Senior Heavy Equipment Mechanic

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.

• Pay range is $41 - $48; depending upon experience
• Stable hours for your financial stability
• Access to a stock purchase plan worth
• Comprehensive healthcare coverage including dental, vision and prescription coverage.
• Company-matched 401(k)

• Monday – Friday every week
• Shift 6 AM - 2:30 PM; varies upon workload
• 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 material disposal facility in Simi Valley, CA

Each day you’ll work at one of our recycling facilities that serve over 20 million customers across the USA. Your responsibilities include the service and repair of heavy equipment such as bulldozers, scrapers, front‑end loaders, and more—equipment that is vital to our operations. You’ll be recognized for the impact your work has on our success.

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.
• 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 maintain other equipment such as light plants, water pumps, welders, and other equipment.

• 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 the physical requirements of the position with or without reasonable accommodations.
• Successfully complete and pass pre‑employment drug screen and physical.

• 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.

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.

If this sounds like what you’ve been looking for, then click ‘Apply now’ to start your tomorrow, today.

The expected base pay range for this on-site position is $41 - $48. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific salary offered to a successful candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate's relevant experience, education, training, certifications, qualifications, and work location.