Maintenance Mechanic 1st Shift

Company: Progress Rail
Location: Albertville
Posted on: April 26, 2025

Job Description:

Job Purpose

If the following job requirements and experience match your skills, please ensure you apply promptly.

Maintenance Mechanic needed to maintain production and quality by ensuring safe and proper operation and maintenance of machinery and mechanical equipment needed to accomplish the production required of the recycling operations shredder.

Req ID

10612BR

City

Albertville

State:

Alabama

Company Description

Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company, is an integrated rolling stock and infrastructure provider, delivering a full range of products and services to domestic and international railroad customers. Our customers enjoy one-stop shopping and comprehensive cradle-to-grave railway solutions - whether it rolls on the rail or is the rail itself. From locomotives, transit, freight cars and engines, to tracks, signals and advanced technology, we ensure customers can count on us to meet all their rail needs. Forging the bridge between ideas and success, our talented and innovative team members work together to address the challenges of the rail industry today, ensuring success for the future. As part of a vibrant, global network of business operations, each and every member of our team is important to our success. With headquarters in Albertville, Ala., more than 7,000 dedicated employees serve customers through a network of close to 150 locations around the world. For more information, visit www.progressrail.com and follow @Progress_Rail on Twitter and YouTube.

Key Job Elements

--- Perform all duties and responsibilities in compliance with PR safety policies including lock out tag out, fall protection, confined spaces, etc.;
--- Perform mechanical, electric and hydraulic troubleshooting and repairs to all shop and office equipment;
--- Assist with preventative maintenance programs to prevent equipment downtime;
--- Working all hand, electric and air tools, and welding equipment;
--- Accurately processing work orders and paperwork;
--- Other duties as assigned.

Education / Training

Required:
--- High School Diploma or equivalent.

Preferred:
--- Associate's degree or equivalent from a 2 year college or technical school.

Qualifications and Experience

--- 3+ years of heave industrial equipment and diesel repair preferred in a machine shop or industrial setting with electrical, industrial, production and/or heavy equipment troubleshooting and repair;
--- Ability to work on track style excavators and bulldozers along with forklifts and wheel loaders;
--- Proven leadership and communication skills;
--- Capable of quick analyze and ability to solve maintenance issues;
--- Proficient with PC Applications including Microsoft Office;
--- Work around overhead cranes and mobile equipment;
--- Work on varied surfaces (concrete floors, gravel, dirt, railroad tracks);
--- Ability to read precision gauges and instruments;
--- Ability to read and understand mechanical maintenance manuals;
--- Experience with heavy mobile equipment maintenance;
--- Able to interact with supervisor and operators.

Essential and Physical Activities Functions
--- Strength - Position requires lifting of 50lbs. Requires stamina and strength to work in tight and confined spaces while repairing locomotive or locomotive components;
--- Motion - Position requires standing majority of the day. Occasional sitting, frequent walking, climbing of steps and stairs, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling; reaching with hands & arms; using hands to finger, handle or feel objects, and tools or controls;
--- Vision/Hearing Requirements - Position is exposed to high levels of noise and vibration from using tools. Specific vision abilities include long & short distance sight, depth perception & focusing. The use of proper PPE is required. The position requires the ability to read QWI and schematics and understand instructions;
--- Work Environment - Position can be located inside or outside, dependent on situation. When inside, the employees are subject to temperature extremes in non-temperature-controlled environments. When outside employees are subject to all weather elements. In both cases, employees will work with oils and other lubricants. The environment requires working in close proximity to moving mechanical parts, mobile equipment, and other machinery;
--- Emotional Demands - Employee is expected to work and cooperate as part of team in order to meet production requirements;
--- Safety - Position is safety sensitive, as it requires working in and around live tracks and operation and repair of heavy equipment. Position requires strict adherence to safety policies (i.e. blue flag) and use of all PPE.

Benefits

Competitive Salary
401(k) plan with up to 6% company match (no waiting period with immediate vesting)
Medical/Dental/Vision/Life/Disability Insurance
Supplemental Accident, Critical Care, and Hospital Insurance available along with an HDHP and HSA with seed money
Flexible Spending Accounts
Paid Vacation
Paid Holidays
Paid Time-Off (PTO)
Employee Assistance Plan
Education Assistance Program
Employee Recognition Programs
Site specific Production and Incentive Plans
Site specific Step and Skill Level Wage Adjustment Plans
Site Specific Relocation and Sign-on Bonus Programs

*Benefits eligibility varies by job position, full-time/part-time and regular/temporary status. The provisions of the plan documents control such benefits.

EEO

Equal Opportunity Employer - Race/Color/Sex/Religion/National Origin/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Vets/Disabilities

Job Category

Production - Hourly

PRS Facility Location

Albertville, AL Recycling - 002

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