Fleet Maintenance Technician
General Description:
Under the direction of the Street Superintendent. Responsible for the safety, as well as, maintaining the fleet vehicles and equipment within the city.
Essential Functions of Work
- Performs difficult skilled work maintaining and repairing a variety of automotive, light and heavy trucks and construction equipment
- Troubleshoots problems
- Performs scheduled/unscheduled maintenance service
- Performs mig welding, oxygen/acetylene torching, plasma cutting and soldering
- Installs lighting and 2-way radio equipment; makes repairs to equipment hydraulic systems
- Performs clerical tasks (e.g., receives/opens mail, answers phone, maintains inventory of repair parts, maintains files and retrieves information, orders parts, and supplies
- Maintains fleet maintenance database on computer, maintains preventive maintenance schedule for all vehicles and equipment
- Maintains required licenses and/or certificates
- Meets all job safety requirements and all applicable OSHA safety standards that pertain to essential functions
- Demonstrates regular and predictable attendance
- Participates in the snow removal operations using front-end loader and single axle dump truck
- Works overtime as required to continue essential City services
- Performs other related duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications
- High School diploma, trade, or vocational school
- Three (3) to five (5) years’ previous experience in automotive mechanics; which includes experience troubleshooting and diagnosing operational problems
Licensure or Certification Requirements
- Valid Ohio Class A Commercial Driver’s license, with air brakes and tanker endorsements or must obtain one within one year of employment
- ASE certified in Brakes, Steering and Suspension, and a minimum of two other areas within one year of employment
Knowledge/Skills and Abilities:
Knowledge of:
- Considerable knowledge of methods, tools, and equipment used in repair and maintenance of automotive passenger cars, trucks, construction, and maintenance equipment
- Necessary safety precautions
Skill in:
- Use of/operation of tools and machinery used in automotive repair work (e.g., tire changer and balancer, impact wrenches, diagnostic equipment, personal computer)
Ability to:
- Detect by inspection worn or broken parts
- Adapt available tools and parts to specific repair problems
- Perform heavy manual labor
- Understand and follow specific oral instructions
- Carry out detailed but basic written or oral instructions
- Count, addition, and subtraction; Read and record figures accurately
- Recognize safety warnings
- Complete routine forms
- Cooperate with co-workers on group projects
- Answers routine telephone inquiries
Working Conditions:
- Heavy: lift, push, pull 50 to 100 pounds occasionally; 20 to 50 pounds frequently
- Works in the vicinity of floor or wall openings, elevated platforms, and/or runways
- Ascends and/or descends ladders, stairs, or scaffolds
- Works in an area in which the means of egress is or can be obstructed
- Works on and around powered platforms and/or vehicle mounted platforms (e.g., manlifts)
- Is exposed to environmental conditions which may result in injury from fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases, and/or poorly ventilated work areas.
- Is exposed to possible injury from extremely noisy conditions above 85db. (e.g., air hammer, air compressor, large trucks, chain saws, cutoff saws, post hole diggers)
- Is exposed to possible injury from hazardous gases, chemicals, flammables, or air contaminants
- Is exposed to possible injury due to unclean or unsanitary conditions
- Is exposed to possible injury as a result of electrical shock
- Is exposed to possible injury as a result of working with moving mechanical parts of equipment or machines
- Has exposure to hot, cold, wet, humid, or windy weather conditions
- Has exposure to heavy traffic flow
Class Titles of Positions Directly Supervised:
- N/A