Heavy Equipment Mechanic - Sunstate Equipment

Forward March Inc. is collaborating with a prominent construction equipment rental company, aiming to fast-track Veterans and military spouses towards significant career opportunities in this industry. Please see job description below:

Our company is a proud Second Chance employer that evaluates every candidate on a case-by-case basis.

This role consists of ensuring our fleet of equipment is up and running safely and smoothly. This means performing regular preventative maintenance and minor repairs on a wide range of construction equipment and delivery vehicle fleet in the branch location. You’ll also troubleshoot electrical, hydraulic, ignition, and pneumatic systems, diagnose diesel and gas engines, and perform maintenance on drive trains.

Requirements

Preferred Qualities/Experience:

• You should have one to three years of experience as a diesel mechanic, with a construction equipment background.
• Experience with diesel and gas engines, electrical, hydraulics, as well as drive trains is required. 
• Experience performing preventative maintenance, minor and major repairs on hydraulics, electrical, ignition, transmission, drive trains, and pneumatic systems.
• You have diagnostic and troubleshooting skills with a good mechanical aptitude. 
• Basic understanding of schematics, computer diagnostic software, and welding methods preferred.
• Must have the necessary tools you need to do the job.
• High quality control. Respect your work and make it known.
• Solving problems and troubleshooting go hand-in-hand in this role.
• Team-player, you work well supporting your team to achieve goals. 
• You are a self-starter and motivated to be successful. Career growth is available!
• Be willing and ready to learn: this position comes with growth opportunities, if you want them!

Required Licenses and Certifications:

• Driver's License

Benefits

At our company, every employee is valued, respected, and fairly compensated. More importantly, every employee has a voice that deserves to be heard. We are working hard to challenge the typical ways of business and develop an environment where our employees feel safe, comfortable, and look forward to coming to work. No matter which location you visit, you can’t help but feel the close-knit work-family environment.

We have strategically and organically grown our company from within, promoting from the ground up and providing employees with opportunities to explore their different passions within our own walls. This culture allows our people to develop valuable, marketable skills they can use throughout their career. Plus, with benefits like Baby Bonding, My Holiday vacation time, and discounts on everything from movie tickets to cell phone bills, we’re constantly evolving our resources to provide our people with tools to make their lives easier!

Company Perks:

• Uniforms Provided AND cleaned for FREE
• Work Boot Allowance
• Rent ANY of our equipment for FREE
• FREE Prescription Safety Glasses
• Unique Vacation Overtime Averaging benefit that pays you overtime while you’re on vacation!

We are actively fostering a workplace culture where individuals of all identities and life experiences feel genuinely valued, respected, and appreciated. As a proud equal-opportunity employer, we wholeheartedly welcome candidates from diverse backgrounds and cultures. We recognize and celebrate the unique perspectives they bring, with the understanding that they are the fuel for the innovative ideas that drive the evolution of our industry.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

A Drug Free Workplace and Participates in E-Verify

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

Please contact Laurin at lladner@fmi.vet for more information.