Lead Heavy Equipment Technician
| Department: | Mechanic |
| Listing Date: | 2025-10-07 |
| Position: | Lead Heavy Equipment Technician - Chesapeake, VA |
| Job ID: | Lead Heavy Equipment Technician |
| Job Type: | Full-Time |
| Experience Level: | Experienced (Non-Manager) |
Hammer & Steel Global, LLC, founded in 1989, is a leading supplier of pile driving and drilling equipment for foundation and shoring construction projects in the United States of America.
As a leader, we set the standard for the rest of our industry. We demonstrate our commitment to our customers and team members through communication, teamwork, and trust. Our team members are motivated, intelligent, ambitious professionals, who are passionate about what they do.
Hammer & Steel seeks to hire a Lead Heavy Equipment Technician to join our newly acquired facility in team in Chesapeake, VA.
Shift: Monday-Friday
Hours: TBD
Hammer & Steel provides competitive wages, a generous benefit package and the chance to work with great people.
- Running diagnostics, troubleshooting, and repairing hydraulic, mechanical, electrical, and fuel systems on heavy construction equipment.
- Completes all required preventative maintenance operations including lubrications, fluid changes, and minor diesel engine maintenance.
- Completes accurate written records of work performed.
- Provide education to customers on equipment operation and performance.
- Travel within assigned region, as needed, to customer job sites to provide equipment training, maintenance, and repairs.
- Mentor and train apprentice technicians/mechanics.
Minimum Requirements:
- High school diploma or GED
- Must be 18 years of age or older; Valid driver's license with clean MVR
- Seven (7) or more years of relevant heavy equipment maintenance experience.
- Familiar and / or experience with heavy machinery, hydraulics, electrical system repair and maintenance.
- Must be able to read hydraulic and electrical schematics and digital voltmeters (DVMs) and working kinematics.
- CANbus and PLC knowledge.
- Must provide own tools that are adequate to perform job functions.
Preferred Requirements:
- Supervisory or experience leading teams
- Vocational/Technical degree; Mechanical or Electrical degree
- Ten (10+) years of heavy construction equipment experience
Compensation & Benefits
- $5,000 sign on bonus
- Highly competitive wages: up to $40/hr based on experience and education
- Medical, Dental, Vision, and Short-term disability insurance
- Generous company funded Profit Sharing Plan
- 401K with company match
- Paid time off (PTO), Seven (7) Company Paid Holidays, and Paid Sick Leave
- Company paid Life, Long Term Disability, and AD&D insurance
- $90 per year work boot allowance; Tool reimbursement program
- Company provided uniforms and laundering services