Job Description

Overview

Altec is seeking a career-minded Equipment Mechanic to join their team, offering a cleaner, smarter work environment and the opportunity to repair vital equipment for the nation's infrastructure. The company provides ongoing training, competitive compensation, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Responsibilities

  • Perform replacement of electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical components.
  • Utilize technical support resources in troubleshooting and identifying parts needed for repair.
  • Perform Unit Condition Inspections and Reports.
  • Maintain work area in a safe, clean, and orderly manner.
  • Perform all tasks in accordance with Altec Safety practices and procedures.
  • Advise supervisors of situations that may impact customer relationships.
  • Provide accurate information on all required documents.
  • Demonstrate Altec Company Values.
  • Perform all other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma, state-approved High School Equivalency, or GED.
  • Experience with aerial devices, digger derricks, chippers, cranes, or similar heavy equipment.
  • Previous experience as a mechanic or technician focused on heavy equipment.
  • Education in mechanics, electrical or hydraulic systems.
  • Strong interpersonal, customer service, and organizational skills.
  • Physical ability to move objects and tools weighing up to 75 pounds.
  • High level of dexterity.
  • Basic computer skills with Microsoft Office.
  • Ability to support customers by working overtime.
  • Advocate safety in all tasks.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Job openings exist across the U.S. and Canada.
  • Hourly rate of $32-33/hr depending on experience and skill.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k

How this job compares in Phoenix, AZ

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $30/hr median for welding jobs in Phoenix, AZ, whose middle half runs $23–$39/hr across 94 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 54% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Phoenix, AZ

We're tracking 209 other active welding openings in Phoenix, AZ right now, from 130 different employers. 57 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 509 other active welding openings from 257 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Phoenix, or widen the search to Arizona.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (29), Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (20), and EZARC (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 Arizona, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Tempe at $32/hr, Phoenix at $30/hr, and Surprise at $30/hr. Phoenix is among them.

Similar openings near Phoenix, AZ

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