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Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanic
Employer
Mader GroupDate Posted
February 25, 2025Languages
English-
Location Calgary, AB
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Earnings $52.50 hourly
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Work Hours 72 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 40  Vacancies
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Closing Date Apr 05, 2025
Employer
Mader Group
Languages
English
Education
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Work site environment
- Outdoors
- Cold/refrigerated
- Dusty
- Hot
- Noisy
Work setting
- Staff accommodation available
- Staff accommodation provided
- Various locations
- On-site customer service
Tasks
- Instruct apprentices
- Troubleshoot and inspect equipment to detect faults and malfunctions
- Diagnose faults or malfunctions using computerized and other testing equipment to determine extent of repair required
- Order parts and maintain inventory
- Adjust equipment and repair or replace defective parts
- Keep maintenance reports and documentation
- Welding experience
- Test repaired equipment for proper performance and to ensure that work meets manufacturers' specifications
- Clean, lubricate and perform other maintenance work
- Perform repair work on heavy trucks
- Service attachments and working tools
- Verify and repair emission control systems
Diesel engine repair specialization
- Fuel injection system
- Exhaust system
- Cooling system
- Air conditioning system
- Lubrication system
- Engine control system
- Major internal engine repairs or overhaul
- Installation and alignment of engines and machinery
Powered equipment repair specialization
- Hydraulic-operated working attachments
- Compressors
- Pumps
- Electric generators
Mechanical maintenance and repair specialization
- Mechanical transmissions
- Drive trains and final drives
- Hydraulic transmissions
- Power take-offs
- Tracked vehicle suspensions and steering
- Wheel-mounted vehicle suspension and steering
- Highway vehicle tires and wheels
- Off-road vehicle tires and wheels
- Differentials
- Brake system
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
- Driving record check (abstract)
- Medical exam
- Drug test
- Basic security clearance
- Driver's validity licence check
Transportation/travel information
- Vehicle supplied by employer
- Willing to travel
- Willing to travel regularly
- Willing to travel for extended periods
- Valid driver's licence
- Travel expenses paid by employer
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Handling heavy loads
- Manual dexterity
- Overtime required
- Standing for extended periods
Weight handling
Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Own tools/equipment
Tools
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Team player
Experience
5 years or more
Workplace information
On the road job
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Interest Codes
- OBJECTIVE
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Interest in precision working with hand and power tools to adjust equipment and repair and replace defective parts, components and systems
- METHODICAL
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Interest in cleaning, lubricating and performing other routine maintenance work, and in servicing attachments and working tools such as harvesting and tillage equipment, blades, ploughs, winches and side booms
- INNOVATIVE
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Interest in analyzing to diagnose faults and malfunctions, using computerized and other testing equipment, to determine extent of repair required
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