Automotive Mechanic

Position: Automotive Mechanic position for the Transportation Department
Full-time � 12-month probationary appointment

Duties and Responsibilities:
- NYS Class B Commercial Driver's License (CDL) required
- This is a skilled mechanic position responsible for completing basic repairs to motor vehicles andequipment such as passenger vehicles, trucks (including vans, school buses, pickups), grounds maintenanceequipment (including tractors, lawn mowers, snow removal equipment).
- Performs standard heavy equipment and automotive repairs to gasoline and/or diesel engines and hydraulicsystems
- Repairs electric motors, tools, and equipment
- Repairs and/or rebuilds subassemblies for all automotive systems, such as cooling, electrical, exhaust,steering and suspension, fuel systems, brakes and drive train
- Performs preventative maintenance functions including lubrication, fluid checks, major and minor tune-upsand safety inspections of trucks, buses, autos and other heavy equipment
- Diagnoses automotive problems
- Operates machine shop equipment to make or repair parts for automotive equipment

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Graduation from high school or possession of an equivalency diploma, plus EITHER: 

(A) Graduation with an Associate's degree or possession of a certificate, either of which must be in an automotive field; OR, 

(B) Six (6) months paid full-time or its part-time equivalent experience as an automotive mechanic; OR, 

(C) An equivalent combination of education and experience as defined by the limits of (A) and (B), above. 

NOTE: Your degree must have been awarded by a college or university accredited by a regional, national, or specialized agency recognized as an accrediting agency by the U.S. Department of Education/U.S. Secretary of Education. If your degree was awarded by an educational institution outside the United States and its territories, you must provide independent verification of equivalency. 

WAGES: $25.25/hr- $33/hr depending on experience.