Heavy Equipment Mechanic ; Coloma Garage

Do you enjoy working with your hands, solving complex mechanical problems and keeping essential equipment running at its best? Are you someone who takes pride in diagnosing issues and getting vehicles back on the road safely and efficiently?

As a heavy equipment mechanic with the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), you’ll play a critical role in maintaining and repairing the fleet that keeps Michigan moving. Based out of the Coloma Garage, you’ll perform a full range of maintenance and repair work on heavy‑duty vehicles and equipment – everything from preventive maintenance to advanced diagnostics. You’ll also use computerized systems to document repairs, prepare work orders and estimate materials and costs.

You’ll have access to the tools you need to succeed; MDOT provides the necessary equipment so you can focus on the work, not the expense of building your own toolbox. In addition to working in the shop, you’ll operate large vehicles and trailer combinations (26,001‑plus gross vehicle weight rating) to road‑test equipment and ensure repairs meet performance and safety standards.

If you’re looking for a hands‑on career where your skills directly impact communities and infrastructure, this is your opportunity to make a difference.

• Performing maintenance and repair activities on various pieces of heavy equipment, including but not limited to heavy‑duty trucks and semi‑tractors, back hoes, skid steer and articulating loaders, rotary screw compressors, graders, aerial towers, spray equipment, cement saws and trailers.
• Installing, servicing, repairing and maintaining material spreaders, underbody blades, dump bodies, snowplows and systems associated with snowplow trucks.
• Utilizing computers and computerized software for diagnosis and work order data entry.
• Fabricating, modifying and installing special equipment or replacement parts using welders (MIG and TIG), acetylene torch sets, plasma cutters, metal cutting saws, mills and lathes.
• Servicing, repairing and maintaining components of aerial man‑lifts and cranes.
• Performing inspections outlined in the owner’s manuals, American National Standards Institute and Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) regulations.

The “Salary” listed above is a range that reflects the minimum rate at the entry (8) level through the maximum rate at the advanced (11) level. Based on education and experience, candidates will be reviewed to determine what level they are qualified for.

Educational level typically acquired through the completion of high school.

• Heavy Equipment Mechanic 8:
  No specific type or amount is required.
• Heavy Equipment Mechanic 9:
  Two years of experience assisting skilled trades people in the repair and maintenance of heavy equipment.
• Heavy Equipment Mechanic E10
  :
  Four years of experience assisting skilled trades people in the repair and maintenance of heavy equipment, including two years equivalent to a Heavy Equipment Mechanic 9.
• Heavy Equipment Mechanic 11
  :
  Five years of experience assisting skilled trades people in the repair and maintenance of heavy equipment, including one year equivalent to a Heavy Equipment Mechanic E10.

Possession of an associate degree in Heavy Duty Truck/Heavy Equipment Repair may be substituted for two years of experience assisting skilled trades workers in the repair and maintenance of heavy equipment.

Completion of 12 semester (18 term) credits in one or more of the following coursework areas: heavy duty truck, heavy equipment repair, diesel engines, math, or physics may be substituted for one year of experience assisting skilled trades workers in the repair and maintenance of heavy equipment.

Two years of experience assisting skilled trades workers in the repair and maintenance of automobiles may be substituted for one year of experience assisting skilled trades workers in the repair and maintenance of heavy equipment.

Possession of a Commercial Learner’s Permit upon appointment to the position. Continuing employment requires possession of a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Group A with either an N or X endorsement and no…