**Job Title: TRAVEL Heavy Equipment Mechanic** **Job Description** Join our dynamic team as a Heavy Equipment Mechanic, where you will be responsible for assembling machines and mechanical components according to requirements. You will inspect machines, engines, transmissions, and more while running diagnostic tests to discover functionality issues. Your role will include servicing electrical and hydraulic circuits, reading schematics, and conducting repairs aimed at maximum reliability. You will troubleshoot reported problems, perform thorough maintenance on machinery, equipment, and systems, and clean and apply lubricants to machinery components. Additionally, you will replenish fluids and components of engines and machinery, provide consultation on correct maintenance and preventative measures to users, and undertake other duties such as repairing hydraulic systems and painting vehicles as assigned. • Proven experience as a mechanic with excavators, cranes, and loaders • Excellent knowledge of machinery and hydraulic, electrical, and other systems and components • Aptitude in using various hand tools (screwdrivers, hammers etc.) and precision measurement tools (e.g. calipers) • Ability to follow established procedures and practices and read instruction, blueprints etc. • Build and assemble machines or mechanical components according to requirements • Inspect machines, engines, transmissions etc. and run diagnostic tests to discover functionality issues • Service electrical and hydraulic circuits and read schematics • Conduct repairs aiming for maximum reliability • Troubleshoot reported problems and resolve them in a timely manner • Perform thorough maintenance on machinery, equipment, and systems • Clean and apply lubricants to machinery components • Replenish fluids and components of engines and machinery • Provide consultation on correct maintenance and preventative measures to machine or vehicle users • Undertake other duties as assigned (e.g. repair of hydraulic systems, painting vehicles etc.) **Hard Skills** + Construction/Building Trades + Automotive + Auto/Truck Mechanic/Technician **Soft Skills** + Troubleshooting + Reliability + Time Management **Job Type** This is a permanent position. **Work Environment** This role primarily involves working outdoors with a requirement for heavy lifting. **The position requires 80% travel and allows for 20% work from home.** Crews travel within the mid-Atlantic region. Each crew has 1-2 skid steer operators, a concrete pump or excavator and/or hydraulic rig that pushes piers deep into the ground. You travel in your own car to our job sites, staying in a single hotel room, two weeks at a time, with a weekend at home every other weekend, (arriving home Friday for dinner and returning Sunday night or Monday morning for a 6:30 a.m. start). **About Aerotek:** We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow. Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts. 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.