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Overview

SA Recycling is seeking hard-working, reliable, and safety-minded individuals to join their team as a Mechanic for Heavy Mobile Equipment. The role involves the maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of various heavy construction machines, ensuring adherence to safety and environmental standards.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct basic to moderately complex diagnostic, troubleshooting, service and repair tasks for various systems on mobile equipment.
  • Complete routine maintenance tasks on all Heavy Mobile Equipment per manufacturer and SA Recycling recommendations.
  • Replace worn or defective parts, involving disassembly and reassembly of major components.
  • Overhaul and test major systems to ensure operating efficiency.
  • Maintain accurate service records on all work performed.
  • Conduct routine maintenance and schedule future maintenance to prevent breakdowns.
  • Order and maintain spare parts inventory.
  • Weld broken parts, fit bearings, and align frames and gears.
  • Keep detailed records of all maintenance and repairs performed.
  • Interact with yard General Managers to schedule maintenance or repairs.
  • Maintain a safe, clean, and orderly working area.
  • Conduct safety inspections and ensure equipment is operating efficiently and safely.
  • Perform all tasks within SA Recycling’s Safety and Environmental practices.

Requirements

  • Vocational/Technical degree highly desired.
  • Proficiency in Mobile Equipment mechanical, hydraulic, and electrical systems is essential.
  • Individual equipment repair certifications can be beneficial.
  • Willingness to work in varying weather conditions.
  • Must be willing to complete and pass a drug screen, physical and background check.
  • Bi-lingual (English and Spanish) a plus.

Benefits

  • Competitive Pay
  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Position requires working outside in varying weather conditions.
  • All US applicants must be 18 years of age or older.

Benefits

Competitive Pay
401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in East Point, GA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Georgia currently run a median of $29/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$35/hr across 154 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in East Point, GA

East Point, GA is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 392 other active welding openings from 246 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Georgia.

SA Recycling currently has 2 other openings live in Georgia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC (8), Mullins Mechanical (6), and Yancey Bros. Co. (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Forest Park at $39/hr, Atlanta at $30/hr, and Marietta at $29/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Mechanic for Heavy Mobile Equipment figures were last recalculated when this page was built.