Field Mechanic: Road & Construction Equipment

CRH; Dothan (AL); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base pay

Medical, dental & disability benefits

Job summary

CRH Americas is seeking a skilled equipment mechanic to repair and maintain road construction machinery in Alabama. You will inspect equipment, diagnose defects, and perform repairs on trucks, paving machines, batch plants, bulldozers, and related tools to ensure safe, efficient operations.

The role requires attention to detail, ability to read instructions, and basic arithmetic for measurements. Physical demands include lifting up to 50 lbs and frequent manual handling.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Responsibilities

• Operates and inspects machines or equipment to diagnose defects.
• Dismantles devices to gain access to and remove defective parts using hoists and hand tools.
• Examines form and texture of parts to detect imperfections.
• Inspectes used parts to determine changes in dimensional requirements
• Adjusts functional parts of devices and control instruments.
• Repairs or replaces defective parts.
• Installs special functional and structural parts in devices.
• Lubricates and cleans parts.
• Starts devices to test their performance.
• Welds broken parts and structural members.

Skills

Reading comprehension

Arithmetic and measurements

Education

High school diploma or GED (preferred)

Job description

CRH Americas is seeking a skilled equipment mechanic to repair and maintain road construction machinery in Alabama. You will inspect equipment, diagnose defects, and perform repairs on trucks, paving machines, batch plants, bulldozers, and related tools to ensure safe, efficient operations.

The role requires attention to detail, ability to read instructions, and basic arithmetic for measurements. Physical demands include lifting up to 50 lbs and frequent manual handling.