General Auto Mechanic

General Services Department

All Shifts Available

Fleet Management Division is responsible for the repair and maintenance of 2,400 municipal vehicles. The division operates out of the Russell-Ferry, 19th & Michigan, Erskine, and Davison yards with a body shop for simple bump repairs and a 24-hour road crew.

Department of Transportation

All Shifts Available

Vehicle Maintenance provides safe, clean, reliable buses, and support vehicles for use in daily public service. The division operates out of the Shoemaker and Gilbert terminals, and the main shop at 1301 E. Warren.

Under general supervision, performs the full range of automotive and mechanical repair and maintenance tasks to a variety of gasoline and/or diesel fuel powered vehicles including automobiles, trucks, busses, motorcycles and special purpose construction, maintenance, or recreational vehicles. Repairs, maintains, services or alters special purpose equipment mounted on or associated with such vehicles.

Requirements

• Perform all automotive or mechanical repair or maintenance tasks to the types of mobile equipment employed by the department to which assigned.
• Inspect equipment to locate and determine nature of defects or repairs needed.
• Plan sequence of repair operations.
• Dismantle and remove defective components.
• Substitute new or rebuilt components, and rebuild automotive components or assemblies.
• Repair, adjust, alter and service automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, packers, street sweepers, flushers, bulldozers, backhoes, loaders, graders, trenchers, farm tractors, cranes, asphalt pavers, asphalt rollers, small boats, firefighting apparatus and other special purpose vehicles.
• Repair, adjust, alter and service all mechanically, hydraulically, electrically or pneumatically operated auxiliary equipment mounted on or associated with such vehicles including material moving or lift assemblies, loading mechanisms, broom assemblies, snow plows, salt spreaders, aerial platforms, pumps, compressors, and ladder assemblies.
• Repair, adjust, alter and service public transportation coaches and a limited variety of support equipment.
• Perform major and minor repairs to heavy-duty diesel engines, pneumatic suspension systems, heavy-duty automatic transmissions, fuel injectors, buffer screws, mechanical engine governors and other specialized coach components.
• Repair, service and maintain air conditioning and heating units, door controls, interior lighting and other mechanically, hydraulically, electrically or pneumatically operated coach systems.
• Use electric arc or acetylene welding outfits and/or machine shop equipment to cut, heat, braze, weld or fashion equipment parts, brackets or braces which may be required to complete a repair.
• Perform minor body work to vehicle bodies and replaces glass, windows and lights.
• Maintain simple records of work performed and materials used.
• Instructs and oversees the work of apprentices and other workers assigned as helpers.
• Repair, adjust, alter and service a variety of related mobile or portable equipment and tools such as plows, mowers, harrows, golf ball collectors, rotary brooms, stumpers, chippers, rodding machines, post hole augers, concrete mixers, chain-saws, roto-tillers, compressors, pumps, hoists and generators.
• Perform a variety of repair and service tasks to stationary equipment such as compressors, pumps, hoists, generators and other machinery, where such tasks involve the same type and level of skills employed in repairing and servicing vehicular equipment.
• Operate tow trucks to service, repair, and retrieve disabled vehicles in the field.
• Shift and drive vehicles on department premises.

 Minimum Qualifications:

Qualifications (required):

• Education equivalent to completion of two years in and preferably graduation from a four-year trade or vocational high school with courses in general shop and automotive repair.
• Three (3) years’ of experience in repairing and rebuilding a variety of gasoline and/or diesel fuel powered vehicles or completion of an approved four-year apprenticeship in automotive repair or its equivalent.
• Persons subsequently hired at the Department of Transportation in this title shall be required to obtain a State of Michigan Driver or Chauffeur License, with Group B Commercial Driver License endorsement and Airbrake qualification within 6 months of hire. 

Qualifications (preferred):

• Preferably two (2) years’ of experience repairing a variety of construction, maintenance or other special purpose vehicles.

Benefits

Full Medical/Dental/VisionBenefits

Paid Vacation/Sick Days

Holidays

Pension