Lead Heavy Equipment Technician $5000 Sign-On Bonus, Day Shift

WM; Lewisburg (TN); On-site; USD 52,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock purchase plan

401(k) match

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

Education assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

WM is seeking a Lead Heavy Equipment Mechanic at our Lewisburg, TN landfill site to repair, maintain, and optimize heavy machinery across our recycling facilities. The role emphasizes safety, reliability, and hands-on leadership with full-time hours Monday to Friday, 7:00 AM to 4:30 PM.

You will mentor junior mechanics, handle PMs, and ensure uptime of bulldozers, loaders, and related equipment. Starting pay is $38+ per hour, depending on experience, with comprehensive benefits including

Qualifications

• 6 years of maintenance mechanic experience on heavy equipment
• A valid driver's 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 accommodations
• Pre-employment drug screen and physical required

Responsibilities

• Repair heavy equipment such as bulldozers, scrapers, backhoes, loaders, yard trucks, forklifts, and company cars
• Dismantle equipment and train less experienced mechanics
• Repair electrical systems and diagnose differentials, hydraulics, motors, transmissions and air conditioning
• Perform preventative maintenance per site checklists
• Complete paperwork like work orders and PM checklists
• Maintain and service other site equipment and tools

Job description

Are you looking for stable work as a Lead Heavy Equipment Mechanic with benefits that provide financial security for you and your family? Aspiring to advance in your heavy equipment career at a site that prides itself on employee safety? Searching for a company that prioritizes its employees' well-being and understands the importance of family time? If this speaks to you, then WM might be the place for your next career move.

Stable work and benefits that support you and your loved ones, a schedule that respects work life balance with your safety at the heart of everything we do and support for your future with training and development based on your unique career goals. That's what you get as a Lead Heavy Equipment Mechanic at WM – and more.

About Us

WM is North America's leading provider of comprehensive waste management environmental services. We partner with our customers and the communities we serve to manage and reduce waste at each stage from collection to disposal, while recovering valuable resources and creating clean, renewable energy.

The pay and benefits you’ll get as a Lead Heavy Equipment Mechanic:

• Starting salary $38+ depending on experience
• Stable hours for your financial stability
• Access to a stock purchase plan
• Comprehensive healthcare coverage including dental, vision and prescription coverage.
• We are Committed to Growth: Annual Education Assistance Benefit available for team members
• Company-matched 401(k)
• Adoption assistance and parent support

These are just a few of our comprehensive benefits for a Lead Heavy Equipment 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 Lead Heavy Equipment Mechanic with WM:

• Monday – Friday every week
• 7AM - 4:30PM
• 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 our Landfill site in LEWISBURG, TN

Those are the key details on pay and schedule – now there's more on what you'll be doing as a Lead Heavy Equipment Mechanic at WM.

Each day you'll work at one of our recycling facilities that service over 20 million customers across the USA. Lead Heavy Equipment Mechanics leads and conducts the repair and maintenance of heavy machinery and mechanical equipment such as engines, motors, pneumatic tools, conveyor systems, and production machines and equipment. As a Lead Heavy Equipment Mechanic you'll be responsible for the service and repair of heavy equipment like bulldozers, scrapers & front end loaders - this equipment is vital to the work we do, so your work will be recognized and valued for the impact it has on our operation. Our heavy equipment mechanics take their careers to the next level by working on equipment that requires a high level of skill – and determination.

Our waste disposal sites operate a rigorous cleaning schedule to protect the working environment for all our employees.

Here's more of what you'll do:

• Repair equipment including, but not limited to, bulldozers, scrapers, backhoes, front end loaders, yard trucks, farm tractors, forklifts, and company cars.
• Dismantles, and instructs less experienced mechanics in the dismantling of, devices to gain access to and remove defective parts.
• Repairs electrical equipment.
• Diagnose and repair differentials, hydraulic systems, motors, transmissions, drives, air conditioning systems, and electrical systems.
• Preventative maintenance as set out by the site checklist.
• Paperwork and admin tasks such as work orders, card files, P.M. checklists, and oil samples.
• Service and maintains other equipment such as light plants, water pump, welders, and other equipment.

What do you need to be considered for the role of Lead Heavy Equipment Mechanic?

• 6 years of maintenance mechanic experience on heavy equipment
• A valid driver's 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:

• Thrive while working independently.
• Take accountability for the quality and standard of their work.
• Good communicators who are ready to support other colleagues.
• Curious and determined fixers.

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.

Benefits

At WM, each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package that includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and short-term disability. In addition, we offer a stock purchase plan, company matching on a 401(k), and more. Employees also receive paid vacation, holidays, and personal days. Please note that benefits may vary by site.