Job Title: Heavy Equipment Mechanic
Job Description
As a Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanic, you will play a crucial role in maintaining and repairing heavy machinery used in industrial operations. You'll be responsible for diagnosing faults, performing repairs, and ensuring that equipment operates efficiently and safely. This position involves traveling to job sites within the plant premises to inspect, service, and maintain various heavy equipment.
Responsibilities
Diagnose and Inspect: Inspect heavy equipment (such as industrial forklifts, bulldozers, cranes, and excavators) for proper performance and detect faults and malfunctions.
Repair and Replace: Dismantle faulty equipment parts and install new or fixed components. Repair or replace damaged or worn parts as needed.
Routine Maintenance: Perform routine maintenance work on machinery, including cleaning, lubricating, and adjusting equipment to prevent potential failures and ensure smooth operations.
Record Keeping: Maintain detailed records of serviced machines, documenting progress, issues, and completed repairs.
Safety Compliance: Collaborate with other mechanics and management to maintain machinery schedules and ensure compliance with all safety regulations.
Testing and Verification: Test repaired machinery to verify successful restoration and adherence to performance and safety standards.
Essential Skills
Capable of rebuilding diesel engines and troubleshooting AC and electrical systems.
Ability to swap out motors.
Experience working on heavy equipment (industrial forklifts, heavy construction equipment, cruise haulers, wollards, etc.).
Familiarity with air to fuel ratio, fuel flash points, and internal combustion.
Experience doing full tear down of engines, cruise hauler, industrial forklift maintenance, wollard, hydraulics, heavy equipment.
Why Work Here?
This role offers overtime pay and the opportunity for an annual bonus based on productivity. As the only non-union smelter facility in the U.S., we offer competitive benefits, including 401K matches of 6% and full medical, dental, and vision coverage starting on Day 1. Enjoy a $300 tool stipend each year, uniforms and PPE provided by the company, including prescription safety glasses, and access to a free onsite clinic. Additionally, food trucks are available onsite every day. Vacation time is generous, starting at 80 hours, with increases at 3, 5, 10, and 15 years.
Work Environment
Work in a very heavy industrial environment that is dirty and non-climate controlled, with some areas being extremely hot due to equipment operation and outdoor climate. The culture is family-oriented, with everyone willing to help each other out. The maintenance team currently comprises 86 individuals, aiming to increase to 106. Dress code includes steel-toed boots, hardhat, safety glasses, and ear plugs, with additional PPE as needed. The shift is from 6:00 am to 2:30 pm, with an on-call rotation every two months, guaranteeing a minimum of 4 hours of pay for any call-in.
Job Type & Location
This is a Permanent position based out of Moncks Corner, South Carolina.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $75000.00 - $82000.00/yr.
9.58% shift differential once they move onto swing shift (Approximately an extra 3/hr)
They can test every 6 months to test into higher tech level and get pay increase
Only non-union smelter facility in the U.S
401K matches 6%. Benefits start on Day 1 (Full medical, dental and vision coverage - very competitive benefits and multiple options. You can get full copy during interview)
$300 tool stipend each year
All uniforms and PPE are provide by company, including prescription safety glasses
Free clinic onsite for check ups or any issues that happen during the day
Quarterly bonus up to 10% of what they have made in total that quarter. This is based on company profitability. They currently are averaging 4-6% per quarter
o Quarter bonus is tied to attendance.
HUGE on promoting from within. They have a ton of supervisors/managers who have been there for 30-40 years and nearing retirement. This is agreat opportunity for people coming in to train and develop themselves for those roles
If you work 6 days in a row, on your 6th day you are paid x1.75. If you work 7 days in a row, your 7th day is double pay
Perfect attendance raffle every month to win a $250 gift cart
Food trucks onsite every day
Vacation: Start out immediately at 80 hours. 3 years, 152 hours, 5 years - 175 hours, 10 years - 192 hours, 15 years - 208 hour
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Goose Creek,SC.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Jun 11, 2025.
About Aerotek:
We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry - from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies' construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.
Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.