Job Description

TRP is seeking a  Heavy Equipment Mechanic in the Anderson, South Carolina area. B ecome part of our highway striping team and to share our core values of increasing road safety of the traveling public and delivering the highest level of safety, precision and excellence. Applicants must successfully pass a pre-employment drug screen, background check, and motor vehicle record (MVR).

Job Responsibilities:

Description of Essential Job Functions:

• Able to work 5 days a week Monday thru Friday
• Unload & load freight off/on trailers; lift various sizes and shapes of metal
• Be able to think through problems and come up with a solution
• Be able to work independently with little supervision
• Ability to complete jobs on time
• Keep track of time and materials used on job
• Be creative

Requirements

Skills & Experience:

Possess and maintain a valid driver's license.

• Be able fabricate parts ranging from brackets to whole pieces of equipment
• Mig welding, cutting torches, plasma cutter and other various tools.
• Forklift experience preferred.
• Hydraulic systems knowledge preferred.
• 12 volt electrical knowledge preferred.
• Good mechanical aptitude
• Be able to repair and maintain various engines and mechanical parts
• Knowledge of construction equipment a plus
• Gas and diesel engine knowledge
• Fabrication
• Prior experience in TMA, Road striping equipment is a plus
• Bilingual is a plus

Looking to hire immediately

Qualifications:

• 5 years prior mechanical experience on heavy equipment.
• Attention to safety and always maintain and exceed proper OSHA standards.
• Ability to read and execute work orders.
• Ability to work and train with a diverse group of individuals.
• Strong work ethic and team-oriented attitude.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills with attention to a high level of detail
• Thoroughness and reliability
• Must have a driver's license
• Must have own tools

Physical Requirements:

• Regular job functions include continuous strenuous activities such as repetitive reaching, bending, lifting, twisting, kneeling, squatting and pulling; prolonged periods of standing, sitting, kneeling and walking; and properly operating motorized equipment and vehicles.
• Essential job functions require maintaining physical condition necessary for light to heavy lifting and carrying including frequent lifting to 50 lbs, occasional lifting up to 100 lbs, and on rare conditions safely moving over 100 pounds. As well as performing work activities that require fine manual dexterity or coordination in operating machines and equipment with steering wheels, joysticks, buttons, knobs, handles, toggle and rocker switches.
• Regular job functions are carried out in difficult and frequently hazardous working environments, to include temperature extremes, extensive direct sunlight, night work and heavy traffic situations.
• Regular job functions are carried out in an environment with exposure to noise, including those associated with airports, highways, construction sites and construction equipment.
• Frequent exposure to paint, thermoplastic, paint fumes, thermoplastic fumes, bituminous adhesive, chemicals, chemical fumes and other environmental substances.
• Maintain throughout the course of employment, the physical condition appropriate to the performance of the assigned duties.
• Noise level of the work environment is moderate to loud.

Availability:

• Monday - Friday.
• Weekend availability
• Must be able to reliably commute or relocate prior to starting work
• Willing to travel, sometimes with minimal notification.

To perform the above at various On-site work locations and conditions

Benefits

· Health Insurance

· Dental Insurance

· Vision Insurance

· Life Insurance

· Short-Term Disability Insurance

· Long-Term Disability Insurance

· 401k

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