Landscape Services Mechanic

Job No: 553518

Work type: Staff
Location: Pomona
Categories: Unit 6 - Teamsters Local 2010, Custodial/Facilities, Probationary, Full Time, On-site (work in-person at business location)

• Perform routine and preventative maintenance, including tune‑ups, filter changes, and lubrication on all 2‑stroke engine equipment, such as blowers, trimmers, and chainsaws.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot mechanical failures in 2‑stroke engines and their components, including carburetors, ignition systems, fuel lines, and exhaust.

• Repairs and maintains heavy grounds, construction, and road maintenance equipment, as well as specialty machinery, including gasoline, diesel, and alternative fuel‑powered vehicles (such as compressed natural gas), tractors, sweepers, skip loaders, tractor implements, manlifts, hoists, trenchers, concrete mixers, compressors, generators, pumps, riding mowers, and more.
• Responsibilities include removing, repairing, overhauling, and installing components such as engines, brake systems, clutches, transmissions, differential assemblies, hydraulic systems, water pumps (both low and high pressure), valves, piping systems, tanks, fuel injection systems, and other common accessories on construction and maintenance equipment.
• Installing pistons, rings, and pins.
• Adjusting bearings, cleaning carburetors, and fine‑tuning the air/fuel mixture or carburetor calibration for optimal engine performance.
• Tuning engines and repairing ignition systems.
• Repairing track rollers, carriers, and idlers.
• Replacing broken parts such as gas lines, brake lines, hoist cables, steering gears, drive shafts, and other critical components.
• May also repair or install electrical parts, including lights, wiring systems, and other accessories.
• Utilizing a data terminal or personal computer to input and retrieve maintenance data.
• Assembling trailers and mounting special equipment like air compressors, water pumps, or hoists.
• Modifying equipment to meet specific requirements.
• Perform tire and track maintenance and repairs on equipment like riding mowers and smaller construction machinery.
• Performing road tests on machinery to ensure functionality.
• Operating tools and machines such as electric drills, grinders, valve facers, drill presses, hydraulic presses, hoists, motor analyzers, dynamo meters, and various gauges.
• Ensuring that safety features, such as lights, warning systems, or blade guards, are functional on landscape equipment.
• Maintains a safe, clean, and organized work environment.
• Cares for and maintains shop tools and equipment in line with industry standards for automobile, equipment, and heavy machinery maintenance and repair; upkeep and repair of shop tools, general housekeeping of assigned areas, inspection and documentation of building equipment and systems.

• Maintain accurate and detailed records of all repair work, preventative maintenance schedules, and parts used in repairs.
• Regularly and promptly input material and labor hours spent, along with technician notes, into the TMA system for work order execution.
• Provide material lists and/or estimated labor hours required for specific tasks or assignments.
• Attend training classes related to the position and for professional development to expand mechanical knowledge and skillsets.

• Work requires thorough knowledge of automotive and/or equipment mechanics, including electrical systems, brake and engine overhaul, methods, tools, materials, equipment, and computerized systems used in the maintenance, adjustment and repair of engines, equipment and accessories.
• Knowledge of wiring and electrical theory and engine principles; hydraulic systems; and applicable state and federal regulations pertaining to automotive and other power‑driven equipment, including smog regulations.
• Must be able to make skilled repairs, diagnose mechanical and electrical malfunctions, perform a variety of skilled repairs, work from blueprints, drawings and sketches to fabricate parts, perform required welding, inspect vehicles and equipment, estimate cost, time and materials, maintain records, retrieve data, prepare reports,…