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Senior Facility Maintenance Technician

WM
Kettleman City, CA, United States, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 22 Jul 2025
💰 $74,820/yr

About the role

What is the value of a WM job?  

The value of a WM job is more than a paycheck. It’s a way to create opportunities for you and your family.  

We Are Stable: Our WM team is home every day, and our team members perform essential and meaningful work. 

We Are Committed to Growth: 100% tuition paid for benefits eligible employees and their family, and established career progression. 

We Are Investing in You: Amazing Medical, Dental & Vision, 401K with match, discounted stock options, dependent day care, and more! 

Who are we? #WeAreWM 

Ready to roll with us?  Click Apply to join the Waste Management team today.  

Join our Waste Management team, the industry leader since 1971. With over 41,000 proud employees, Waste Management has the largest trucking fleet in the waste industry - over 18,000 trucks and leads in CNG advancement with the largest fleet of class 8 Natural Gas Vehicles in North America. We offer opportunities in 48 states, the District of Columbia, and Canada.

Tired of just doing preventative maintenance or working only on engines? Are you ready to take the next step and work on equipment that requires a high level of skill - hydraulics, electrical, diagnostics - using modern maintenance practices and technologies? Are you looking for that right opportunity which will allow you to use and be rewarded for your skills and ability, and provide opportunity for growth? Our technicians are trained to provide superior maintenance on both diesel equipment and, at some locations, on our growing fleet of CNG trucks. We care about our technician's safety and show it by demanding solid safety practices of all our technicians and managers. Pride, safety, training, growth, opportunity, great benefits, rewards check us out, we may be the company for you.

Pay Rate: $24.94-$37.41 per hour (depending on experience)

Shift Days/Times: Monday-Friday, 7:30am to 4:00pm, possible overtime and weekends

I. Job Summary
Performs a wide variety of skilled mechanical duties to install, troubleshoot, repair, and modify mechanical equipment and facilities.

II. Essential Duties and Responsibilities 
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other minor duties may be assigned. 

  • Plans and lays out work using blueprints, drawings, and general instructions.
  • Performs complex maintenance tasks, troubleshooting and repairing a wide variety of equipment.
  • Repairs systems requiring the isolation and replacement of pumps.
  • Performs preventative maintenance tasks as required.
  • Fabricates and weld parts as required including pipes, equipment and structural steel.
  • Does plumbing, HVAC, carpentry, and electrical repair or installation as required.
  • Provides assistance, training, and leadership to mechanics with less experience.
  • Perform special projects and other duties, such as writing preventative maintenance instructions from manufacturers specifications.
  • Complete necessary forms and records.
  • Operates Heavy Equipment or other company vehicles (examples vacuum truck, sanitary truck) as needed.
  • Reference site-specific procedures and more detailed site-specific job descriptions.
  • Performing other duties as assigned.

III. Supervisory Responsibilities
This job has no supervisory duties.

IV. Qualifications
The requirements listed below are representative of the qualifications necessary to perform the job.

A. Education and Experience

  • Education: None required.
  • Experience: 5 years relevant work experience (in Facility Maintenance Technician Hazardous Waste)

B. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations or Other Requirements

  • Current valid Driver's License

NEW EMPLOYEE TRAINING

  • RCRA
  • HAZWOPER (24 Hour)
  • DOT & M2Z (Driver Only)

RCRA / HAZWOPER Training:

  • Resource Conservation & Recovery Act (RCRA)
  • Clean Air Act (CAA)
  • Clean Water Act (CWA)
  • Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA)
  • Superfund Amendment & Reauthorization Act (SARA)
  • Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)
  • National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
  • Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA)
  • Hazardous Waste Transportation Act (HWTA)
  • Code of Federal Regulation (CFR 40, 29, &a

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