Equipment Mechanic

About the role

The East Bay Regional Park District is currently recruiting for an Equipment Mechanic, with the current vacancy located at the South County Corporation Yard in Castro Valley, CA. However, candidates should be aware that future vacancies may occur at other District facilities throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties.

Responsibilities

• Performs a variety of complex and technical work in the inspection, overhaul, maintenance, and repair of gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles, machinery, and power and construction equipment
• Performs repairs and maintenance on public safety vehicles including motorcycles, ATVs/UTVs, armored vehicle, and related public safety vehicles
• Inspects, diagnoses, repairs, overhauls, and installs motors, transmissions, differentials, steering mechanisms, pumps, vacuum boosters, air brake systems, and running gears
• Repairs, modifies, and overhauls reduction gears, hydraulic and braking systems, steering systems, cooling systems, electrical systems, and similar units
• Develops improvements required for equipment chassis drive trains, hydraulic systems, etc. to meet District operating and safety requirements, to include modifying equipment and fabricating parts
• Repairs various body and chassis parts and a wide variety of specialized mechanical parts, such as crawler tracks, winches, bulldozer blades, loader scoops, lift cables, hydraulic lift units, etc.
• Uses stick, wire-feed, carbon-arc, and acetylene welding equipment
• Repairs and maintains small power units, generators, and solar systems
• Diagnoses and repairs hydraulic system components including control, check, and diverter valves and develops and builds such systems as needed for improved operation
• Installs and repairs emergency equipment on public safety vehicles including emergency lights, programming light controllers, and radios
• Reads and interprets mechanical drawings, specifications, and shop manuals
• Maintains and repairs light equipment, such as portable pumps, portable gasoline generators, and mowing machines
• Operates and maintains hand and power tools, welding apparatus, such as stick, wire-feed, carbon-arc, and acetylene, and other shop equipment necessary to the work
• Performs test operation and incidental lubrication of equipment repaired, making final adjustments as needed
• Performs BIT inspections
• Performs smog and opacity inspections
• Prepares and keeps time/cost and maintenance records
• Repairs inoperative vehicles in the field or tows work to the shop
• Operates and maintains smog machines and performs smog tests
• Provides estimates on labor and parts needed to perform special modification and repair work
• Operates office equipment including computers and supporting word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work at all levels, including a culturally diverse general public, with a focus on quality service to internal staff and external customers

Requirements

• Education: Equivalent to completion of the twelfth grade, AND Experience: Four years of recent journey-level experience in the repair of diesel and gasoline-powered equipment; OR Completion of a four-year mechanic apprenticeship program as outlined by the State of California and worked two years at the journey level.
• Licenses/Certifications: Possession of a valid Class C California Driver’s License is a condition of initial and continued employment in this classification.

Skills

• Knowledge of the principles of gasoline and diesel-powered engines and equipment, the methods of their repair, and of the hazards and safety precautions of the mechanic's trade
• Operation of mechanical equipment, diagnostic equipment, machine tools, and hand equipment necessary to the work, and in the analysis of mechanical defects in automotive equipment
• Understanding of air brake systems on large trucks and trailers
• Understanding of office procedures, methods, and equipment including computers and applicable software applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, and databases
• Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions, and to handle heavy equipment and operate electronic diagnostic instruments
• Ability to operate mechanical equipment, diagnostic equipment, machine tools, and hand equipment necessary to the work, and in the analysis of mechanical defects in automotive equipment
• Ability to work without direct supervision
• Physical characteristics necessary to perform the critical and important duties of this position, to include sufficient agility to work in tight or confined conditions and sufficient strength to lift replacement parts weighing up to 80 pounds
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work at all levels, including a culturally diverse general public, with a focus on quality service to internal staff and external customers

Benefits

Includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending, and pension benefits through California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS).

Pay

Salary range for the new position (Step A) unless the salary rate at Step A of the new position is less than a 5% increase. In such instances, the employee will be placed at a step in the new salary range that ensures at least a 5% increase.

Schedule

May be required to work unusual hours, nights, weekends, holidays, and outdoors in a variety of weather conditions.