Assistant Diesel Mechanic

Overview

Peoria, IL, United States (On-site)

Are you seeking a safer work environment as a mechanic? Is your family’s financial security important to you? Aspiring to advance in your mechanic career? Searching for a company that prioritizes its employees' well-being? If this speaks to you, then WM might be the place for your next career move.

Career progression, stability for your family, and a safe environment to work. That’s what you get as a Assistant Diesel Mechanic at WM – and more.

• Performs all work in accordance with established safety procedures.
• Performs minor repairs and assigned preventive maintenance services.
• Completes required paperwork utilizing fleet maintenance software program associated with repairing vehicles, documenting parts usage, and accounting for repair times.
• Assists in the repair and adjustment of equipment.
• Washes vehicles and equipment.
• Conducts safety checks on vehicles.
• Assists senior Mechanics in the completion of project work.
• Assists with service calls for breakdowns.
• Performs other maintenance related work as required.
• Maintains a clean, safe work area in compliance with Corporate / OSHA Standard

• No prior work experience required.
• A valid drivers 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.

• Starting salary of $34.85 per hour depending on experience
• Stable hours for your financial stability
• Tool allowance $350 per quarter
• $7,500 Sign on Bonus
• Boot allowance $275 per year (after 90-day probationary period)
• Comprehensive healthcare coverage including dental, vision and prescription coverage.
• Paid tuition and scholarships
• Company-matched 401(k)
• Adoption assistance and parent support

These are just a few of our comprehensive benefits for Diesel Mechanic. 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.

• Monday
  - Friday
• 12:00pm- 8:30pm (Occasional Saturday)
• Overtime Required When Necessary
• 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 a repair / maintenance shop at our Peoria IL hauling site.

What you’ll be doing next

• Fix trucks and equipment servicing over 20 million customers across the USA.
• Work on equipment that requires a high level of skill and determination.
• Use modern tools and procedures to deliver maintenance on diesel equipment and, at some locations, on our growing fleet of CNG trucks.

• No prior work experience required.
• A valid drivers 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.

• Team players who care about everyone in the shop
• Happy working independently and as part of a team
• Likes variety – every day provides a new challenge
• Determined problem solvers.

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…