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Overview

Waste Connections has an immediate opening for a Heavy Equipment Mechanic based out of the Turkey Creek Landfill in Alvarado, Texas, requiring travel to multiple sites. The role demands a strong safety conscience work ethic and offers competitive pay along with excellent benefits.

Responsibilities

  • Perform repairs and assigned preventative maintenance services.
  • Conduct inspections, diagnosis, and repair of powertrain, electrical, and hydraulic systems on heavy equipment.
  • Perform power washing on heavy equipment during routine preventative maintenance.
  • Complete required paperwork utilizing equipment maintenance software.
  • Review and complete repairs identified on Daily Inspection Reports.
  • Conduct safety checks on vehicles and equipment.
  • Perform service calls for emergency breakdowns at the transfer station.
  • Maintain a clean, safe work environment in compliance with corporate and OSHA standards.
  • Participate in equipment operator training on maintenance best practices.

Requirements

  • Clean Driving Record
  • Trustworthy and possess a high degree of integrity
  • Self-directed and comfortable working alone
  • Ability to work occasional weekends
  • Accustomed to changes in priorities and responding professionally to urgent matters
  • 3+ years' experience working with heavy equipment
  • Must provide own personal tools and tool box
  • Welding/fabrication experience is a huge plus

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Position is working 55-60 hours a week.
  • Pay: $32.00 - $42.00 per hour DOE.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Alvarado, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $37/hr, this posting sits about 42% above the $26/hr median for welding jobs across Texas — toward the top of a $22–$34/hr middle band drawn from 354 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 85% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Alvarado, TX

Alvarado, TX is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 940 other active welding openings from 522 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Texas.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Houston, TX (27), Zachry Group (20), and Welding Shop in Austin, TX (16). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Pasadena at $82/hr, Midlothian at $38/hr, and Dallas at $35/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for TIG. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

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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. Heavy Equipment Mechanic figures were last recalculated when this page was built.