
- Preventative maintenance as set out by the site checklist.
- Paperwork and admin tasks such as work orders, card files, P.M. checklists, and oil samples.
- Service and maintains other equipment such as light plants, water pump, welders, and other equipment.
What do you need to be considered for the role of Heavy Equipment Mechanic III?
- 4 years of maintenance mechanic experience on heavy equipment
- A valid driver’s license, with a clean driving record
- Be over 18 years of age.
- Legally eligible to work in the United States
- Ability to perform physical requirements of the position with or without reasonable accommodations.
- Successfully complete and pass pre-employment drug screen and physical.
The kind of people who thrive in our teams:
- Thrive while working independently.
- Take accountability for the quality and standard of their work.
- Good communicators who are ready to support other colleagues.
- Curious and determined fixers.
Work environment and physical demands:
Listed below are key points regarding physical demands, physical and occupational risks, and the work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
- 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
- Required to be exposed to physical occupational risks (such as cuts, burns, exposure to toxic chemicals, etc.) often.
- Required to be exposed to physical environment which involves dirt, odors, noise, weather extremes or similar elements often.
- This job operates in both inside garage, shop or gas plant conditions as well as in outside conditions that include inclement weather, heat and humidity.
If this sounds like what you’ve been looking for, then click ‘Apply now’ to start your tomorrow, today.
ABOUT WM
Equal Employment Opportunity
For United States: WM is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.
For Canada: WM is committed to the principle of equal employment for all applicants and employees, without discrimination on the basis of all grounds protected by applicable human rights legislation. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Please notify us if you require accommodation.
Real ID
In order to travel by air or access federal property, federal law requires individuals have a REAL ID or an acceptable alternative. This position may require the successful candidate to travel by air for business reasons, or service federal property. Accordingly, successful candidates must have, or be willing to obtain, a REAL ID, or TSA approved alternative.
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Other facts
About Waste Management, Inc. (WM)
WM is North America's leading provider of integrated environmental solutions. We partner with our customers and communities to manage and reduce waste from collection to disposal while recovering valuable resources and creating clean, renewable energy. We are on a quest for environmental performance, a mission to maximize resource value, while minimizing – and even eliminating – environmental impact so that both our economy and our environment can thrive.
WM tailors its services to meet the needs of each customer group and to ensure consistent, superior service at the local level. Headquartered in Houston, the company serves nearly 20 million municipal, commercial, industrial, and residential customers through a network of 367 collection operations, 355 transfer stations, 273 active landfill disposal sites, 16 waste-to-energy plants, 104 recycling plants, and 111 beneficial-use landfill gas projects.
What you'll do
- As a Senior Heavy Equipment Mechanic, you will be responsible for the service and repair of heavy equipment such as bulldozers and front end loaders. Your work will be vital to the operations of the recycling facilities servicing over 20 million customers.
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