Job Description

Posting number: 2600765

Department: DPW - Roads

Job classification: HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC I

Posting type: Open

Categories: Public Works, Vehicle Maintenance, Maintenance, Automotive

Summary

Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Examines and locates mechanical defects in a wide variety of automotive, road construction and maintenance equipment.
• Makes major and minor mechanical repairs including engine tune-ups, brake relining, body and fender, and electrical system repair.
• Fits new parts and adjusts engines, oil, water, and fuel pumps, carburetors and fuel injectors, governors, starting motors, clutches, transmissions, differentials, brakes and steering gear.
• Repairs track layer type tractors, checking and replacing rollers, pins and brushing.
• Overhauls hydraulic lifts and steering assemblies on motor graders and tractors.
• Maintains records of time and materials used on each job.
• Perform gas electrical welding and repair work in the field.
• Performs machinist and fabrication work.

Examples of duties

Level I

Experience:

Three (3) years of increasingly responsible experience and training in heavy equipment or auto repair or successful completion of trade school or college certified program.

License:

Possess and maintain a valid Class "A" California driver's license. A Class "C" license may be substituted however, a Class "A" license must be obtained within six months of appointment. Failure to obtain the proper license will result in termination.

Level II

Experience:

Two (2) years of heavy equipment mechanic repair performing duties comparable to those of a Heavy Equipment Mechanic I in Merced County.

License:

Possess and maintain a valid Class "A" California driver's license.

Possess and maintain a valid Refrigeration/Recycling Air Conditioning Certificate.

IDENTIFIED SAFETY SENSITIVE POSITIONS IN THIS CLASSIFICATION WILL BE SUBJECT TO PRE-EMPLOYMENT, POST-ACCIDENT, REASONABLE SUSPICION, RANDOM AND RETURN-TO-DUTY DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE COUNTY OF MERCED DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING POLICY.

Qualifications

• Communicate effectively with others in person and over the telephone.
• Perform job duties under stressful conditions.
• Maintain confidential information in accordance with legal standards and/or County regulations.
• Lift and move with help objects weighing over 100 pounds.
• Walk, stand, stoop, kneel, or crouch on narrow, slippery, erratically moving surfaces.
• Operate large equipment such as cars, trucks, forklifts, cranes.
• Wear a respirator or safety glasses or other protective clothing and equipment.
• Frequent use of depth perception, peripheral vision and color perception.
• Frequent use of hand-eye coordination.
• Normal dexterity, frequent holding and grasping.
• Regular attendance is an essential function.

Knowledge of

• Methods, materials, tools, and equipment used in the testing, adjustment, repair, and overhaul of automotive and road construction equipment.
• Theory, operation and care of internal combustion engines and their components.
• Hydraulic valves and controls, hydraulic and air brake systems, and electronic ignition.
• Principles and methods of acetylene and electric-arc welding.
• Painting techniques.
• Safe work practices.

Ability to:

• Inspect equipment to locate and accurately diagnose mechanical defects.
• Use a variety of power hand tools, diagnostic equipment and shop equipment.
• Perform testing, adjustment, repair, and overhaul work on automotive and heavy equipment.
• Understand and carry out oral and written instructions.
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships.
• Read and write at the level required for successful job performance.
• Cut, reform, and fabricate parts using welders and shop equipment.

Supplemental information

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