Equipment Technician

Equipment Technician – Supports Pierce County’s essential infrastructure efforts performing maintenance, repair, rebuilds, and preventive maintenance on diesel, gas, and EV powered vehicles, equipment, trailers, generators, and related machinery. Diagnostic software and hardware expertise is required.

• Perform progressive preventive maintenance on gas and diesel powered vehicles, trailers, and associated equipment.
• Perform full range of maintenance and repair functions on gas and diesel powered vehicles, trailers, and associated equipment.
• Inspect, determine needed repairs, and repair pickup trucks, dump trucks, road construction equipment, and related county owned vehicles and trailers.
• Repair automobiles, buses, trucks, and other road construction equipment. Examine vehicles and discuss with operators the nature and extent of damage or malfunction. Plan work procedures, using charts, technical manuals, and experience.
• May operate a specially equipped mechanic’s truck out of a central shop area or satellite shop and make standard mechanical repairs and adjustments or improvise emergency repairs, including welding, in the field to all types of road equipment and mechanical plant facilities.
• Perform welding and fabrication as needed to maintain equipment using various types of welding and cutting equipment.

• Completion of a relevant and recognized apprenticeship program.
• Certification as Master Technician from Automotive Service Excellence (ASE).
• Full journey level status in Automotive Machinists’ Union.
• Four years of work experience as a full-time assistant to a journey level mechanic.

• Possession of a valid Washington State Driver’s License.
• Possession of, or ability to obtain within six months, a valid Washington State Commercial Driver’s License Class A (Planning and Public Works Department only).
• Must be willing to work any shift assigned and at any shop or field location.
• Must provide own tool kit with hand tools required to efficiently perform the essential functions.

Equipment Technician – $42.74 per hour

Equipment Technician with ASE certification – $43.86 per hour

Equipment Technician with ASE Master certification – $44.88 per hour

As a condition of employment, applicants must authorize and complete a background check. Results are reviewed case by case and do not automatically disqualify applicants.

Classification description with a more detailed list of essential functions can be found here.