Job Details
Description
Summary
Performs fully-qualified vehicle maintenance, rebuild, and fabrication services. Performs a variety of work in the repair, overhaul, and maintenance of light to heavy duty automotive, public safety, and off-road power equipment.
Distinguishing Career Features
The Vehicle Maintenance Mechanic is a journey-level position, responsible for performing a full range of equipment maintenance on light-to-medium duty vehicles and assisting with highly specialized and heavy duty equipment. Advancement to Senior Maintenance Mechanic is based on need and requires demonstrated knowledge of and experience in light duty to heavy equipment mechanical work. The Lead Vehicle Maintenance Mechanic demonstrates the ability to train other mechanics, perform the most advanced diagnostics, prioritize and assign repair and maintenance work orders, and purchase and maintain inventory of parts and consumable supplies.
Requirements
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Verifies drivers' comments and/or road tests vehicles to determine causes of unusual engine noises and/or vibrations, unusual exhaust color, odor, or sound, or other indications of problems.
- Performs complex work in the inspection, repair, and maintenance of automotive equipment including tractors, trucks, power mowers, power sweepers, police cars, and construction equipment. Determines extent, type, and cost of repairs.
- Overhauls light duty engines. Installs rings, rod bearings, main bearings, and brakes. Repairs transmissions and differentials. Overhauls and renews wheel cylinders. Tunes engines. Adjusts points, carburetors, valves, clutches, brakes, etc., and repairs, balances, and changes wheels.
- Diagnoses mechanical problems. Makes a wide variety of mechanical repairs including overhauling engines, replacing bearings, adjusting ignitions and carburetors, assembling transmissions and differentials, fitting pistons and rings, aligning and adjusting brakes, aligning wheels and installing axles, overhauling steering mechanisms and drive shafts.
- Repairs, modifies, and replaces vehicle body parts, panels, components, etc., in accordance with manufacturer specifications. Fabricates and adjusts parts to fit. Makes repairs to vehicle bodies and frames. Applies paint to vehicles. Welds, cuts and brazes metals.
- Orders parts and equipment, such as, but not limited to fuel, lubricants, filters, accessories, and wear items. Maintains an inventory of spare parts, ordering parts and supplies as needed to complete repairs on a timely basis. Reviews and codes invoices and processes documents according to established procedures.
- Maintains records of repair and maintenance work, recording dates, labor, and parts costs.
- Responds to emergency breakdowns and repair vehicles at emergency site. Operates a variety of vehicle maintenance and repair tools and equipment in a safe manner.
- Researches, trains and demonstrates required skills and safe work practices for mechanics in all areas of vehicle maintenance.
- Serves on-call evenings and weekends and responds to Public Works emergencies when called.
- Performs other duties as assigned that support the overall objective of the position.