Job Description

Overview

The Service Technician Diesel is responsible for diagnosing, repairing, and maintaining diesel engines and related systems in vehicles and equipment. The role involves routine inspections, troubleshooting, and preventive maintenance to ensure optimal performance and compliance with safety standards while collaborating with customers and team members.

Responsibilities

  • Repair and maintain mobile equipment.
  • Service, repair, adjust, and test all mobile equipment to maximize performance and limit downtime.
  • Inspect all mobile equipment to identify and troubleshoot the cause of errors.
  • Perform repairs to address problems when necessary.
  • Handle, install, position, and move parts, materials, and industrial hand tools safely.
  • Ensure correct and accurate documentation is completed daily and monthly regarding all mobile equipment.
  • Enter and maintain service reports for all mobile equipment in written or electronic form.
  • Assist in driving heavy equipment and vehicles throughout the plant.
  • May assist mechanics in vehicle repair and change tires as necessary.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma/GED or an equivalent combination of training and work experience.
  • Three (3) years experience driving commercially licensed vehicles preferred.
  • Two (3) years experience driving ready mix concrete trucks preferred.
  • Valid commercial driver's license (CDL) with a tanker endorsement.
  • Must have sufficient level of education to understand oral and written instructions of a technical nature.
  • Must have excellent driving skills and the ability to maintain satisfactory customer and public relations.
  • Knowledge of general principles and practices of servicing heavy construction equipment is preferred.
  • Must have some knowledge of industrial tools, their uses, and maintenance.
  • Mechanical skills and ability to apply knowledge and experience effectively.

Additional Information

  • Must be willing to work overtime and extended hours depending on customer and company demands.
  • Must be able to work outside in all types of weather conditions and tolerate loud noises.
  • Perform physical activities that require moving your whole body and considerable use of your arms and legs.
  • Travel will be required overnight as business demands.
  • Take an active role in prioritizing safety for yourself and others throughout the operation.

How this job compares in Lithia Springs, GA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Georgia currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $21–$32/hr across 133 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 Lithia Springs, GA

We're tracking 12 other active welding openings in Lithia Springs, GA right now, from 10 different employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 392 other active welding openings from 246 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Lithia Springs, or widen the search to Georgia.

Vulcan Materials Company 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 Atlanta at $29/hr, Lithia Springs at $29/hr, and Marietta at $25/hr. Lithia Springs is among them.

Similar openings near Lithia Springs, GA

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