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K3 Excavating Ltd. requires a full time Heavy Duty Mechanic/Truck & Trailer Technician to join their team.
Requirements:
- Must have experience with heavy equipment and trucks such as graders, loaders, excavators, skid steers, tandem axle and tri-axle trucks.
- Must have experience in Truck Transportation
- Y3 or Y4 card
- Certification in truck transportation
- Must have own tools
- Welding and repair skills
Truck Mechanic Specific Skills:
- Adjust, repair or replace parts and components of commercial transport truck systems.
- Adjust, repair or replace parts and components of truck-trailer systems.
- Perform scheduled maintenance service.
Essential Skills:
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Critical thinking
Additional Skills:
- Review work orders and discuss work with supervisor.
- Complete reports to record problems and work performed.
Education:
- Completion of college or vocational technical training
Credentials:
- Certificates
- Licenses
- Memberships
- Courses, etc.
Compensation:
- Competitive
- Industry Wages
- Based on education and experience
- Benefits package
Must be diverse and dependable.
Some overtime and weekend work may be required.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Continuous learning
Transportation/Travel Information
- Own transportation
- Valid driver's licence
Diesel Engine Repair Specialization
- Major internal engine repairs or overhaul
- Installation and alignment of engines and machinery
- Fuel injection systems
- Lubrication systems
Type of Equipment Repair
- Heavy construction equipment
- Heavy trucks
- Diesel powered automobiles
- Bulldozers
- Graders
- Dump trucks
- Excavators
Major Work Area
- Service
- Repair
- Maintenance
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- 1st Period Apprentice
- 2nd Period Apprentice
- Heavy Duty Equipment Mechanic Trade Certification
- Driver's License (Class 1 or A)
- Driver's License (Class 2 or B or C)
Additional Skills
- Keep maintenance reports and documentation
- Order parts and maintain inventory
Specific Skills
- Adjust equipment and repair or replace defective parts
- Test repaired equipment for proper performance
- Determine extent of repair required
- Clean, lubricate and perform other maintenance work
- Troubleshoot and inspect equipment to detect faults and malfunctions
- Service attachments and working tools
Mechanical Repair Specialization
- Wheel-mounted vehicle suspension and steering
- Vehicle brake systems
- Tracked vehicle suspensions and steering
- Off-road vehicle tires and wheels
- Mechanical transmissions
- Hydraulic transmissions
- Drive trains and final drives
Work Location Information
- In shop
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Attention to detail
Security and Safety
- Bondable
- Driving record check (abstract)
- Medical exam
- Drug test
Own Tools/Equipment
- Tools
- Steel-toed safety boots
Work Site Environment
- Non-smoking