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Waste Management

Cohasset (MN)

On-site

USD 33,778 - 50,668

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive healthcare coverage
Tool allowance
Tuition assistance

Job summary

A major waste management firm is looking for a Diesel Mechanic in Cohasset, Minnesota. This role involves inspecting and repairing diesel vehicles and requires relevant experience, a valid driver's license, and adherence to safety protocols. The company offers competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and a supportive environment for career advancement. You'll work Monday through Friday, maintaining the fleet that serves millions of customers. Join us if you're ready for a rewarding mechanic career!

Qualifications

  • 2 years of relevant work experience.
  • A valid driver's license, with a clean driving record.
  • Be over 18 years of age.

Responsibilities

  • Inspect, diagnose and repair various vehicle systems.
  • Perform work within Standard Labor Repair Times (SRTs).
  • Respond to service calls for emergency breakdowns.

Skills

2 years of relevant work experience
Valid driver's license with a clean driving record
Ability to perform physical requirements

Education

Legally eligible to work in the United States

Job description

Job Description

Are you seeking a safer work environment as a mechanic? Is your family’s financial security important to you? Aspiring to advance in your mechanic career? Searching for a company that prioritizes its employees' well-being? If this speaks to you, then WM might be the place for your next career move.

Career progression, stability for your family, and a safe environment to work. That’s what you get as a Diesel Mechanic at WM – and more.

The pay and benefits you’ll get as a Diesel Mechanic
  • Starting Salary $24.52 - $36.78 an hour depending on experience
  • Stable hours for your financial stability
  • Tool allowance worth $1,000.00
  • Boot allowance worth an additional $500
  • Comprehensive healthcare coverage including dental, vision and prescription coverage.
  • Tuition assistance and scholarships
  • Company-matched 401(k)
  • Adoption assistance and parent support

These are just a few of our comprehensive benefits for Diesel 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 Diesel Mechanic with WM:
  • Monday – Friday(Occasional Saturday)
  • 6:00am- 2:30pm
  • 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 a repair / maintenance shop at our Cohasset, MN hauling site.
Those are the key details on pay and schedule – now here’s more on what you’ll be doing as a Diesel Mechanic at WM.

Each day you’ll fix the trucks and equipment that service over 20 million customers across the USA. As a Diesel Mechanic you can take pride in watching a truck roll out of the shop, knowing your local community will be supported by your hard work. Our mechanics take their careers to the next level by working on equipment that requires a high level of skill – and determination. You’ll be using modern tools and procedures to deliver exceptional maintenance on both diesel equipment and, at some locations, on our growing fleet of CNG trucks.

Here’s more of what you’ll do:
  • Inspect, diagnose and repair electrical, hydraulic, suspension, brake and air systems on a wide range of vehicles and equipment.
  • Estimates time and material costs on vehicle repairs and new parts.
  • Perform your work within our Standard Labor Repair Times (SRTs).
  • Respond to service calls for emergency breakdowns.
  • Safety checks on vehicles – the safety of every single employee and the people in our communities is our number one priority
  • Complete required paperwork, documenting parts usage, and accounting for repair times.
  • Assisting senior Mechanics in the completion of project work.
  • Reviews, completes, or assigns repairs identified on Driver Vehicle Inspection Reports.
  • Maintains a clean, safe work area in compliance with Corporate / OSHA Standards and perform all work in accordance with established safety procedures.
What do you need to be considered for the role of Diesel Mechanic?
  • 2 years of relevant work experience
  • A valid drivers 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:
  • Team players who care about everyone in the shop
  • Happy working independently and as part of a team
  • Likes variety – every day provides a new challenge
  • Determined problem solvers.
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.

The expected base pay range for this on-site position is $24.52 - $36.78. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific salary offered to a successful candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate’s relevant experience, education, training, certifications, qualifications, and work location.

If this sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for, please click "Apply.".
About Us

ABOUT WM WM (WM.com ) is North America’s largest comprehensive waste management environmental solutions provider. Previously known as Waste Management and based in Houston, Texas, WM is driven by commitments to put people first and achieve success with integrity. The company, through its subsidiaries, provides collection, recycling and disposal services to millions of residential, commercial, industrial and municipal customers throughout the U.S. and Canada. With innovative infrastructure and capabilities in recycling, organics and renewable energy, WM provides environmental solutions to and collaborates with its customers in helping them achieve their sustainability goals. WM has the largest disposal network and collection fleet in North America, is the largest recycler of post-consumer materials and is the leader in beneficial reuse of landfill gas, with a growing network of renewable natural gas plants and the most gas-to-electricity plants in North America. WM’s fleet includes nearly 11,000 natural gas trucks – the largest heavy-duty natural gas truck fleet of its kind in North America – where more than half are fueled by renewable natural gas. To learn more about WM and the company’s sustainability progress and solutions, visit Sustainability.WM.com .

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.

About the Team

Wrench with the best! Our technicians are trained to provide superior maintenance on diesel equipment. We care about our technician’s safety and show it by demanding solid safety practices of all our technicians and managers. Pride, safety, training, growth, opportunity, great benefits, rewards – check us out, we may be the company for you!

Job Info
  • Job Identification 2342865
  • Posting Date 02/27/2026, 06:40 PM
  • Job Schedule Full time
  • Locations 511 W HIGHWAY 2, COHASSET, MN, 55721, US (On-site)
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