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Fleet Mechanic

  • Waterloo, ON
  • On-site
  • Posted Sep 27, 2026
  • 1 position

$35–$45 / hour

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Employment type
Full-time
Experience level
Mid-level · 2+ years
Posting language
English
Working hours
40 hours per week

Job summary

The Fleet Mechanic is responsible for scheduling and performing preventative maintenance and repairs on vehicles, equipment, and tools while maintaining shop organization. Additionally, the role involves providing on-site support to construction crews, including hauling materials and assisting with general labor duties.

Job details

Earthscape is recognized as an award-winning design-build firm that specializes in high-end residential landscaping. We are a group of enthusiastic, creative dreamers and builders who work hard and are exceptionally proud of what we design and create. It makes for a positive, productive, fast-paced, fun, and rewarding environment, with enough challenges and opportunities to keep us rapidly growing! If you’re looking for a role where you only turn wrenches in a shop, this is not the job for you. We are looking for a proactive, high-energy team player who loves variety, thrives on autonomy, and isn't afraid to get their hands dirty. As our Landscape Fleet Mechanic, you are a critical backbone of our field and yard operations. You will maintain a high level of organization in the shop, manage equipment and vehicle maintenance, and actively jump in to support our construction crews with hauls, deliveries, and site support when needed. No two days look the same. What We Offer: Pay rate of $35-$45/ hour depending on experience Extended health and dental benefits Life insurance and AD&D Profit sharing and performance bonuses Participate in our employee share ownership program (ESOP) after 1 year Tuition reimbursement Company events and social hours Overtime pay Clothing allowances Spring return incentive Your Responsibilities & Day-to-Day Variety Maintain the Fleet & Tools: Schedule, coordinate, and conduct regular preventative maintenance, inspections, and repairs on vehicles, equipment, and small tools. Manage tool inventories, bulk supplies, replacement parts, and the repair/replacement of red-tagged equipment. Master the Facility Logistics: Take ownership of the shop using 5S principles. Keep inventory pristine, labeled, and easily accessible. Deliver On-Site Crew Support: Drive trucks to haul materials and equipment to jobsites. Assist crews with daily site needs, staging tagged materials, and jumping in with general labor duties when extra hands are needed. Maintain High Safety Standards: Complete and assist with driver logbooks, pre-trip/post-trip inspections, maintenance reports, and ensure all vehicles and equipment operate safely. What You Bring to the Team The Right Mindset: Highly structured, detail-oriented, and driven by problem-solving. You align with our core values of integrity, hard work, teamwork, the pursuit of excellence, and loving what you do. The Right License & Record: Valid driver’s license with a clean driver's abstract (ability to submit upon request). Bonus/Asset (Not Required): Minimum ARZ class license (Class A Restricted (AR) paired with a Z air brake endorsement). The Right Experience & Technical Skills: Mechanically inclined with strong hands-on experience maintaining and repairing landscape power tools, vehicles, and heavy equipment. Proficient with driver logbooks, inspection reports, and power tools. The Right Readiness: Physically ready to load/unload equipment, transport materials, and assist crews directly on active jobsites. Screening: Consent to role-relevant background checks (work references, employment/credential verification, identity, criminal, and driving record checks). Seasonal On-Call Requirement: Availability to be on call for nighttime breakdown services during the snow season. At Earthscape, we are committed to building an environment where everyone feels included, valued, and heard. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging are an important part of our everyday work, and it is our belief that they enable us to reach our goal of bringing incredible outdoor spaces to life. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities, and/or people with intersectional identities. Should you require any accommodation during the recruitment process or otherwise, please notify us of this when you apply and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.

What you’ll do

The Fleet Mechanic is responsible for scheduling and performing preventative maintenance and repairs on vehicles, equipment, and tools while maintaining shop organization. Additionally, the role involves providing on-site support to construction crews, including hauling materials and assisting with general labor duties.

Requirements

Candidates must be mechanically inclined with hands-on experience in maintaining landscape power tools and heavy equipment. A valid driver's license with a clean abstract is required, and a Class A Restricted license with air brake endorsement is considered a strong asset.

Benefits

  • Extended health and dental benefits
  • Life insurance
  • AD&D insurance
  • Profit sharing
  • Performance bonuses
  • Employee share ownership program
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Company events
  • Social hours
  • Overtime pay
  • Clothing allowances
  • Spring return incentive

Listed skills

  • Fleet Maintenance · Preferred
  • Heavy equipment operation · Preferred
  • Site support · Preferred
  • Problem solving · Preferred
  • Safety Compliance · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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  • Fleet maintenance
  • Equipment repair
  • Preventative maintenance
  • Tool inventory management
  • 5S principles
  • Heavy equipment operation
  • Driver logbook management
  • Inspection reporting
  • Site support
  • Material hauling
  • Problem-solving
  • Mechanical aptitude
  • Safety compliance
  • Pre-Trip And Post-Trip Vehicle Inspections
  • Inventory Staging
  • Power Tool Operation
  • Energetic
  • Good Driving Record
  • Wrenches
  • Vehicle Maintenance
  • Valid Driver's License
  • Materials Transport
  • Construction
  • Heavy Equipment
  • Problem Solving
  • Landscaping
  • Mechanical Aptitude
  • Operations
  • Safety Standards
  • Loading And Unloading
  • Teamwork
  • Enthusiasm
  • Detail Oriented

Job areas

  • Trades
  • Construction
  • Logistics
  • Transportation
  • Fleet Mechanic
  • Automotive Service Technician / Mechanic
  • Motor Vehicle Mechanics and Repairers
  • Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics

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