TRADES APPRENTICE-MECHANIC 1-3

At DOTD our mission is to empower communities and improve lives by delivering responsive, inclusive, and forward-thinking public services. We are proud to serve the people of Louisiana with integrity, innovation, and a deep commitment to equity.

About the role

The overall function of this position is to diagnose, repair, and maintain motor vehicles to ensure safety through accurate preventative maintenance, repairing, and overhauling a variety of automobiles, trucks, tractors, road sweepers, aerial bucket trucks, and similar equipment.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose, overhaul, and repair all vehicle systems, including electrical, computer, electronic, brake, fuel injection, A/C cooling, and heating.
• Perform final tune-ups.
• Stick fuel tanks and oil drums for inventory purposes.
• Locate and trace hard-to-find defects and causes of malfunctions using listening, visual inspections, and a wide range of test equipment (e.g., engine analyzers, dynamometers, exhaust analyzers, vacuum testers, ignition timers, dwell meters, test stands, oscilloscopes, compression gauges, special feeder and dial gauges).
• Determine the nature and extent of repairs necessary and select the best work procedures to accomplish repairs with minimal supervision.
• Hook up fuel, hydraulic, oil, and electrical systems and make adjustments to ensure proper operation.
• Gather technical manuals (in book or computerized form) to perform jobs efficiently.
• Enforce all safety procedures.
• Tear down and rebuild components and assemblies (e.g., fitting and installing pistons, rings, bearings, gears).
• Rebuild front ends.
• Align, mesh, and connect repaired units to related mechanisms (e.g., engine and clutch, transmission mechanism).

Requirements

• No prior experience or training is required.
• A valid Louisiana Class “D” Chauffeur’s license is required.

Pay

• Trades Apprentice: $16.06 hourly
• Mechanic 1: $17.18 hourly
• Mechanic 2: $19.67 hourly
• Mechanic 3: $21.05 hourly (maximum monthly salary: $6,566)

Position-Specific Details

Appointment Type: Probational or Promotional

Career Progression: As part of a Career Progression Group, vacancies may be filled from this recruitment as a Trades Apprentice or Mechanic 1-3, depending on the level of experience of the selected applicant(s).