Mechanic, Trades ​/ Skilled Labor

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• Position Type:
  Custodial/Maintenance/ Maintenance
• Date Posted:
  9/18/2026
• Location:
  
  School City of Hobart
• Date Available:
  
  Immediately

Mechanic
Service Center
Seeking a Mechanic to serve the School City of Hobart. Position available immediately.

To perform skilled maintenance, diagnostics, repairs, inspections, and related work on school buses, passenger vehicles, trucks, snow removal equipment, and other district gasoline and diesel-powered motorized equipment in support of safe and efficient district operations.

• Perform mechanical, electrical, diagnostic, preventive maintenance, and repair work on buses, trucks, passenger vehicles, and other district vehicles and equipment.
• Inspect pupil transportation vehicles for compliance with Indiana state requirements and district safety expectations.
• Maintain, repair, and check vehicle safety systems, including related bus safety equipment.
• Use diagnostic tools, software, manuals, and equipment to identify and resolve vehicle and equipment issues.
• Maintain accurate repair, inspection, maintenance, parts, service, inventory, and compliance records.
• Assist with organizing shop workflow, prioritizing repairs and inspections, and supporting other mechanics or assigned support employees, as applicable.
• Operate district vehicles, including buses, as needed and as properly licensed and assigned.
• Assist with snow removal, plowing, salting, and related weather response duties as assigned.
• Maintain clean, orderly, and safe shop areas, vehicles, tools, equipment, and work spaces.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required to perform the essential functions of the position.

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Three to five years of successful experience in the maintenance and repair of gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles and equipment.
• Valid Indiana driver's license.
• Must hold or be willing and able to obtain a valid Indiana Class A or Class B Commercial Driver's License (CDL) with required endorsements, including air brake, school bus, and passenger endorsements.
• Ability to maintain CDL, endorsement, physical examination, drug testing, and related requirements necessary to operate district vehicles, including school buses, as applicable.

• Two-year vocational training in automotive mechanics or a related field.
• Prior experience maintaining and repairing school buses, commercial vehicles, trucks, or similar fleet vehicles.
• Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) certification.
• Experience with air brake systems, air conditioning systems, electrical systems, vehicle electronics, GPS systems, camera systems, and related vehicle technology.

Full-time position. Salary and benefits as defined in the School City of Hobart's applicable handbook and/or approved compensation schedule.

Non-Exempt

• $29.21/hour
• District-provided tools and service truck for assigned work responsibilities.
• Basic health, dental, and vision insurance
• Term life insurance
• Section 125 cafeteria plan options
• Sick leave, personal leave, vacation, and paid holidays included
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) available

This position requires regular standing, walking, bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, climbing, balancing, and use of hands and fingers to handle tools, parts, equipment, controls, and vehicle components. The employee must be able to move throughout the garage, shop areas, parking areas, district grounds, and around vehicles and equipment. The employee may be required to work in, under, around, and on buses, trucks, passenger vehicles, and other district vehicles or equipment.

The employee may be required to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move tools, tires, parts, batteries, equipment, supplies, and vehicle components. Typical lifting and carrying requirements may exceed 50 pounds, and the employee may be required to exert up to 100 pounds of force as needed, with heavier items moved with assistance or appropriate equipment.

Work is performed primarily in a garage, shop, vehicle storage areas, parking areas, and on…