- Location
- Trussville, AL, AL, US
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Operations
- Source
- GovernmentJobs
Description
Maintenance Mechanics inspect, perform routine maintenance, and repair cars and light trucks, heavy trucks, heavy equipment, and other equipment such as lawnmowers, weed eaters, chain saws, and generators. Employees in this job class are expected to fabricate parts and perform bodywork. Parts and equipment are typically fabricated through the machining, cutting, and welding of steel and other metals. Work is performed according to department guidelines and is reviewed by supervisors.
Preferred Qualifications:
DISCLAIMER: This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of the job duties, responsibilities, or skills and abilities required to do the job and may be changed at the discretion of the City of Trussville at any time.
CITY - GRADE 20
- Performs minor bodywork on rolling stock as needed.
- Performs maintenance and repairs on hydraulic systems (e.g. braking systems, lifts, backhoes, loaders).
- Inspects equipment/rolling stock before and after completing work and reads reference materials to guide maintenance and repairs.
- Fabricates parts for equipment and/or rolling stock.
- Performs preventive maintenance and tune-ups on rolling stock such as cars and light trucks, heavy trucks (e.g., street sweeper, bucket truck), and/or heavy equipment (e.g., bulldozer, backhoe) based on each vehicle’s or equipment’s preventative maintenance schedule.
- Performs maintenance and repairs on law enforcement, fire department, and other emergency equipment.
- Performs repairs on cars and light trucks, heavy trucks (e.g., street sweeper, bucket truck), and/or heavy equipment (e.g., bulldozer, backhoe) as needed.
- Maintains maintenance shop and equipment.
- Performs maintenance and repairs on small air-cooled engines such as lawn mowers, weed eaters, chain saws, motorcycles, generators.
- Repairs or replaces tires on equipment/rolling stock using appropriate tools and apparatus.
- Goes to worksites to retrieve equipment or make repairs.
- Driver's License
- Experience, coursework, or certification welding ¼-inch steel.
- Experience, coursework, or certification using a torch to cut metal, wire, and bearings.
- Experience, coursework, or certification fabricating parts using different types of metals.
- Experience, coursework, or certification troubleshooting and repairing hydraulic systems.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Class B Commercial Driver's License.
- Experience, coursework, or certification troubleshooting and repairing electrical systems.
Physical Demands:
Job involves significant and concerted physical exertion required for regular and prolonged periods of carrying, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, or walking. Involves lifting of items or objects weighing up to 50 lbs. Work involves the ability to read small numbers and letters on meters.
Job involves significant and concerted physical exertion required for regular and prolonged periods of carrying, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, or walking. Involves lifting of items or objects weighing up to 50 lbs. Work involves the ability to read small numbers and letters on meters.
Work Environment:
Work is performed primarily in employer-owned facilities such as workshop and involves the use of electrical, gas, or air powered tools and equipment such as metal cutters, welding equipment, and pneumatic wrench. Work may be conducted in cramped work spaces requiring extended periods in contorted body positions and exposure to contaminates such as dust, gasoline, and/or caustic chemicals, and to potential mechanical and moving vehicle hazards. Work involves exposure to extreme temperatures (hot and cold), working around uneven, cluttered, and slippery surfaces, high vibration and loud noise (e.g. industrial and repair equipment).
Work is performed primarily in employer-owned facilities such as workshop and involves the use of electrical, gas, or air powered tools and equipment such as metal cutters, welding equipment, and pneumatic wrench. Work may be conducted in cramped work spaces requiring extended periods in contorted body positions and exposure to contaminates such as dust, gasoline, and/or caustic chemicals, and to potential mechanical and moving vehicle hazards. Work involves exposure to extreme temperatures (hot and cold), working around uneven, cluttered, and slippery surfaces, high vibration and loud noise (e.g. industrial and repair equipment).
DISCLAIMER: This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of the job duties, responsibilities, or skills and abilities required to do the job and may be changed at the discretion of the City of Trussville at any time.
CITY - GRADE 20
