Equipment Mechanic

The East Bay Regional Park District is currently recruiting for an Equipment Mechanic, with the current vacancy located at the South County Corporation Yard in Castro Valley, CA; however, candidates should be aware that future vacancies may occur at other District facilities throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties. This position performs skilled journey-level mechanical work involving the inspection, diagnosis, maintenance, modification, and repair of a wide range of gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles, heavy equipment, construction machinery, and specialized park operations equipment. The Equipment Mechanic is responsible for troubleshooting, performing preventive maintenance and emergency field repairs, fabricating and modifying equipment components, conducting BIT, smog, and opacity inspections, and maintaining accurate maintenance and repair records. The hiring pools established from this recruitment will be used to fill the current vacancies and additional vacancies that may occur during the one-year life of the hiring pools.

IDEAL CANDIDATE:

• Thrives on challenges and is highly self-motivated
• Works effectively both independently and as part of a team
• Enjoys a diverse range of work assignments
• Eager to learn new vehicle and equipment systems, as well as evolving repair techniques

RECRUITMENT TIMELINE:

• Deadline for Filing: Wednesday, August 5, 2026, at 5:00 pm
• Qualifications Review: Early August 2026
• Practical Assessment: Late August 2026
• Tentative Date of Onsite Examinations: Week of September 14, 2026

ABOUT US:
The East Bay Regional Park District is a system of beautiful parklands in Alameda and Contra Costa counties to the east of San Francisco. The system comprises 73 parks spanning across 126,809 acres; 1,250 miles of trails; 55 miles of shoreline. We manage and preserve natural and cultural resources for all to enjoy and protect. The regional parks are ideal for healthful recreation and environmental education. Learn about our Mission and Vision, History, and our contributions to the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

OUR MISSION:
EBRPD preserves a rich heritage of natural and cultural resources and provides open space, parks, trails, safe and healthful recreation and environmental education. An environmental ethic guides the District in all of its activities.

OUR VALUES:

• Respect– We honor the land we steward, each other, and the park visitors we serve.

• Resilience– We creatively adapt to change. We address challenges with empathy, perspective, and determination.

• Relationships– Our greatest strength lies in the trust, accountability, and teamwork we cultivate with our colleagues,

  partners, and the public we serve.

• Responsiveness– We communicate openly, honestly, and reliably.

• Transparency– We hold the public's trust through meaningful stakeholder engagement and access to timely and reliable information on decisions and performance.

• Working with a purpose for a better world today and for future generations through the preservation of open space, public access to the outdoors, and a commitment to the conservation of the natural world found east of the San Francisco Bay across 33 cities in Alameda and Contra Costa counties.

• A community of colleagues who are passionate about public service and the East Bay Regional Park District, the communities it serves, and its mission.

• Excellent benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending, and pension benefits through California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS). Click here for details regarding additional benefits.

• Tuition reimbursement and professional development.

• Free on-site parking.

• Free parking permit for EBRPD parks (for up to 2 privately owned vehicles)

• Employee discounts for certain EBRPD park amenities (reservations, daily fishing permit, public boat launch).

The following duties are typical for this classification. Incumbents may not perform all of the listed duties and/or may be required to perform additional or different duties from those set forth below to address business needs and changing business practices.

• Performs a variety of complex and technical work in the inspection, overhaul, maintenance, and repair of gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles, machinery, and power and construction equipment
• Performs repairs and maintenance on public safety vehicles including motorcycles, ATVs/UTVs, armored vehicle, and related public safety vehicles
• Inspects, diagnoses, repairs, overhauls, and installs motors, transmissions, differentials, steering mechanisms, pumps, vacuum boosters, air brake systems, and running gears
• Inspects, installs, repairs, and adjusts parts, such as clutches, brakes, bearings, pistons, rings, rods, timing gears, oil and fuel pumps, filter units, superchargers, and ignition components
• Repairs, modifies, and overhauls reduction gears, hydraulic and braking systems, steering systems, cooling systems, electrical systems, and similar units
• Develops improvements required for equipment chassis drive trains, hydraulic systems, etc. to meet District operating and safety requirements, to include modifying equipment and fabricating parts
• Repairs various body and chassis parts and a wide variety of specialized mechanical parts, such as crawler tracks, winches, bulldozer blades, loader scoops, lift cables, hydraulic lift units, etc.
• Uses stick, wire-feed, carbon-arc, and acetylene welding equipment
• Repairs and maintains small power units, generators, and solar systems
• Diagnoses and repairs hydraulic system components including control, check, and diverter valves and develops and builds such systems as needed for improved operation
• Installs and repairs emergency equipment on public safety vehicles including emergency lights, programming light controllers, and radios
• Reads and interprets mechanical drawings, specifications, and shop manuals
• Performs preventive maintenance work on heavy trucks and heavy construction equipment and makes emergency repairs in the field
• Confers with equipment operators to determine operational problems and recommends methods to minimize breakdowns and repairs
• Provides estimates on labor and parts needed to perform special modification and repair work
• Maintains and repairs light equipment, such as portable pumps, portable gasoline generators, and mowing machines
• Operates and maintains hand and power tools, welding apparatus, such as stick, wire-feed, carbon-arc, and acetylene, and other shop equipment necessary to the work
• Performs test operation and incidental lubrication of equipment repaired, making final adjustments as needed
• Performs BIT inspections
• Performs smog and opacity inspections
• Prepares and keeps time/cost and maintenance records
• Repairs inoperative vehicles in the field or tows work to the shop
• Operates smog machines and performs smog tests
• Performs related duties as required

Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

AND

Experience: Four years of recent journey-level experience in the repair of diesel and gasoline-powered equipment; 

OR

Completion of a four-year mechanic apprenticeship program as outlined by the State of California and worked two years at the journey level.

AND

License or Certificate: Possession of a valid Class C California Driver’s License is a condition of initial and continued employment in this classification. 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

The following generally describes the knowledge and ability required to enter the job and/or be learned within a short period of time in order to successfully perform the assigned duties.

Knowledge of: 

• The principles of gasoline and diesel-powered engines and equipment, the methods of their repair, and of the hazards and safety precautions of the mechanic's trade
• The operation of mechanical equipment, diagnostic equipment, machine tools, and hand equipment necessary to the work, and in the analysis of mechanical defects in automotive equipment
• Air brake systems on large trucks and trailers
• Office procedures, methods, and equipment including computers and applicable software applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, and databases

Ability to: 

• Understand and carry out oral and written instructions, and to handle heavy equipment and operate electronic diagnostic instruments
• Operate mechanical equipment, diagnostic equipment, machine tools, and hand equipment necessary to the work, and in the analysis of mechanical defects in automotive equipment
• Work without direct supervision
• Possess physical characteristics necessary to perform the critical and important duties of this position, to include sufficient agility to work in tight or confined conditions and sufficient strength to lift replacement parts weighing up to 80 pounds
• Perform BIT inspections
• Operate office equipment including computers and supporting word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work at all levels, including a culturally diverse general public, with a focus on quality service to internal staff and external customers

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

• Must pass a Level 1 Background Check.
• Possession of a valid Class B California Driver’s License, including the tank endorsement is a condition of initial and continued employment in this classification or must be obtained within six months of appointment.   Failure to obtain and subsequently maintain the required license could result in the incumbent’s removal from the position.,
• Must wear a Park District Uniform.
• Depending on work location and assignment, ability to use a respirator in the performance of work.  In accordance with CAL OSHA respirator regulations, Title 8, 5144 (c) (g) (l) (A) (l.), incumbent shall not wear facial hair (e.g. beards, long sideburns, etc.) that impedes the effectiveness of the respirator.  
• May be required to work unusual hours, nights, weekends, holidays, and outdoors in a variety of weather conditions.