Fleet Maintenance Technician II G121 Metra

Overview

This position is responsible for maintaining and repairing the city’s fleet of public transportation vehicles and equipment.

• Responsible for daily inspection, maintenance, and minor repairs to buses.
• Responsible for repairing, replacing, and maintaining tires and batteries. Inspects buses for damage, loose bolts, and transmission leaks.
• Washes and refuels buses daily; adding oil and fluids as needed.
• Responsible for draining air tanks, and installing and removing small electrical components on vehicles.
• Responds to road calls as necessary, completes work orders, and orders parts as needed.
• Inspects safety equipment, removes and vaults fareboxes, and runs nighttime GFI reports.
• May work with and supervise tasks performed by community service workers.
• Withdraws revenue from fareboxes; stores revenue in the vault.
• Ensures that the supervisor is informed of all job-related issues.
• Provides transportation to Homeland Security in the event of an emergency (Small or Large Buses).
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Knowledge of fleet maintenance techniques.
• Knowledge of safety precautions.
• Skill in cleaning and inspecting vehicles and equipment.
• Skill in the repair or replacement of tires and batteries.
• Skill in oral and written communication.
• Ability to read, write, and perform mathematical calculations.

High School Diploma, GED, Associate degree, or Technical Certification. Minimum level of automotive repair experience. CDL permit or full endorsement. Basic knowledge of essential automotive maintenance tasks includes fluid level checks, tire changes, fuel, and minor mechanical repairs. Ability to communicate technical information to non-technical people. Possession of or ability to readily obtain a valid commercial driver’s license (CDL) issued by the State of Georgia for the type of vehicle or equipment operated.

The work is typically performed while intermittently sitting, standing, stooping, walking, bending, or crouching. The employee frequently lifts light and heavy objects, climbs ladders, uses tools or equipment requiring a high degree of dexterity, and distinguishes between shades of color. The following physical abilities are required:

• Balancing
• Climbing
• Crouching
• Feeling
• Grasping
• Handling
• Hearing (two types)
• Kneeling
• Lifting
• Manual Dexterity
• Mental Acuity
• Pulling
• Pushing
• Reaching
• Repetitive Motion
• Speaking
• Standing
• Stooping
• Talking (1 &
  2)
• Visual Acuity (1-5)
• Walking

The work is typically performed in an office, library, computer room, or outdoors where the employee may be exposed to noise, dust, dirt, grease, machinery with moving parts, contagious or infectious diseases, irritating chemicals, and cold or inclement weather. The employee may be required to use protective devices such as masks, goggles, or gloves.