Heavy Equipment Mechanic

Heavy Equipment Mechanic 2

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is a multimodal agency with a global reputation for excellence. Our dedicated workforce plans, designs, builds, and operates an integrated transportation system that safely and efficiently moves people and goods throughout the state. In addition to maintaining over 20,000 lane miles of state highway and 4,100 bridges, WSDOT leads an award-winning Active Transportation Plan, manages the world's longest floating bridge, and operates the largest ferry system in the nation!

WSDOT is currently seeking 2 Heavy Equipment Mechanic 2's to help keep the vehicles and equipment essential to highway operations safe, reliable, and ready for use. In this role, you will play a vital part in maintaining the equipment WSDOT crews depend on to keep roadways safe and accessible for the traveling public. Your work will directly support safe and efficient transportation operations across the state.

Join WSDOT and contribute your skills to a team committed to safety, service, and maintaining a transportation system that supports Washington communities and economic vitality.

Under general supervision in the SWR/Vancouver shop, this position provides journey-level mechanic service by independently performing inspection, diagnosis, repair and preventative maintenance on agency light/medium- and heavy-duty (greater than 26,000 GVWR) vehicles and equipment to meet operational needs.

Core business hours are from 6:30AM to 5:00PM, Monday through Thursday of Tuesday through Friday. Weekends and holidays may be required to respond to non-scheduled call-out emergencies. Must be able to report in service to assigned duty station within 60 minutes of an after-hours call. Work alternate and emergency shifts, including night work as needed. May be called upon to respond to emergency situations any time of the day or at night, after shift and on weekends.

Occasional standby and call-back may be required.

Among the varied range of responsibilities held within this role you will:

• Maintain and repair diesel, gasoline, electric, and alternative-fuel motors and engines, including diagnostics, adjustments, removal, and installation.
• Maintain, repair, and troubleshoot manual, computer-controlled, automated, and automatic transmissions, gear boxes, differentials, angle boxes, reduction boxes, transfer cases, torque converters, and hydrostatic drives.
• Maintain, repair, and troubleshoot hydraulic and control systems, including hydraulic pumps, motors, valves, hydrostatic drives, and related components.
• Maintain, repair, and troubleshoot braking systems and related components, including air, mechanical, hydraulic, ABS, pilot-operated, power-assist, traction control, and stability systems.
• Diagnose and repair light and heavy equipment components and systems, including steering, cooling, HVAC, ventilation, powertrain, tires and wheels, electrical/electronic systems, CANBUS, and other specialized components.
• Perform diagnostic and repair work on snow and ice removal, highway, construction, marine, material handling, paving, asphalt, excavating, catch basin cleaning, mobile traffic control equipment and maintain refueling sites.
• Troubleshoot, repair, fabricate, weld, and install equipment and components, including safety lighting, hydraulic systems, hitches, reinforced bumpers, brackets, guards, snowplows, snow blowers, graders, excavators, sweepers, and other highway and construction equipment; protects equipment from corrosion and cleans equipment as needed.
• Use the M-5 Fleet Management System to create and adjust work orders, enter labor, charge parts, and review vehicle and equipment history records using a personal computer.

To be considered the following is required:

• Heavy Vehicle and Equipment Maintenance: Demonstrated experience independently performing preventive maintenance, mechanical repairs and fabrication on heavy equipment and/or vehicles over 26,000 GVW as well as light- or medium-duty vehicles; must be able to test drive or operate vehicles and equipment for diagnostic purposes and ensure operational status. Working knowledge of diesel, gasoline,…