Heavy Equipment Technician

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Diagnosing and repairing hydraulic, electrical, powertrain, and engine issues
  
  
• Undercarriage inspection, measurement, and replacement
  
  
• Final drive and track system work
  
  
• Preventive maintenance on a scheduled program - fluids, filters, inspections, and oil sampling
  
  
• Cooling package and radiator cleaning, which comes up often in this environment
  
  
• Welding and fabrication for repairs and guarding
  
  
• Keeping clear repair records
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Hands-on experience repairing heavy equipment - dozers, excavators, loaders, or similar - with solid diagnostic ability on hydraulic and electrical systems. Comfortable working from schematics and tracing a problem to its source.
  
  
• Valid driver's license.
  
  
• Must be at least 19 years of age
  
  
• Legally eligible to work in the United States
  
  
• Must be able to read and speak the English language
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Dozer and excavator experience specifically, along with undercarriage work and welding.
  
  
• If your background is in ag equipment, heavy truck diesel, quarry, mining, construction, or scrap-yard equipment, we'd still like to hear from you. The underlying systems carry over, and we're glad to bring you up to speed on our machines.
  
  

Language Requirements

• English
  
  

Skills

• Heavy Equipment Repair
  
  
• Diagnostics
  
  
• Hydraulic Systems
  
  
• Electrical Systems
  
  
• Schematics Reading
  
  
• Welding
  
  
• Fabrication
  
  
• Landfill Compactors
  
  
• Dozers
  
  
• Excavators
  
  
• Wheel Loaders
  
  
• Backhoe
  
  
• Articulated Haul Trucks
  
  
• Water Trucks
  
  
• Cat
  
  
• Volvo
  
  

Please send your resume to Greg Verhelst View email address on click.appcast.io

All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, age, color, sex (including pregnancy), religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, military status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable laws or regulations. GPAC (Growing People and Companies) is an award-winning search firm specializing in placing quality professionals within multiple industries across the United States since 1990. We are extremely competitive, client-focused and realize that our value is in our ability to deliver the right solutions at the right time.