Heavy Equipment Technician

Description

Orion Talent, the nation’s largest military recruiting firm, is currently recruiting transitioning or former military professionals for a Heavy Equipment Technician position with one of the largest suppliers of piling and pile driving equipment in North and South America.

Position Details:
Title: Heavy Equipment Technician
Location: St. Louis, MO
Shift: Primarily Mon-Fri (Occasional weekends when traveling). Guaranteed 40 hours weekly. Typical hours when not traveling are 6:30 am – 4:00 pm
Compensation: $25 - $36/hr ($2/ hr diff on next day with overnight travel) + Sign-on Bonus $5k (After 120 days of employment) + $90 annual boot allowance + Up to $500 tool reimbursement + Company Uniforms + All travel expense paid
Benefits: Comprehensive Corporate Benefits Package; Company Profit Sharing
Travel: Duration of travel varies with job requirements from clients. Typical travel equates to 3-4 days a week or 2 weeks total per month on average.

Position Description:
Conduct fuel, electrical, mechanical, hydraulic diagnostics and troubleshooting on equipment. Perform preventative maintenance on diesel engines. Educate customers on equipment operation and performance. Complete accurate written record of work performed. Willingness to periodically travel, as needed, to customer job sites to provide equipment training, maintenance and repair. Ability to assume leadership role while on customer job sites. Ability and willingness to mentor and train apprentice mechanics.
Requirements:
• High school diploma required; Vocational / Technical degree highly desired.
• Ability to articulate in a professional manner and explain solutions.
• Able to read electrical diagrams and DVM.
• Familiar and / or experienced with: Heavy machinery, hydraulics, electrical system repair and maintenance; CANbus/ programmable logic controllers/computers; hydraulic schematics; and working kinematics.
• Personal Tools preferred but not initially required.

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