Senior Auto Mechanic

About the role

Repairs heavy and medium duty equipment, including motor graders, wheel loaders, excavators, and Class 1-8 trucks; specialty equipment, including street sweepers, slurry seal trucks, Vacuum sewer basin cleaners, and paint striping machines, all other motorized equipment for the department, with particular emphasis on trouble-shooting difficult and unusual mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical problems. Fabricates and assembles new equipment for use.

Responsibilities

• Performs all types of repairs on trucks, wheel loaders, road graders, rollers, skid steer loaders, street sweepers, jet-rodders, street flusher, tractors, mowers, chain saws, weed eaters, motors and any other equipment related to the various maintenance programs.
• Performs scheduled preventative maintenance on equipment and vehicles.
• Fabricates and welds equipment.
• Responds to service calls and makes repairs as necessary in field.
• Required to be on-call and/or carry a pager and respond to emergencies as needed, including extended emergency shift operations.

Requirements

• Skills in welding and fabricating.
• Experience with heavy equipment.
• Knowledge of diesel engine repair, hydraulic repair and troubleshooting techniques and procedures.
• Knowledge of safety precautions associated with the work.
• Able to operate equipment used in automotive and equipment repairs including grinder, torch, tire changer and miscellaneous small hand tools.
• Valid Class “A” CDL with Tanker endorsement required within 90 days of employment.
• Missouri Safety Inspector’s Mechanic Permit required within 90 days of employment.
• One to three years prior experience in related field preferred.
• Skills in Microsoft Office and knowledge of asset/fleet management software preferred.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required or must be able to obtain within 6 months.
• One to three years’ experience in a related field required, three to five years’ experience preferred.

Skills

• Skills in welding and fabricating.
• Experience with heavy equipment.
• Knowledge of diesel engine repair, hydraulic repair and troubleshooting techniques and procedures.
• Knowledge of safety precautions associated with the work.
• Able to operate equipment used in automotive and equipment repairs including grinder, torch, tire changer and miscellaneous small hand tools.
• Valid Class “A” CDL with Tanker endorsement required within 90 days of employment.
• Missouri Safety Inspector’s Mechanic Permit required within 90 days of employment.
• Skills in Microsoft Office and knowledge of asset/fleet management software preferred.

Benefits

No benefits provided.

Pay

$42,301.00YR/$20.33701HR

Schedule

Not specified.