Heavy Equipment Mechanic – Fire Rescue

Overview

Journeyman level mechanical work in the repair and maintenance of diversified heavy automotive equipment for the Fire-Rescue Department of the City of Miami. Work involves the skilled repair, maintenance and servicing of a wide variety of both conventional and specialized equipment and motorized machinery. This work requires the use of usual and specialized automotive mechanics’ tools, and the use of special types of shop equipment, gauges and machinery.

Work assignments are received from a Heavy Equipment Mechanic Supervisor, either orally or in writing, and may include assisting in diagnosing the type or extent of work to be done. Work includes performing the actual repairing, servicing or maintenance work; conducting any physical tests or checks to determine that the work has been completed satisfactorily; and documenting repair information and notes in the Fleet Management System (FASTER WEB).

General supervision is received in progress and upon completion. Supervision may be exercised over Heavy Equipment Mechanic Helpers.

Diagnoses, adjusts, repairs and services a wide variety of light, medium and heavy-duty automotive equipment and fire apparatuses.

Diagnoses, adjusts, repairs and overhauls motors of a wide range of automotive fire equipment and makes tuning adjustments necessary to ensure ease in starting and effective operation for long periods of uninterrupted service.

Repairs, overhauls and maintains specialized equipment on pumping, ladder and other automotive fire equipment including pumps, valves, power take offs, hydraulic systems, and steering mechanisms. Repairs and builds special bodies.

Overhauls and services assemblies and accessories such as single and two speed rear axles, multi-speed transmissions (from one to ten speeds), Allison automatic transmissions and hydraulic, compressed air, vacuum and electric controls, systems and components.

Changes tires, including mounting and dismounting tires from rims, and repairs flats on a variety of heavy automotive equipment.

May operate fuel delivery trucks and delivers gasoline, diesel fuel and/or miscellaneous lubricants to various city facilities.

Operates various types of shop equipment, machinery, precision instruments, specialized tools and devices, such as dynamo meters, boring bars, valve refacing and reseating equipment, micrometers, dial gauges, wheel alignment gauges, clutch cover assembly devices, power saws, grinders, drill presses, lathes, oxy acetylene and electric welding equipment, A/C recovery machines, electrical multi-meters, and diagnostic computers.

Conducts tests to locate defects in operation and checks repairs before returning equipment back to service.

May supervise unskilled workers.

Makes road calls to service equipment in the field.

Performs other related work as required.

High school diploma or its equivalent or completion of a training program at the high school or vocational level on the area of automotive or heavy equipment mechanics or three (3) current Automotive Services Excellence (ASE) or automotive manufacturer certificates in varied automotive specialties, plus two (2) years in automotive mechanic experience, one (1) year of which must have been in the maintenance and repair of heavy automotive equipment.

OR

Equivalent combination of education and experience beyond a high school diploma or its equivalent and two (2) years of the required experience.

Must obtain a valid State of Florida Commercial Driver’s License (Class

B) or higher with an X endorsement prior to the completion of the probationary period and must maintain it valid while employed in the classification.

Applicants, including City of Miami employees, must upload and submit attached copies of the following documents with the employment application. Please be sure to attach all required documents to your employment application each time you apply. Uploaded documents remain in your online profile but they will not attach automatically and you will be deemed ineligible without the proper documentation.

ALL DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED MUST BE CLEAR, LEGIBLE, AND IN PROPER FORMAT.

THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS ARE REQUIRED AT TIME OF APPLICATION AND ARE ACCEPTABLE FOR PROOF:

• (1) Proof of education:
  High School Diploma or its equivalent, completion of a training program at the High School or vocational level in the area of Automotive Mechanics or heavy equipment mechanics
• OR three (3) current ASE certificates
• OR Automotive Manufacturer certificates in a varied automotive repair specialties

Foreign diplomas/degrees must be submitted with a credential evaluation report from an approved credential evaluation agency. Translations of diploma/degrees are not accepted. If degree/diploma does not reflect the academic major on its face, transcripts indicating degree completion must be submitted. If submitting transcripts, submitted transcripts must include the following: student's name, school name, number of credits, degree…