Fleet Mechanic 600

About the role

The City of Lansing is seeking to fill four Fleet Mechanic positions within the Fleet Services Division of the Public Service Department. This position involves performing various tasks on City of Lansing Medium/Heavy duty trucks and equipment.

Responsibilities

• Performs preventative maintenance inspections on fleet vehicles and equipment (i.e. cars, generators, trucks, complex construction equipment, fire apparatus and other related powered equipment).
• Mounts and repairs specialized equipment, designs and fabricates devices using welding and cutting equipment.
• Cleans and disinfects vehicles involving bodily fluids.
• Installs equipment on trucks including snow-plows and frames, underbody scrappers, dump truck bodies, saltboxes, sand spreaders, and trailer hitches.
• Makes service calls driving a variety of vehicles/equipment, responding to vehicle/equipment breakdown outside of the complex in all weather conditions.
• Prepares and maintains handwritten and computer-generated work records of garage activities on a daily basis.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED;
• Four (4) years of experience in repairing Medium/Heavy duty (diesel) trucks, equipment and passenger vehicles;
• Two (2) years of experience in welding/fabrication.

Qualifications

• ASE Master Medium/Heavy Certification, highly preferred;
• Two (2) year certification in heavy trucks, preferred.

Special Requirements & Training

• Must possess and maintain a valid Michigan CDL License, Group B, with Air Brakes and N Endorsement or obtain this license and endorsement within ninety (90) days of hire.
• Must participate in MDOT Drug & Alcohol program.
• Must participate in a Hepatitis B inoculation program at the City's expense.
• Must complete Industrial Truck Training and Certification.
• Must complete Blood Borne Pathogens Training.
• May require overtime or shift work for snow and ice control operations and other emergencies and/or other work assignments.
• May require shift changes.
• Must participate in LEIN/Law Enforcement Information Network (Fingerprinting) background check.

Benefits

• Health Insurance: Coverage will be effective the first day of the month following your date of hire. There is a contract provision that in the event a new employee does not successfully complete his/her 120-day probationary period or terminates employment with the City of Lansing during his/her probationary period, said employee will be required to reimburse the City for all insurances premiums costs paid by the City.
• Dental Insurance: The City pays the full premium costs for the Dental plan provided by the City; coverage includes the employee and family members.
• Vision Plan: Employees are eligible for the BCBS VSP 12/12/12 Vision Plan. This plan provides vision exams, lenses, and frames, and contact lenses with a co-pay.
• Life Insurance: The City pays the premium for a base $50,000 of group life and $50,000 Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance for full-time regular employees. Life insurance coverage for dependents is available for a reasonable cost to the employee, in accordance with the following schedule: Spouse $50,000 Unmarried child, age 14 days to 6 months $ 500 6 months to 23 years $ 2,500.
• Medical and Dependent Care Reimbursement: Employees have the opportunity to pay for unreimbursed medical expenses, and dependent care costs with pretax dollars through AFLAC. AFLAC also offers supplemental insurances that may purchased on a pretax basis through payroll deduction.
• Sick and Accident Insurance: Employees will be eligible for a twenty-six (26) week sickness and accident policy that includes a benefit beginning on the eighth (8) day following accidents and the fifteenth (15) day following illnesses. The weekly benefit will be 66 2/3's percent of the employee’s weekly wage, with a maximum benefit of $1,500.
• Bereavement: At the time of the death of a spouse, child, stepchild, parent, stepparent and parent of a current spouse, an employee will be entitled to use a maximum of the next five (5) working days with pay, to arrange for and/or attend the funeral. Additional time may be taken off with the approval of the department head and charged to vacation, personal leave, or compensatory time.
• Holidays: Employees will be eligible for holiday pay for the following holidays: New Year's Day Martin Luther King Jr. Day Good Friday Memorial Day Juneteenth Independence Day Labor Day Veterans Day Thanksgiving Day Friday After Thanksgiving Day Day Before Christmas Christmas Day Day Before New Year's Day Longevity: Longevity bonuses will be paid to employees as follows: 5 but less than 10 years of service 2% 10 but less than 15 years of service 4% 15 but less than 20 years of service 6% 20 but less than 25 years of service 8% 25 years or more of service 10% Following completion of five (5) years of continuous full-time service by October first of any year and continuing in subsequent years, each employee will receive annual longevity payments as provided in the schedule. Payments to employees will be paid by December first. No longevity payment as above scheduled will be made for that portion of an employee's regular salary or wage which is in excess of the negotiated maximum base wage, which is current.