Mechanic

Responsibilities

• Perform mechanical repair ranging from tune-up to major overhauls to all types of vehicles, specialized equipment and heavy equipment in the shop and in the field.
• Perform annual preventive maintenance inspections, service and repair of Department vehicles, specialized equipment and heavy equipment.
• Test vehicles after repair.
• Support the Dozer Management Program and Ice and Snow Strike Team trucks during winter weather events.

Requirements

• Ability to read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English language, and to respond to official inquiries, and to make entries on reports and records.
• Demonstrated knowledge and skill of basic automotive mechanical principles and repair.
• Valid driver's license.
• Must obtain a valid Class A commercial driver’s license with tanker (“N”) endorsement within 180 calendar days of hire or promotion.
• Meet the physical and mental requirements for a CDL.

Qualifications

• This position does not require theoretical and practical application of highly specialized knowledge or a bachelor’s degree or higher in the field.

Skills

• Basic automotive mechanical principles and repair.

Benefits

• Subject to additional drug/alcohol testing according to the provisions of the ARDOT Drug and Alcohol Testing Program.

Pay

• Not specified.

Schedule

• Not specified.