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Overview

Vulcan Materials Company is the nation’s largest producer of construction aggregates and a major producer of aggregates-based construction materials. The Diesel Specialist role involves diagnosing, repairing, and maintaining diesel engines and related systems in vehicles and machinery, contributing to the company's commitment to excellence and safety.

Responsibilities

  • Repair and maintain mobile equipment to maximize performance and limit downtime.
  • Inspect all mobile equipment to identify and troubleshoot errors.
  • Handle, install, position, and move parts, materials, and industrial hand tools safely.
  • Ensure accurate documentation of mobile equipment maintenance and service reports.
  • Assist in driving heavy equipment and vehicles throughout the plant.

Requirements

  • High School diploma or GED equivalent required.
  • Previous experience working on diesel or heavy construction equipment is required.
  • Additional vocational/trade school training in a mechanical field.
  • Knowledge of general principles and practices of servicing heavy construction equipment is preferred.
  • Must have knowledge of industrial tools, their uses, and maintenance.

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.
  • Travel will be required overnight as business demands.
  • Must have and maintain a valid driver's license.
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How this job compares in Lithia Springs, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting sits about 18% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Georgia — toward the top of a $25–$38/hr middle band drawn from 99 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 69% 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 Lithia Springs, GA

We're tracking 15 other active welding openings in Lithia Springs, GA right now, from 10 different employers. 5 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 316 other active welding openings from 186 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 1 other opening 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 Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (10), Classic Collision (9), 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 Forest Park at $39/hr, Marietta at $30/hr, and Atlanta at $30/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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. Diesel Specialist figures were last recalculated when this page was built.