Yellow Iron Mechanic

Waste Connections

1d•$35 - $45•Onsite

About The Position

Join Our Team as a Heavy Equipment / Yellow Iron Mechanic! 📍 Location: Heart of Florida Landfill – Lake Panasoffkee, FL 🕡 Schedule: Monday–Friday | Saturdays as needed 💰 Pay:$35-$45 hour DOE What You’ll Do: Perform repairs and preventive maintenance on a variety of heavy equipment. Diagnose and fix electrical, hydraulic, suspension, brake, and air systems. Work with a fleet of yellow iron equipment including compactors, dozers, excavators, motor graders, water trucks, and articulated dump trucks. Operate bulldozers, wheel loaders, motor graders, and scrapers. (Compactor experience is a plus!) Maintain a clean and safe work environment in compliance with OSHA and company standards. What We’re Looking For: High school diploma or equivalent. 3–5 years of hands-on experience with diesel engines and yellow iron equipment. Ability to read, write, and communicate technical service information. CDL preferred (but not required at time of hire). Strong knowledge of heavy equipment operation and maintenance. Ability to lift over 50 lbs and work in physically demanding conditions. Why Join Us? Comprehensive Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, FSA, long-term disability, life insurance, 401(k), and more. Year-Round Stability: The waste industry is essential and reliable. Growth Opportunities: Unlimited potential to “Connect with Your Future.” Veterans Welcome: We proudly support and encourage veterans to apply. #ACBoost Apply today and Connect with Your Future! Waste Connections is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer (Minorities/Female/Disabled/Veterans) Waste Connections is an integrated solid waste services company that provides solid waste collection, transfer, disposal and recycling services in mostly exclusive and secondary markets. Our goal is to create an environment where self-directed, empowered employees strive to consistently fulfill our constituent commitments and seek to create positive impacts through interactions with customers, communities, and fellow employees. OUR PEOPLE MEAN EVERYTHING TO US Waste Connections is always working to protect the health of the communities we serve, and we are grateful for the hard work and dedication that you bring to your job every day. Working here means you are a safety-minded individual who is making important contributions on a daily basis that will make a positive impact on those around you. We appreciate that you are a person of integrity who takes pride in the work you do. Our Opportunities BUILD TALENT FROM WITHIN People who want to gain valuable professional experience will find that Waste Connections is a fantastic place to work. You’ll enjoy the opportunity for beneficial training and professional development opportunities that can help enhance your skills and lead the way to a more promising future. LET’S REALIZE YOUR GOALS TOGETHER Bring your passion to succeed and you’ll quickly discover that great opportunities are all around you. At Waste Connections, you’ll thrive if you are friendly, dedicated, and prefer a work hard/play hard culture that is focused on maintaining our reputation as the premier waste services company in the markets we serve. Bring your passion to succeed and you’ll quickly discover that great opportunities and people are all around you. We operate a highly decentralized structure, so we look for energetic individuals who can demonstrate individual initiative and creativity and prefer a work hard/play hard team environment and culture. At Waste Connections, diversity and inclusion are essential to our success. We hire and empower great, capable people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lead with our values. For more than 20 years, we have maintained a culture of safety, integrity and service to build a great place to work. Our culture is built on taking care of each other and the communities we serve.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
3–5 years of hands-on experience with diesel engines and yellow iron equipment.
Ability to read, write, and communicate technical service information.
Strong knowledge of heavy equipment operation and maintenance.
Ability to lift over 50 lbs and work in physically demanding conditions.

Nice To Haves

CDL preferred (but not required at time of hire).
Compactor experience is a plus!

Responsibilities

Perform repairs and preventive maintenance on a variety of heavy equipment.
Diagnose and fix electrical, hydraulic, suspension, brake, and air systems.
Work with a fleet of yellow iron equipment including compactors, dozers, excavators, motor graders, water trucks, and articulated dump trucks.
Operate bulldozers, wheel loaders, motor graders, and scrapers.
Maintain a clean and safe work environment in compliance with OSHA and company standards.