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Overview

EquipmentShare is hiring a Heavy Equipment Shop Technician (Mechanic) at their rental facility in Douglasville, GA. The company aims to transform the construction industry through innovative technology and real-time support, seeking a motivated individual to maintain and repair heavy equipment machinery.

Responsibilities

  • 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.
  • Comfortably use technology such as laptops and tablets.
  • Perform maintenance and repair on mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and diesel systems.
  • Assist in training lower level technicians as needed.
  • Maintain documentation of work performed in a timely manner.
  • Assist with pick-up and delivery of equipment and parts.
  • Be knowledgeable of OSHA requirements.
  • Complete other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Must own tools applicable to position.
  • Advanced mechanical aptitude and working knowledge of tools.
  • Extensive knowledge of construction equipment and understanding of schematics and diagrams.
  • Superior customer service, teamwork, and communication skills.
  • High School diploma; Trade school certificate preferred.
  • Experience in field service, maintenance, and repair preferred.
  • Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.
  • This is a safety-sensitive position requiring a 10 panel drug screen.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Schedule: Monday to Friday, 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
  • Overtime pay after working 40 hours.
  • On-call scheduling with additional compensation.

Benefits

PTO
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
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How this job compares in Douglasville, GA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Georgia currently run a median of $29/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$39/hr across 108 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 Douglasville, GA

Douglasville, GA currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 338 other active welding openings from 194 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Douglasville, or widen the search to Georgia.

EquipmentShare 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 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. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Douglasville, 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.