Heavy Equipment Mechanic- Birmingham, AL

CRH•Apac, AL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

APAC Alabama, Inc., part of CRH’s South Division, is hiring a Heavy Equipment Mechanic to repair and maintain road construction and mechanical equipment. Equipment includes trucks, trailers, batch plants, paving machines, bulldozers, engines, motors, pneumatic tools, conveyor systems, and asphalt paving equipment. The role involves diagnosing defects, dismantling equipment, examining and inspecting parts, adjusting or replacing components, cleaning and lubricating parts, testing equipment, and welding broken parts and structural members. The employee must be able to perform the essential duties satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The position requires the ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos, as well as perform basic arithmetic using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. The position is based in Birmingham, Alabama. Physical requirements include frequently sitting, climbing, and handling objects with the hands, and occasionally standing, walking, crawling, kneeling, bending, reaching overhead, and lifting or moving up to 30 pounds. Required vision abilities include close, distance, color, peripheral vision, and depth perception.

Requirements

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to perform the essential duties satisfactorily, with reasonable accommodations where applicable.
Ability to meet the physical demands of the position, including occasionally lifting or moving up to 30 pounds.
Close, distance, color, peripheral vision, and depth perception.

Responsibilities

Operate and inspect machines or equipment to diagnose defects.
Dismantle devices to access and remove defective parts using hoists and hand tools.
Examine the form and texture of parts to detect imperfections.
Inspect used parts to determine changes in dimensional requirements.
Adjust functional parts of devices and control instruments.
Repair or replace defective parts.
Install special functional and structural parts in devices.
Lubricate and clean parts.
Start devices to test their performance.
Weld broken parts and structural members.