What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Mechanic position at Clean Harbors?
Lead Mechanic at Clean Harbors
The Lead Diesel Mechanic at Clean Harbors oversees shop operations, ensuring compliance with DOT regulations, and maintains service and parts records. This role requires performing preventive maintenance, inspections, and troubleshooting of various heavy-duty vehicles while prioritizing health and safety standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensuring that Health and Safety is the number one priority by complying with all safe work practices, policies, and processes and acting in a safe manner at all times;
- Performs preventative maintenance, conducts inspections, troubleshoots, diagnoses failures & deficiencies & performs necessary corrections. This includes conducting offsite road repairs/service calls.
- Completes daily checklist as required for proper operation of the unit being operated.
- Assures unit has daily maintenance duties performed and communicates any problems or issues with the unit immediately upon discovery
- Completes and submits all associated paperwork as required for tracking PM schedules.
- Conducts Safety Checks & Annual Vehicle Inspections in accordance with provincial & federal laws.
- Assures that Equipment is properly parked in compliance with facility permit and DOT requirements.
- Ensures that work meets all applicable Health and Safety Standard Operating Procedures.
- Responsible for maintaining a clean work environment.
- Performs other assignments as assigned by management.
- Understands Clean Compliance Standard.
Requirements:
- 5-7 years of diesel engine experience
- Ability to work in team environment.
- Must be versed in all aspects e.g. electrical, computer, ECMs, fuel, air systems, ABS, hydraulic systems, engines etc.
- Demonstrates complete proficiency in diagnostic, repair, and maintenance of the following units: heavy duty forklift, roll off truck, forklifts, pick up trucks, box trucks, tractors, and tankers.
- Demonstrates complete proficiency in tooling and equipment diagnostic, repair, and maintenance.
- Ability to pass a background, drug, and physical test upon hire
Clean Harbors is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against applicants due to race, ancestry, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or on the basis of any other federal, state/provincial or local protected class.
