Job Description

Overview

The Field Mechanic is responsible for inspecting, maintaining, and repairing construction vehicles and heavy equipment using various tools and equipment. The role requires travel and involves diagnosing defects, performing repairs, and ensuring compliance with manufacturers' specifications.

Responsibilities

  • Repair and replace damaged or worn parts.
  • Dismantle and reassemble heavy equipment using hoists and hand tools.
  • Operate and inspect machines or heavy equipment to diagnose defects.
  • Test mechanical products and equipment after repair or assembly to ensure proper performance.
  • Clean, lubricate, and perform routine maintenance work on equipment and vehicles.
  • Read and understand operating manuals, blueprints, and technical drawings.
  • Overhaul and test machines or equipment to ensure operating efficiency.
  • Fit bearings to adjust, repair, or overhaul mobile mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment.
  • Diagnose faults or malfunctions to determine required repairs using diagnostic equipment.
  • Examine parts for damage or excessive wear using micrometers and gauges.

Requirements

  • Work in dusty or dirty surroundings.
  • Ability to stoop, bend, crouch, and crawl; use hands, arms, and legs fully.
  • Lift up to 50 pounds with frequent lifting and carrying of objects weighing 50 pounds.
  • Ability to be away from home for long periods of time.
  • Valid Driver’s license and good driving record.
  • Must have own tools.
  • High school diploma preferred with two to three years of relevant experience.

Additional Information

  • Candidates must undergo and successfully complete a pre-employment physical examination.

How this job compares in Atlanta, GA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Atlanta, GA currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$31/hr across 33 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 Atlanta, GA

We're tracking 94 other active welding openings in Atlanta, GA right now, from 65 different employers. 32 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 338 other active welding openings from 193 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Atlanta, or widen the search to Georgia.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Lockheed Martin (12), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (10), and Classic Collision (9). 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 Marietta at $42/hr, Forest Park at $39/hr, and Atlanta at $28/hr. Atlanta is among them.

Similar openings near Atlanta, GA

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