Hybrid MECHANIC C presso Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (CA)

About the Department

Application cut-off: Please be aware that only the first 600 applicants will be guaranteed consideration for this position. Be sure to submit your application promptly, as the bulletin will close once 600 applications are received.

Recruitment Timelines: Exams are projected to be scheduled for August 23, 2025, and August 30, 2025. Interviews are projected to be scheduled for the week of September 2, 2025. Performance exams are projected to be scheduled for the week of September 15, 2025. These dates are subject to change. We encourage you to monitor your governmentjobs.com profile and emails for the latest updates

Basic Function

Under close supervision, performs basic preventive and remedial diagnostics and troubleshooting, along with performing maintenance and repairs of transit and/or automotive vehicles, and assists other mechanics in more complex assignments; performs other related duties.

Position Duties

• Moves parts and components with approved hoists, lifts and dollies to perform maintenance and repair
• Removes, repairs, replaces and adjusts components of major bus and/or automotive systems, including, but not limited to, engine, electrical, suspension, fueling, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems
• Performs remedial diagnostics and troubles-shooting on transit related bus and or automotive systems
• Performs regular preventive maintenance inspections of bus and/or automotive systems, repairs minor problems, and completes written form documentation of defects repaired and or needing repair
• Uses computerised management systems to report to and from work, logon to work order assignments, and create work orders for repairs needed
• Performs brake relines to include lubricating bearings, checking and replacing worn components, installation of brake shoes and final adjustments of all wheel end components
• Repairs minor damage to interior and/or exterior of buses and/or other equipment including, but not limited to, torn seats, broken windows, door panels, and windshields, minor dents, and cosmetic paint damage
• Operates tow truck, responds to in-sevice road failures, performs on-site remedial repairs to return buses and/or automobiles to the operating division
• Assists higher level mechanics with more complex repairs
• Contributes to ensuring that the EEO policies and programs of Metro are carried out

Minimum Qualifications

• 2 years' experience as a heavy equipment or automotive mechanic; ORSuccessful completion of a 2-year, full-time training program in automotive technology or heavy duty truck maintenance and repair from an accredited trade or vocation school; OR1 year work full time vocational (30 semester units) and 1 year experience as a heavy equipment or automotive mechanic
• Must be able to obtain a Class A-P permit or AP drivers license
• Must have a valid California Class C driver's license or be able to obtain a California Class C driver's license prior to beginning employment with Metro
• Current and verifiable full ASE (H) Series Transit Certifications in H1-CNG, H3-Drive Train, H4-Brakes, H5-Suspension/Steering, H6-Electrical/Electronics is desirable

Other Qualifications

Knowledge

• Methods, materials, equipment and safety procedures utilized in the maintenance of either or diesel or gasoline engines, electrical systems, fueling systems and other systems found in heavy equipment and other vehicles
• Shop math, vehicle operations and safety

Abilites

• Maintain and repair heavy mechanical and/or automotive equipment, safely operate a variety of hand tools and shop power equipment
• Learn other bus propulsion systems such as compressed natural gas engines (CNG) and Hybrid high voltage systems
• Safely operate buses, tow trucks, and other Metro vehicles
• Follow oral and written instructions
• Lift and move objects weighing up to 80 pounds
• Read, write, speak, and understand English

Special Conditions

• Must provide tool storage unit and own tools of the trade as identied under Los Angeles Metro's Basic Tool List
• Must comply with all California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal/OSHA) regulations and utilize approved safety equipment and personal protective gear including, but not limited to, respirators, eye and hearing protective devices (HPD), if and when required
• Positions in this classification are considered safety sensitive under Federal Transit Administration (FTA) drug and alcohol regulations