Vehicle Maintenance; Fleet Mechanic

Solon City Schools

Fleet Mechanic

Classified
- Vehicle Maintenance
- Grade II

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Commercial Driver's License (CDL), Class B, with the Passenger Endorsement.
• ASE Mechanics Certification or Similar. Must obtain ASE Diesel Certification within 6 months of hire.
• Bureau of Underground Storage Tank Regulations (BUSTR), Class C, Operator Certification.
• Extensive gasoline, diesel, and heavy vehicle maintenance knowledge.
• Success in performing a wide variety of tasks requiring and understanding school bus mechanical service and repairs.
• Ability to direct and receive written and verbal communications, directions, and instructions.
• Understanding of reading and interpreting mechanical and technical automotive and school bus documents and specifications.
• Ability to diagnose, analyze and solve problems.
• Acceptable standards of emotional stability, moral character, sound health and physical ability to perform necessary job responsibilities.
• Pleasant and dignified supervisory manners, neat appearance and adaptability to change.
• Will obtain a Commercial Driver's License (CDL) within 45 days of employment.
• Five years experience (or Journeyman's Card) in the mechanic field is preferred.
• Any other duties related to vehicle maintenance.

260 Days

Fleet Head Mechanic and Transportation Supervisor

N/A

To provide motor vehicle and school bus maintenance program services and repairs for total fleet; to provide an efficient, safe, preventative maintenance program for the Solon City Schools' school bus and vehicle fleet.

• Diagnose and repair district automotive equipment.
• Help maintain a current inventory of supplies and equipment.
• Provide an efficient and effective system of routing and scheduling automotive maintenance and preventive care.
• Maintain the system for the receipt and issuance of parts and supplies and recording and inventories.
• Promote high standards of safety and good housekeeping methods in all connected work areas.
• Prepare buses for the annual State Highway Patrol inspection, maintaining all buses in a condition fit to meet inspection requirements.
• Repair or cause to be repaired any mechanical, electrical or appearance defect in the vehicles of the fleet.
• Conduct a preventative maintenance program on all vehicles, removing them from service when needed for lubrication, adjustment and inspection, under the direction from the head mechanic.
• May be assigned to pick up parts when needed, observing rules set by administration.
• Order outside repairs for vehicles or components when such repairs are beyond the abilities of the staff or shop facilities, under direction of the head mechanic.
• Assist supervisor in keeping accurate records of service performed on vehicles.
• Analyze gasoline and diesel mileage of each vehicle in the fleet, using consumption data provided by the Supervisor of Transportation as a means of monitoring the condition and improving gas mileage.
• Report to the head mechanic whenever the condition of a vehicle indicates driver abuse.
• Maintain the tools and equipment needed to operate the Vehicle Maintenance Shop, keeping inventory records and securing them from theft or misuse.
• Assist the head mechanic in preparing specifications for school bus bids.
• Perform related tasks as assigned by the head mechanic.
• Be experienced in air and hydraulic brakes, troubleshooting, and repairing.
• Be experienced in electrical troubleshooting and repairing.
• Be experienced in diesel engines, repairing and maintenance.
• Be experienced in gasoline engines, repairing and maintenance.
• Experience in suspension.
• Replacement of cross members and bodywork.
• Experience in repairing or replacing upholstery.
• Certification or be certified by a legitimate organization or training center for brakes, diesel engine repair, and gasoline engine repairs.