Job Description

Overview

EquipmentShare is hiring a Heavy Equipment Shop Technician (Mechanic) at their rental facility in Atlanta, GA. The company is focused on transforming the construction industry through innovative technology and a dedicated team.

Responsibilities

  • Provide maintenance and repair for a variety of customer and company owned heavy equipment machinery and aerial lifts.
  • Use technology to create, assign, and monitor work orders.
  • Track machine service intervals and order parts.
  • Diagnose issues using data from various makes and models.
  • Practice safe job practices for repairing equipment.
  • Use laptops and tablets comfortably.
  • Maintain paperwork and electronic documentation of work performed.
  • Assist with pick-up and delivery of equipment and parts.
  • Assist in the training of lower level technicians as needed.
  • Be knowledgeable of OSHA requirements.

Requirements

  • Must own tools applicable to position.
  • Advanced mechanical aptitude and working knowledge of tools.
  • Extensive knowledge of construction equipment with an understanding of schematics and diagrams.
  • Superior customer service, teamwork, and verbal/written communication skills.
  • High School diploma; Trade school certificate preferred.
  • Experience in field service, maintenance, and repair preferred.
  • Must be able to move, stand, stoop, and bend freely.
  • Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Schedule: Monday to Friday, 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM, with overtime pay after 40 hours.
  • This role is subject to on-call scheduling with additional compensation.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k

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 $30/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$42/hr across 32 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 67 different employers. 40 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 371 other active welding openings from 217 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 Classic Collision (12), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (11), and Gerber Collision & Glass (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 $39/hr, Forest Park at $34/hr, and Kennesaw at $32/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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. Heavy Equipment Shop Technician (Mechanic) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.