Heavy Equipment Equipment

Question: Female heavy equipment mechanic?

(Posted by: Kari R on 2008-04-11 21:27:37)

I am a heavy equipment mechanic and I just so happen to be a woman! I was a small diesel engine mechanic in the Air Force and when I got out, I was hired by a copper mine in their truck shop to work on 190 ton dump trucks and other heavy equipment. I did this for 2.5 years and had a blast. I've since moved away and am working in an office and hate it. I want to be back out in the shop. I'm putting all kinds of irons in the fire in Oregon, Idaho, and Arizona and maybe California (where I am now). Anyone know of any companies that aren't afraid to hire a female mechanic WITH experience?!

Posted by: Ashley on 2008-04-11, 21:44:59

Try any company... if they don't have a legitimate reason to turn you down for a job, just the fact that you're female, then sue them for discrimination.

Posted by: mxc8099 on 2008-04-13, 02:16:02

I am not answering the question but I just want to let you know that as a heavy equipment mechanic/ shop foreman for 35 years, it was a rarety to find an operator that would truly care for his machine, that is until the 90's when I encountered my first female concrete mixer operator. I would have been very happy to have had female mechanics as well...good luck Kari (try Las Vegas, sometimes it can be a very forward thinking community)