Master Heavy Equipment Mechanic - Traveling

Enviri Corporation•Seven Fields, PA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Harsco Environmental is seeking a Traveling Master Heavy Equipment Mechanic to join their growing team. This role involves traveling to sites across the US to support local maintenance teams. The Master Mechanic will be responsible for repairing, overhauling, or modifying complex vehicles and equipment that present challenging and varied systems or unusually difficult problems where available guidelines may not apply. The equipment contains numerous, interconnected, and complex mechanical and non-mechanical systems. The Traveling Heavy Equipment Technician will maintain, diagnose, and repair a wide range of heavy mobile and stationary equipment used in a steel mill environment, supporting mill operations by ensuring equipment reliability, operational safety, and compliance with company and regulatory standards. The technician will work on large, off-road and industrial equipment under demanding conditions where safety, precision, and uptime are critical.

Requirements

Ability to exercise judgment and independence in determining the methods and techniques required to solve unusually complex maintenance and repair problems.
Plan and improvise repair procedures, find ways to mechanically and physically adapt or alter items to fit and mesh into systems for which the items were not specifically designed, or find ways to diagnose and correct defects when existing methods and procedures do not give the desired results.
The supervisor assigns work orally or through work orders or schedules. The employee independently determines work methods, sequences, tools, and equipment to use in making the extensive and complex repairs to the vehicles and equipment described at this level.
Responsibility for a variety of systems or for the entire vehicle involving the repair, overhaul, or modification of engines, transmissions, or other major systems.
Develop or improvise methods, alter parts, and make repairs in the absence of technical guidelines.
Modify parts to fit and mesh into systems for which the parts were not designed.
Improvise modifications to equipment to correct recurring malfunctions; or design modifications to meet special test requirements or other special needs.
Can use specialized diagnostic equipment to diagnose problems in complex state-of-the-art electric and electronic systems to identify and replace defective components such as chips, sensors, and printed circuit boards.

Nice To Haves

Welding, cutting, and fabrication repairs

Responsibilities

Perform preventive maintenance, diagnostics, troubleshooting, and repairs on heavy industrial equipment including wheel loaders, dozers, excavators, cranes, locomotives, material handlers, and support equipment
Inspect mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, and powertrain systems to identify failures or performance issues
Repair or replace engines, transmissions, braking systems, hydraulic components, and electrical systems in accordance with OEM specifications
Utilize technical manuals, schematics, drawings, and service bulletins to perform accurate repairs and modifications
Conduct equipment inspections and document maintenance activities in accordance with company procedures
Work safely in active steel-mill operations, including high-temperature zones, outdoor environments, and around mobile equipment
Comply with all Harsco Environmental, OSHA, MSHA (if applicable), and site-specific safety regulations
Participate in safety meetings, job safety analyses (JSAs), and continuous improvement initiatives
Collaborate with operations and maintenance teams to minimize equipment downtime
Perform welding, cutting, and fabrication repairs as required