This position will be located at the Billy Wright Landfill in Los Banos, CA. Some travel to the Merced Landfill may be required.

DEFINITION:

Under general supervision, to perform skilled work in repairing, overhauling, and maintaining automotive and road construction equipment powered by gasoline, CNG, and/or diesel fuels. Assist the Site Supervisor as needed and perform other related duties, as assigned.

The incumbents in this class perform a full range of diagnosing a wide variety of mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic problems, welding and repair work on construction equipment and trucks with one-ton capacity or larger. They are expected to perform with a high degree of skill and independence. The Heavy Equipment Mechanic II incumbents are normally assigned work requiring a higher level of skill and knowledge and are certified by the State of California to provide service in the areas of lamp adjustment, brake adjustment, and refrigeration/recycling A/C.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:

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.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Level I

Experience: Four (4) years of increasingly responsible experience and training in heavy equipment or auto repair or successful completion of an approved apprenticeship program in heavy equipment or auto repair.            

License: Possess and maintain a valid Class "A" California driver's license. A Class “C” license may be substituted during the first six months of employment, but a Class “A” license must be obtained by the end of the six month period. 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.

License: Possession and maintain a valid California Class "A" driver's license. Possession and maintenance of a valid State of California Class "A" Brake Certificate, a Class "A" Lamp Certificate, and a 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 AUTHORITY’S DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING POLICY.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• 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 Authority regulations.
• Lift and move with help objects weighing over 100 pounds.
• Walk, stand, stoop, crawl, 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.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

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.