Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanic

Employment Information

  • Post ID: 387939377
  • Open Date: January 8, 2025
  • Close Date: March 13, 2025
  • Organization: Dawson Road Maintenance
  • Sector: Automotive & Mechanical
  • Business Location:9404-73 Avenue, Fort St. John, British Columbia V1J 4J1
  • Total Views: 201
  • Duration: 0 calendar days (1 business days)
  • Last Updated: 16 hours ago
  • Job URL: https://newpeople.ca/jobs/british-columbia/fort-st-john/387939377/heavy-duty-equipment-mechanic/
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Job Details

  • Experience: Not mandatory
  • Job Vacancies: 1
  • Compensation: $31.05 to $33.44 per hour (To be negotiated) / 40 hours per week
  • Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible
  • Education: Other trades certificate or diploma

Job Description

Tasks

  • Instruct apprentices
  • Troubleshoot and inspect equipment to detect faults and malfunctions
  • Diagnose faults or malfunctions using computerized and other testing equipment to determine extent of repair required
  • Adjust equipment and repair or replace defective parts
  • Keep maintenance reports and documentation
  • Welding experience
  • Test repaired equipment for proper performance and to ensure that work meets manufacturers’ specifications
  • Clean, lubricate and perform other maintenance work
  • Perform repair work on heavy trucks
  • Service attachments and working tools
  • Verify and repair emission control systems

Experience and specialization

Diesel engine repair specialization

  • Fuel injection system
  • Exhaust system
  • Cooling system
  • Air conditioning system
  • Lubrication system
  • Engine control system
  • Major internal engine repairs or overhaul
  • Installation and alignment of engines and machinery

Powered equipment repair specialization

  • Cable-operated working attachments
  • Hydraulic-operated working attachments
  • Compressors
  • Pumps
  • Electric generators
  • Industrial lift trucks and fork-lifts

Mechanical maintenance and repair specialization

  • Mechanical transmissions
  • Drive trains and final drives
  • Hydraulic transmissions
  • Power take-offs
  • Tracked vehicle suspensions and steering
  • Wheel-mounted vehicle suspension and steering
  • Highway vehicle tires and wheels
  • Differentials
  • Brake system

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Driver’s License (Class 3 or D)
  • Automotive Service Licence (310S)
  • Commercial Vehicle Inspection Certificate

Apprenticeship training

  • Level one apprenticeship training
  • Level two apprenticeship training

Benefits

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Paramedical services coverage
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

  • As per collective agreement
  • Pension plan

Long term benefits

  • Long-term care insurance

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • Learning/training paid by employer
  • On-site housing options
  • Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
  • Parking available