Bus Mechanic

About the role

The City of Fayetteville is recruiting for a Bus Mechanic to perform skilled tasks in the servicing, repair, and maintenance of a variety of automotive and transit equipment.

Responsibilities

• Perform skilled mechanical duties involving repair and maintenance of gasoline, propane, and diesel-powered automotive vehicles, heavy and light construction equipment, and other power-driven equipment.
• Inspect, diagnose, and locate mechanical difficulties on transit vehicles and a variety of gasoline and diesel-powered maintenance and construction equipment.
• Diagnose, maintain, and repair electrical systems components, including ignition systems, computers, alternators, high voltage power generators, starters, and batteries.
• Diagnose, maintain, repair, and recondition hydraulic systems.
• Diagnose and repair front and rear drive axles, drive train components, belts, gears, chain drives, and propeller shafts; replace or repair faulty parts including wheel bearings, clutches, oil seals, shock absorbers, exhaust systems, steering mechanisms, and related parts.
• Overhaul, repair, and adjust engines, transmissions, differentials, and clutches.
• Tune up engines by replacing ignition parts and reconditioning/adjusting carburetors, throttle body and port fuel injection systems, and propane fuel systems.
• Repair and replace components including generators, distributors, relays, lights, switches, and high voltage light systems.
• Repair, adjust, and replace brake systems including wheel cylinders, master cylinders, disc pads, machine drums and rotors, hydraulic, and air brakes.
• Repair and test GFI Revenue Collection equipment and all ADA equipment on vehicles.
• Retrieve, collect, and distribute vehicle parts; perform on-site service calls as requested.
• Perform preventative maintenance and repair work to light and heavy equipment and fleet.
• Prepare and maintain records of automotive maintenance and repair activities performed.

Requirements

Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

• Two years of journey-level experience performing minor and major equipment repair duties, including experience in the maintenance of gasoline, propane, and/or diesel-powered equipment.
• Equivalent to completion of the twelfth grade supplemented by specialized training in maintenance and repair of gas, propane, diesel, and other types of fuel-powered equipment.

Qualifications

• Possession of, or ability to obtain within six (6) months of hire, a North Carolina Class B Commercial Driver’s License with passenger and airbrake endorsements and ability to maintain insurability.
• Possession of, or ability to obtain within six (6) months, a North Carolina State Vehicle Safety Inspector’s license.

Preferred: Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Bus certification.

Benefits

• Health and Dental Insurance: Comprehensive and affordable health and dental coverage for employees working 30+ hours per week. Coverage extends to eligible dependents with the City paying a portion of the premium. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the month following 30 days of service.
• Employer Paid Leave:
  • Vacation Leave: Accrued from the first day of employment based on years of service and hours scheduled.
  • Sick Leave: Accrued from the first day of employment; full-time employees accrue eight (8) hours per month. Sick leave accumulates without limits and may be used toward creditable service upon retirement.
  • Holidays: 12 paid holidays per year, with an additional holiday if Christmas falls on a Wednesday.
  • Bereavement Leave: 24 hours per calendar year to mourn or attend a funeral or memorial service of a family member.
• Retirement: Participation in the NC Local Governmental Employees’ Retirement System. Employees contribute 6% of their gross salary on a tax-deferred basis. The City also offers supplemental retirement savings programs (NC 401(k) and NC 457 plans) with a 4% City contribution to the NC 401(k) account.
• Cafeteria Plan / Supplemental Benefits: Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance, Optional Life & Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance.
• Death Benefit: $3,000 in the first year of contribution to the retirement system. After one year, a death benefit equal to the highest 12 months’ salary (no less than $25,000 and no more than $50,000) is provided by the NC Retirement System.
• Pay Periods / Direct Deposit: Bi-weekly pay (every other Friday). Benefit deductions are taken for 24 pay periods per year. Direct deposit is required.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Confidential guidance on legal, financial, and personal issues at no cost to employees and their household members.