Paint and Body Worker- Light Rail

Join VTA's Light Rail Maintenance team! We are looking for a skilled and motivated Paint and Body Worker to help maintain and restore our light rail vehicles. From repairing collision damage and performing bodywork to painting and restoring vehicle exteriors, your skills will play an important role in keeping our fleet safe, reliable, and looking its best. If you take pride in your craftsmanship and enjoy hands-on work, we encourage you to apply and become part of our team!

Light Rail Vehicle Maintenance Light Rail Vehicle (LRV) Maintenance is located at the Guadalupe Light Rail Division. LRV Maintenance is responsible for timely and reliable maintenance, preventive maintenance, inspections, repair and servicing of light rail vehicles and service equipment.

After a light rail vehicle returns from revenue service at the end of each day, Maintenance performs an interior inspection/walk-through of the vehicle, analyzes the Operator Defect Card, performs a visual inspection of the vehicle undercarriage, performs exterior and interior cleaning, cleans and repairs windows and seating, and removes and repairs graffiti and vandalism.

Regular preventive maintenance is performed at prescheduled cycles every 10,000, 30,000, 60,000, and 120,000 miles to ensure optimal performance, efficiency, safety and reliability. Running Repair/Corrective Maintenance repairs items identified by Operators during the daily operation of an LRV. The normal service life of VTA's light rail vehicle fleet is about 30 years and the major vehicle components are overhauled in a 3-phase program to achieve this lifespan.

After 120,000 miles, contacts and the air system, including brake boxes and subcomponents, are overhauled. After 240,000 miles, major components including the motor alternator, gear box, traction motor, pantographs, coupler assembly, trucks, sub-assemblies, and axle bearing assemblies are overhauled. The air conditioning system, car body paint and furnishings, major electronic components, roof resistors and PC boards are overhauled every 7 to 10 years as needed.

Under general supervision, the Paint and Body Worker performs paint, body and sheet metal repairs on vehicles.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in automotive, commercial vehicle, or heavy equipment paint and body repair. We are looking for someone who is skilled in collision repair, metal fabrication, welding, dent removal, surface preparation, and automotive painting. The successful candidate should be comfortable using a variety of body shop tools and equipment, including welding equipment, frame and body repair tools, sanders, and paint spray equipment.

They should have strong attention to detail, take pride in producing quality work, and be able to work both independently and as part of a team. Experience repairing large vehicles, buses, or rail equipment is a plus, but we also welcome experienced automotive paint and body technicians who are interested in bringing their skills to public transportation.

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority employs more than 2,000 people dedicated to providing solutions that move Silicon Valley. Unique among transportation organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area, VTA is Santa Clara County’s authority for transit development and operations (light rail and bus), congestion management, transportation-related funding, highway design and construction, real estate and transit-oriented development, and bicycle and pedestrian planning.

With local, state, and federal partners, VTA works to innovate the way Silicon Valley moves and provide mobility solutions for all.

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