Mechanic II

City of Miami Beach - Miami Beach, FL

Full-time

Miami Beach, FL

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

About the position

The position involves performing responsible skilled mechanical work at the journeyman level on all types of heavy duty construction and maintenance equipment and automotive equipment, including garbage trucks, police cars, fire rescue units, backhoes, cranes, buses, tankers, pick-up trucks, and vans. The role requires diagnosing, adjusting, repairing, and servicing a wide variety of medium and heavy gasoline and diesel-driven vehicles, as well as performing major and minor motor repairs and replacements.

Responsibilities

• Performs major and minor motor repair and replacement work, cleaning and replacing spark plugs and installing radiator hoses.
• Diagnoses, adjusts, repairs and services a wide variety of medium and heavy gasoline and diesel driven bulldozers, graders, front-end loaders, air compressors, pump apparatus and truck hydraulic systems.
• Repairs, overhauls and maintains specialized equipment.
• Interprets electrical and hydraulic schematics for proper repair of vehicles.
• Overhauls, fabricates and services assemblies and accessories such as single and two speed rear axles, multi-speed transmissions, hydraulic compressed air, vacuum and electric controls, systems and components.
• Operates various types of shop equipment, machinery, precision instruments, specialized tools and devices such as dynamometers, boring bars, valve refacing and reseating equipment, micrometers, dial gauges, wheel alignment gauges, clutch cover assembly devices, power saws, grinders, drill presses and lathes.
• Requisitions parts and materials used in the repair of equipment.
• Refaces valves and seats, including grinding, assembling and adjustment.
• Installs rings and bearings and effects proper adjustments.
• Overhauls and repairs carburetors and clutches.
• Performs selected repairs and replacement on diesel driven equipment.
• Repairs and overhauls brakes, ignition and fuel systems; transmissions, differentials, front and rear axle assemblies.
• Performs diversified electrical work on automotive equipment, such as diagnosing electrical shorts, installing batteries and terminals, repairing and adjusting lights and repairing generators and starters.
• Performs related work as required.

Requirements

• Three (3) years full-time experience in major mechanical repairs to automobile or heavy duty automotive equipment.
• Three (3) ASE certifications OR certifications in automotive mechanics from accredited schools may substitute for up to one (1) year experience (1200 classroom hours= one year of experience).
• Valid Florida driver's license.
• Obtain a Class 'A' Florida Commercial Driver's License, valid for air brakes, with endorsements 'N' and 'P', within 90 days of appointment.
• Ability to work shift work including nights, weekends and holidays.
• Ability to supply own tools.

Benefits

• Benefits package offered to full-time, regular status employees.