Mechanic I

About the role

The purpose of this classification is to perform skilled/mechanical work functions associated with welding, fabrication, repair, and maintenance of city automotive and mechanical equipment.

Responsibilities

• Provides direction to lower-level workers when needed; monitors work in progress and inspects completed work; assists with complex/problem situations and provides technical expertise.
• Performs welding/fabrication work associated with general repair and maintenance of light/heavy equipment, vehicles, emergency vehicles, city buildings/facilities, and other equipment/structures, which may include welding metal parts together, repairing broken or cracked parts, filling holes, increasing size of metal parts, and fabricating special parts and apparatus.
• Performs various skilled/manual repair tasks associated with repair projects, such as fabricating/building trailers, repairing/modifying trailers, fabricating/welding mower mounts and decks, straightening/shaping metal, installing taillights, repairing dents, welding pipes and sewer tanks, sharpening blades, cutting steel, and drilling holes.
• Performs body work on vehicles/equipment, including preparing vehicles for paint work, painting/repainting vehicles, pin-striping vehicles, buffing vehicle surfaces, and detailing vehicles.
• Inspects, tests and repairs engine components and systems, such as ignition systems, computerized engine controls, electronic fuel injection systems, steering systems, electrical systems, suspension systems, hydraulic systems, brake systems, drive train systems, engine cooling systems, fuel systems, charging systems, starting systems, emission systems, air bag restraint systems, and air conditioning systems.
• Diagnoses, maintains, and performs general mechanical repair work on city vehicles, emergency vehicles, mechanical equipment, and other machinery; performs general mechanical repair, maintenance, and preventive maintenance work, which may include dismantling, overhauling, repairing and reassembling engines, rebuilding/replacing transmissions, and rebuilding drive trains, carburetors, differentials, pumps and gear boxes.
• Performs routine and preventive maintenance on equipment, vehicles and other machinery, which may include inspecting equipment, pumping fuel into vehicles, checking/replacing fluid levels, draining/replacing oil, collecting/recovering freon, changing/replacing filters, lubricating mechanical parts, installing/replacing blades, rotating tires, replacing tires/belts/hoses, checking batteries, greasing equipment, flushing radiators, and performing tune-ups.
• Installs light bars, siren systems, radio communications equipment, radar equipment, camera systems, cellular telephones, emergency equipment, and other special equipment on police cars and emergency vehicles.
• Affords assistance in performing annual inspections of fire trucks and emergency vehicles.
• Operates a variety of machinery, equipment, and tools associated with servicing, repairing, maintaining and testing equipment and vehicles.
• Tests machinery, equipment and parts for proper operations; reports problem situations.
• Maintains an awareness of new trends and advances in the profession; reads professional literature; attends workshops and training sessions as appropriate.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Valid State of Alabama driver’s license; valid Alabama Commercial Driver’s License (CDL).

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent; supplemented by vocational/technical training in welding, fabrication, paint/body work, and mechanics; supplemented by one (1) year previous experience and/or training involving welding, fabrication, paint/body work, and automotive/mechanical engine repair and maintenance; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job.

Skills

• Knowledge of how to overhaul, restore, renovate, construct, and/or rebuild equipment, machinery, or objects, and the prescribed standards and specifications as they pertain to doing so.
• Skill in operating and controlling the actions of the same equipment, machinery, and/or objects.
• Skill in providing guidance, assistance, and/or interpretation to others regarding the application of procedures and standards to specific situations.
• Skill in utilizing a wide variety of reference and descriptive data and information.
• Skill in applying principles of rational systems; to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule form; and to exercise independent judgment to adopt or modify methods and standards to meet variations in assigned objectives.
• Skill in exercising judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving evaluation of information against measurable or verifiable criteria.

Benefits

• Scheduled Paid Holidays
• Paid Vacation Time & Paid Sick Leave
• Retirement Systems of Alabama
• BCBS Health & Dental - Low Premiums
• Class A CDL: $1.00 per hour pay differential
• Class B CDL: $0.85 per hour pay differential

Pay

• Not specified

Schedule

• Monday - Friday: 6am - 2:30pm
• 12 Scheduled