Diesel Mechanic II en City of Petersburg, VA

About the Department

General Description:
The purpose of this class within the organization is to repair and maintain diesel transit buses and equipment. This class works under close to general supervision according to set procedures, but determines how or when to complete tasks.

Duties and Responsibilities:
The functions listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this class. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the class as necessary.

Position Duties

Essential Functions:
Repairs and maintains buses and paratransit vans.
 
Orders and stocks parts ensuring purchasing guidelines are met.
 
Maintains a sufficient level of parts in the department.
 
Monitors vendors and determines if repairs should be outsourced.
 
Works an on-call for after hour emergencies; makes emergency road repairs.
 
Repairs and maintains fare-box and systems.
 
Ensures buses are ready for daily runs.
 
Assists maintenance technicians as needed.
 
Diagnoses bus multiplexing systems.
                                                           
Conducts shop meetings to ensure procedures are followed.

Detects, diagnoses, and corrects mechanical defects.

Additional Duties:
Responds to emergency calls for buses and paratransit vans.

Oversees shop operations and ensures safety procedures are followed.

Documents repairs and works closely with Transit Operations Bus Maintenance Manager to ensure proper training and tools are available for staff.

Fills in for Transit Operations Bus Maintenance Manager in his absence.

Performs related work as assigned.

Responsibilities, Requirements and Impacts Data Responsibility:
Data Responsibility refers to information, knowledge, and conceptions obtained by observation, investigation, interpretation, visualization, and mental creation.  Data are intangible and include numbers, words, symbols, ideas, concepts, and oral verbalizations.
 
Computes or performs arithmetic operations using data or information.
 
People Responsibility:
People include co-workers, workers in other areas or agencies and the general public.
 
Serves others such as customers, attends to their requests and exchanges information with them.
 
Asset Responsibility:
Assets responsibility refers to the responsibility for achieving economies or preventing loss within the organization.
 
Requires some responsibility for achieving minor economies and/or preventing minor losses through the handling of or accounting for materials, supplies or small amounts of money.
 
Mathematical Requirements:
Mathematics requires the use of symbols, numbers and formulas to solve mathematical problems.
 
Uses basic addition and subtraction, such as making change or measuring.
 
Communications Requirements:
Communications involves the ability to read, write, and speak.
 
Reads routine sentences, instructions, regulations, procedures or work orders; writes routine sentences and completes routine job forms and incident reports; speaks routine sentences using proper grammar.
 
Judgment Requirements:
Judgment requirements refer to the frequency and complexity of judgments and decisions given the stability of the work environments, the nature and type of guidance, and the breadth of impact of the judgments and decisions.
 
Requires responsibility and opportunity for achieving moderate economies and/or preventing moderate losses through the management of a small division; handles supplies of high value or moderate amounts of money consistent with the operation of a small division.
 
Complexity of Work:
Complexity addresses the analysis, initiative, ingenuity, concentration and creativity, required by the job and the presence of any unusual pressures present in the job.
 
Performs semi-skilled work involving set procedures and rules, but with frequent problems; requires normal attention with short periods of concentration for accurate results or occasional exposure to unusual pressure.
 
Impact of Errors:
Impact of errors refers to consequences such as damage to equipment and property, loss of data, exposure of the organization to legal liability, and injury or death for individuals.
 
The impact of errors is moderate – affects those in work unit.
 
Physical Demands:
Physical demands refer to the requirements for physical exertion and coordination of limb and body movement.
 
Performs light to medium work that involves walking or standing virtually all of the time and also involves exerting between 20 and 50 pounds of force on a regular and recurring basis or considerable skill, adeptness and speed in the use of the fingers, hands or limbs in tasks involving close tolerances or limits of accuracy.
 
Equipment Usage:
Equipment usage involves responsibility for materials, machines, tools, equipment, work aids, and products.
 
Leads or handles machines, specialized tools, equipment or work aids involving moderate latitude for judgment regarding attainment of a standard or in selecting appropriate items.
 
Unavoidable Hazards:
Unavoidable hazards refer to the job conditions that may lead to injury or health hazards even though precautions have been taken.
 
Bright/dim light; dusts and pollen extreme heat and/or cold; wet or humid conditions; extreme noise levels, animals/wildlife vibration; fumes and/or noxious odors traffic; moving machinery electrical shock; heights toxic/caustic chemicals; explosives and violence.
 
Safety of Others:
Safety of others refers to the level of responsibility for the safety of others, either inherent in the job or to ensure the safety of the general public.
 
Requires considerable responsibility for the safety and health of others and/or continuous enforcement of the laws and standards of public health and safety.

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:
Requires High School graduation or GED equivalent.

Requires two years' experience or more of progressively responsible experience in repairing diesel heavy powered-driven equipment to include multiplexing and electrical; considerable knowledge and experience in repairing diesel or heavy powered-driven transit buses.

An equivalent combination of training and experience (as approved by the department) may be used to meet the minimum qualifications of the position.

Special Certifications and Licenses:
Valid Virginia Driver's License with passenger endorsement.

Other Qualifications

Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance: 
The City of Petersburg is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  ADA requires the City of Petersburg to provide adequate accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. Prospective and current employees are encouraged to discuss ADA accommodations with management.