Fleet Maintenance Technician

About the role

The purpose of this position is to perform variety of skilled work in support of the City’s Public Works Fleet, including vehicle and equipment maintenance, inspection, servicing, and operational support. The position also provides support to the City’s Transportation Division.

Responsibilities

• Uses hand tools and equipment and a variety of machines safety and efficiently to assist with repair tasks or general maintenance.
• Operates and maintains fleet maintenance equipment or power tools, as well as City Vehicles as assigned.
• Performs general maintenance on City vehicles, including washing, waxing, and preventative maintenance.
• Performs daily inspection of vehicles and cleans as necessary.
• Affords assistance with monitoring vendor contracts, inspecting their work and providing input into performance.
• Prepares reports as required.
• Controls materials through supply ordering and inventory.
• Responds to and resolves complaints related to housekeeping or maintenance.
• Supports the Transportation Division by operating City shuttle buses when directed by the Manager, ensuring safe and timely transport of passengers.
• Performs any other related job duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Required Education & Experience: High school diploma or equivalent. Minimum of two (2) years of experience in Fleet and/or maintenance. Any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job.
• Licenses And/or Certifications: A valid Florida driver's license is required. Valid Florida Commercial driver’s license CDL B with air brakes preferred.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of safe vehicle operation and transportation procedures.
• Knowledge of fleet maintenance program responsibilities and activities, equipment, and practices.
• Skills in performing preventive maintenance.
• Ability to operate City vehicles, power tools, and equipment including a radio.
• Ability to perform skilled and administrative work using some independent judgment.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical procedures or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports and business correspondence.
• Ability to troubleshoot and problem solve various vehicle mechanical/maintenance issues.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both orally and in writing.

Skills

• Knowledge of safe vehicle operation and transportation procedures.
• Knowledge of fleet maintenance program responsibilities and activities, equipment, and practices.
• Skills in performing preventive maintenance.
• Ability to operate City vehicles, power tools, and equipment including a radio.
• Ability to perform skilled and administrative work using some independent judgment.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical procedures or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports and business correspondence.
• Ability to troubleshoot and problem solve various vehicle mechanical/maintenance issues.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both orally and in writing.

Benefits

• Health Insurance: The City Has a Three-tiered Stipend Plan To Help Offset The Cost Of Employee Health Insurance Coverage.
• Dental and Vision Insurance: The City pays 100% of the cost for employee coverage for dental DHMO plan and the vision plan and 50% of the cost for dependent coverage for dental DHMO plan and the vision plan.
• Life Insurance: The City provides group term life insurance coverage for employees as follows: General Employees – One times the amount of employee's annual salary or $25,000, whichever is greater. Department Heads - Two times the amount of employee's annual salary.
• Long Term Disability: The City provides each employee with long term disability insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance at no cost.
• Workers Compensation: The City may provide full salary to employees injured on the job for a period of up to 13 weeks, (in lieu of the 2/3 salary offered by the state).
• Cafeteria Plan: The City offers employees optional pre-tax insurance plans (Section 125) through AFLAC. Plans include cancer insurance, short-term disability insurance, and more. Also offered is a Flexible Spending Account, which can be used to put money aside, pre-tax, for planned medical/dental expenses, and for childcare expenses.
• Retail: Employees Are Automatically Enrolled In One Of Two Retirement Plans, Depending Upon Hire Date And Position. The Plans Are As Follows Florida Retirement System ("FRS"): Under this plan, employees and the City make a contribution to the retirement plan in an amount specified according to the employee's classification. The current contribution rates are as follows: Class Employee Contribution Rate City Contribution Rate Total Contribution Rate Regular Class 3.00% 13.59% 16.59% Special Risk Class 3.00% .74% 40.74% Senior Management Class 3.00% 32.60% 35.60% Employees have the option of choosing the Pension Plan or the Investment Plan. Under the Pension Plan, employees enrolled in the FRS prior to July 1, 2011, need to have 6 years of service to be vested. Employees enrolled in the FRS on or after July 1, 2011, must have 8 years of service to be vested. Under the Investment Plan, employees need to have 1 year of service to be vested. ICMA-RC (now Mission Square Retirement) General Employees: All eligible employees hired before November 2002 were enrolled in the ICMA Plan. This plan is not open to newly hired employees. Under this plan, the City contributes 11% and the employee 4% to a retirement investment plan. Employees are fully vested after 3 years. Senior Management Employees: All eligible employees hired before November 2002 were enrolled in the ICMA Plan. This plan is only open to certain positions which are not designated and/or classified under FRS. Under this plan, the City contributes 11% and the employee 6% to a retirement investment plan. Employees are fully vested after 3 years. An optional Section 457 tax deferred savings program is available to employees who wish to supplement future retirement income. The plan allows employees to put aside a portion of their earnings pre-tax each pay period, through payroll deduction, into an account for their retirement and reduce the amount of earnings that is currently taxable.

Pay

Currently the City offers two health insurance plans through United Health Care as follows: High Option OAP – Standard Insurance Plan Low Option OAPIN – Lower tiered insurance plan with higher deductibles and co-payments. Dental and vision insurance are mandatory for employees.

Schedule

On a continuous basis, sit at desk and/or stand for long periods of time. Frequently required to operate a motor vehicle. Frequently required to see, hear and talk with employees and the public. Frequently required to read and/or present documents, write or use keyboard to communicate through written means. Frequently required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, taste, or smell. Intermittently twist and reach office equipment and field equipment and tools; on occasion lift or carry weight of up to 50 pounds. Frequently exposed to wet and/or humid weather conditions, mechanical moving parts, vibration, high places, fumes and/or airborne particles, chemicals, loud noise, and risk of electric shock. Specific vision requirements include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.