Transit Fleet Mechanic

Starting Pay: $29.14/hour
Increases to: $31.79/hour after six months

Are you a skilled mechanic with a passion for keeping vehicles in top-notch condition? The City of Decatur’s Transportation Services Department is hiring a Transit Fleet Mechanic to play a vital role in maintaining and repairing our transit vehicles and equipment.
In this hands-on, skilled position, you’ll diagnose and repair gasoline and diesel engines, perform preventative maintenance, and occasionally showcase your welding expertise by fabricating parts. If you enjoy solving mechanical challenges, working with advanced tools, and contributing to your community, this is the job for you!
Working hours for this position are 5:30 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. and will involve working weekends and holidays.

Enjoy a generous package of perks including:

• Competitive Benefits: 14.5 paid holidays (including 2 personal days), vacation and sick leave, health insurance, and an excellent pension plan. 
• Dedicated Health Center: Free employee and dependent care services including checkups, labs, chronic condition management, and many prescriptions. 

 
Key Responsibilities:

• Repair and Maintenance: Perform diagnostics, maintenance, and general repair work on city vehicles, including buses, cutaways, vans, support vehicles, and other assets as assigned. Inspect, repair, adjust, and replace necessary units and parts as needed.
• Parts Management: Order required parts and salvage usable parts when possible.
• Preventive Maintenance: Conduct routine preventive maintenance to ensure vehicles and equipment remain in optimal condition.
• Reporting: Prepare and maintain standard repair and maintenance work reports.

 
Needed Knowledge & Skills
Technical Knowledge:

• Operating principles and maintenance standards of gasoline and diesel engines.
• Practices, methods, tools, and equipment used in vehicle and equipment mechanic trade work.
• Knowledge of various types of welding, including arc, acetylene, torch, MIG, and TIG welding.

Technical Abilities:

• Diagnose, repair, and maintain vehicles and equipment.
• Use and care for manual, mechanical, and power tools, as well as welding and diagnostic equipment.

Communication and Independence:

• Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including repair manuals.
• Work independently with limited supervision.

Education and Training:

• High school diploma or equivalent or graduation from vocational school.

• Approved apprenticeship or training in vehicle and equipment repair work, or equivalent combination of training and experience.

Licensing and Certifications:

• Possess or obtain within six months a valid Illinois Class "B" Commercial Driver’s License (CDL).

Health and Safety Compliance:

• Ability to pass a Department of Transportation (DOT) physical.
• Ability to pass pre-employment and random Federal Transit Administration (FTA) drug and alcohol testing.

Special Requirements:

• Provide own hand tools for mechanical work (SAE and metric).

 
Sponsorship for Employment
The City of Decatur does not provide sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B). To be considered for regular employment with City of Decatur, applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a continuous basis.
More Details:
Examination Process
The examination process will consist of the components listed below.  The combination of the written examination and oral interview will constitute 100% of the final examination score.

• Written Examination Applicants will be required to take a written examination tailored to this position. Applicants are required to score at least 70.00%.
• Oral Interview Applicants passing the written test must pass an oral interview with a minimum score of 70.00%.
• Veteran Points Applicants passing the written test and oral interview may be eligible to receive 5.00 veteran preference points added to their final examination score.
• Seniority Points Applicable persons passing the written test and oral interview will receive 0.50 seniority preference points for each full year of continuous City of Decatur AFSCME service. A maximum of 10.0 points may be added to the final examination score.

 
Residency
The Transit Fleet Mechanic position is covered under the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) collective bargaining agreement.  AFSCME employees shall reside within 50 miles of the corporate limits of City of Decatur. An appointee may reside outside said limits but must comply no later than 90 days after the completion of the six-month probationary period.
To Apply
If you are ready to join the City of Decatur as a skilled Transit Fleet Mechanic to maintain and make a meaningful impact in the community? 

Apply now at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/decaturil/jobs/5036510/. Be sure to complete all required sections—your resume may prefill some info, but it will not replace the full application. Incomplete applications will be rejected.

All candidates are subject to a pre-employment drug screen, physical, and background check post-offer. The City of Decatur is a drug-free workplace, including marijuana.