Heavy Equipment Mechanic

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General Summary

General Summary

This position is responsible for inspecting, maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing equipment and tools on Granite Industrial job sites and supporting the job functions in any other way as directed by the Equipment Manager, Job Superintendents, and General Superintendent.

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Conduct detailed inspections of equipment on the job sites to identify maintenance and repair items.
• Work closely with the foremen and craft operators to identify items that need maintenance or repair.
• Maintain equipment on the job sites by preforming preventative maintenance, lubrication, fueling, cleaning, and servicing of equipment.
• Observe and measure machine components to monitor for excessive wear.
• Proactively service equipment as required and in coordination with job operations to maximize equipment uptime.
• Repair equipment as needed.
• Communicate and work with equipment vendors for ordering and installing repair parts.
• Complete documentation to include repair summaries and take 5s, Job Hazard Analysis (JHA), etc.
• Communicate with the Equipment Manager and Job Superintendents on a daily basis the status of repairs, tasks for the day, and issues with equipment.
• On an as needed basis as directed by the job superintendent, operate equipment to support job operations.
• Travel from one job to another and observe CMV DOT on road regulations.

Education

High School Diploma

Work Experience

Four to six years of heavy equipment mechanic experience.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to be responsive to calls, texts, and emails.
• Ability to remain flexible to ever changing jobsite conditions and operations.
• Ability to prioritize and follow through on a variety of tasks.
• Ability to learn and take direction.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Ability to operate a 10,000 lb truck mounted crane.
• Knowledge of construction equipment and the skills necessary to inspect, maintain and repair heavy equipment.
• Knowledge of construction jobs.
• Knowledge of DOT driving requirements
• Knowledge and skill to safely and effectively operate a mechanic crane truck.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

The physical demands of this job are classified as medium-heavy as defined by the U.S. Department of Labor criteria. It is important that the employee is physically able to perform this job safely.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit, balance, climb, crawl under, push and pull while in an outdoor environment that is subject to weather conditions.

The employee must be able to lift with two hands from the floor to the waist up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential job functions. The employee will be working around large construction equipment and dynamic field operations and must be aware and safety conscience at all times.

About Granite Construction Incorporated

Granite Construction Incorporated is a member of the S&P 400 Index and is the parent company of Granite Construction Company, one of the nation's largest heavy civil contractors and construction materials producers.

Granite Construction is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities and a Drug-Free Workplace.

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Notice to Staffing Agencies

Granite Construction, Inc. and its subsidiaries ("Granite") will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate.

Any unsolicited resumes sent to Granite, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Granite mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to Granite employees, or to Granite's resume database will be considered Granite property.

Granite will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Granite will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees.

Agencies must obtain advance written approval from Granite's recruiting function to submit resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully-executed contract for service and in response to a specific job opening.

Granite will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have such agreement in place. Agency agreements will only be valid if in writing and signed by Granite's Human Resources Representative or his / her designee.

No other Granite employee is authorized to bind Granite to any agreement regarding the placement of candidates by Agencies.