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Senior Heavy Equipment Mechanic

Waste Management

Posted Monday, September 15, 2025

Posting ID: 2334993

Gwinner, ND
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Are you looking for stable work as a Heavy Equipment Mechanic III with benefits that provide financial security for you and your family? Aspiring to advance in your heavy equipment career at a site that prides itself on employee safety? Searching for a company that prioritizes its employees' well-being and understands the importance of family time? If this speaks to you, then WM might be the place for your next career move.

Stable work and benefits that support you and your loved ones, a schedule that respects work life balance with your safety at the heart of everything we do and support for your future with training and development based on your unique career goals. That's what you get as a Heavy Equipment Mechanic III at WM - and more.

Preferred:
  • Landfill Experience!
  • Must have own tool set!
About us

WM is North America's leading provider of comprehensive waste management environmental services. We partner with our customers and the communities we serve to manage and reduce waste at each stage from collection to disposal, while recovering valuable resources and creating clean, renewable energy.

The pay and benefits you'll get as Heavy Equipment Mechanic III:
  • Stable hours for your financial stability (Guaranteed 40 hours per week!)
  • Comprehensive healthcare coverage including dental, vision and prescription coverage.
  • Paid tuition and scholarships for you and your dependents
  • Company-matched 401(k)
  • Adoption assistance and parent support
These are just a few of our comprehensive benefits for a Heavy Equipment Mechanic III. Whether you are planning on building or expanding your family or looking for the next step in your career - WM is there, helping build the best and total you.

The hours and location you'll work in as a Heavy Equipment Mechanic III with WM:
  • Monday - Friday every week (Possible Overtime depending on workload)
  • 7:00am Start Time
  • We're committed to offering you stable hours for the financial security and work life balance you need.
  • The normal setting for this job is our material recycling facility (MRF) in Gwinner, ND.
Those are the key details on pay and schedule - now here's more on what you'll be doing as a Heavy Equipment Mechanic III at WM.

Each day you'll work at one of our recycling facilities that service over 20 million customers across the USA. As a Heavy Equipment Mechanic III you'll be responsible for the service and repair of heavy equipment like bulldozers, scrapers & front end loaders - this equipment is vital to the work we do, so your work will be recognized and valued for the impact it has on our operation. Our heavy equipment mechanics take their careers to the next level by working on equipment that requires a high level of skill - and determination.

Our waste disposal sites operate a rigorous cleaning schedule to protect the working environment for all our MRF employees.

Here's more of what you'll do:
  • Repair equipment including, but not limited to, bulldozers, scrapers, backhoes, front end loaders, yard trucks, farm tractors, forklifts, and company cars.
  • Diagnose and repair differentials, hydraulic systems, motors, transmissions, drives, air conditioning systems, and electrical systems.
  • Preventative maintenance as set out by the site checklist.
  • Paperwork and admin tasks such as work orders, card files, P.M. checklists, and oil samples.
  • Service and maintains other equipment such as light plants, water pump, welders, and other equipment.
What do you need to be considered for the role of Heavy Equipment Mechanic III?
  • 5 years of maintenance mechanic experience on heavy equipment ; Will consider a solid 3 plus years of experience!
  • A valid driver's license, with a clean driving record
  • Be over 18 years of age.
  • Legally eligible to work in the United States
  • Ability to perform physical requirements of the position with or without reasonable accommodations.
  • Successfully complete and pass pre-employment drug screen and physical.
The kind of people who thrive in our teams:
  • Thrive while working independently.
  • Take accountability for the quality and standard of their work.
  • Good communicators who are ready to support other colleagues.
  • Curious and determined fixers.
Work environment and physical demands:

Listed below are key points regarding physical demands, physical and occupational risks, and the work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
  • Required to exert physical effort that will include but is not limited to frequent lifting, pushing, pulling, crouching, and climbing; Constantly standing, walking, and grasping; Occasionally: sitting and balancing
  • Required to be exposed to physical occupational risks (such as cuts, burns, exposure to toxic chemicals, etc.) often.
  • Required to be exposed to physical environment which involves dirt, odors, noise, weather extremes or similar elements often.
  • This job operates in both inside garage, shop or gas plant conditions as well as in outside conditions that include inclement weather, heat and humidity.
If this sounds like what you've been looking for, then click 'Apply now' to start your tomorrow, today.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
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