To supervise, plan and coordinate the day to day activities and operations of the County’s fleet and stationary maintenance and repair program; oversees activities at a large maintenance and fueling site; serves as a member of the department's supervisory team.
This is first-line supervisory class that is responsible for directing repair and maintenance tasks on a variety of light and heavy vehicles and equipment. This position assigns work and provides complex technical advice and assistance to Equipment Mechanics assigned to Fleet Operations. The positions assigned to this class, carry out necessary activities without direction except as new or unusual circumstances arise. This class is distinguished from Fleet Manager by the latter's overall responsibility for managing the County’s fleet of vehicles and equipment.
Essential Duties
Duties may include but are not limited to the following:
- Supervises, assigns and oversees work of mechanics to ensure the safe repair and diagnosis of equipment used by the County; dispatches mechanics verbally and through work orders to perform specific repairs; monitors and inspects completed work; conducts performance evaluations on assigned staff.
- Manages the maintenance and repair of refueling facility; places fuel orders.
- Coordinates repair shop activities; seeks most effective methods to have maximum number of vehicles in service at all times; issues rental vehicles; uses Fleet Management System to generate repair information, making entries for labor charged, commercial shops used, and parts inventory movement; processes invoices from vendors and performs computer data entry.
- Performs various administrative tasks to facilitate the service function of the department; answers telephones and greet customers; maintains parts and supply inventory as needed to ensure equipment repair and maintenance can be performed in a timely manner and distributes parts and supplies to maintenance personnel; special orders parts, hand tools and small equipment; coordinates repair and maintenance activities with various groups involved in the process;
- Performs diagnoses to determine defects on vehicles and equipment coming into the County Garage for service; advises and assists subordinates in major repairs and difficult mechanical diagnoses; consults with superiors on difficult or major repair issues.
- Prepares repair schedules and determines priority of work to be performed; maintains service records for mobile equipment; issues service reminder notices to using departments; develops and schedules preventative maintenance programs.
- Monitors and directs the use of proper personal safety gear; ensures a safe work environment including handling of hazardous materials and recycling.
- Recommends fixed asset purchases for the shop to the Fleet Manager.
- Maintains professional knowledge in applicable areas and keeps abreast of changes in job-related rules, statutes, laws and new business trends; makes recommendations for the implementation of changes; reads and interprets professional literature; attends training programs, workshops and seminars as appropriate; stays abreast of changes in manufacturers specifications; informs mechanics of changes in maintenance and repair procedures; serves as safety coordinator and facilitator for the repair facility.
Position Requirements
Experience: Three (3) years of journey level equipment mechanic experience of which one year included includes scheduling and prioritizing servicing.
Education/Training: Vocational or technical school training in automotive and heavy equipment repair and maintenance.
Selection Process -
Review will be on a 3 week cycle with a 5:00pm deadline to submit application and required documents. Deadline to apply for first review - 03/08/2024
TBD - Exam Date
Based on the information provided in the application documents, the qualified applicants may be invited for further examination and will either be pre-scheduled by the Department of Human Resources or be invited to self-schedule. All applicants meeting the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed advancement through any subsequent phase of the examination . Depending upon the number of applications received, the selection process may consist of an initial application screening, a mandatory information meeting, a supplemental questionnaire assessment, a written and/or practical exam, an oral board exam, or any combination listed. Responses to supplemental questions may be used as screening and testing mechanisms and will be used to assess an applicant’s ability to advance in the process; as such, responses to supplemental questions should be treated as test examination responses. Information contained herein does not constitute either an expressed or implied contract.
A minimum score of 70% is required to continue in the selection process, unless otherwise announced.
All potential new hires and employees considered for promotion to management, confidential positions or unrepresented positions will be subject to a background and reference check after contingent job offer is accepted. These provisions are subject to change.
RETIREES - Solano County invites all qualified candidates to apply for positions; however pursuant to Government Code Section 21221(h) and 21224, hiring restrictions may apply to California Public Sector Pension Plan Retirees.
Supplemental Information
Special Requirements - Incumbents must be able to work in a noisy environment and deal with multiple requests for services from user departments.
- Possession of or the ability to obtain a valid Class B California Drivers License with endorsement for airbrakes or additional endorsements as required, within six months of appointment.
Additional Information - Incumbents and candidates applying for positions in this class may be subject to, depending on job assignment, drug and alcohol testing as required under the Federal Omnibus Transportation Employee testing Act of 1991. Testing includes post-accident and pre-employment, as well as random and reasonable suspicion testing as required by law.
- Independent travel is required.
ADA Compliance - Physical Ability: Tasks involve the ability to exert a large amount of physical effort to stoop, crouch, climb, and lift, carry, push and/or pulling objects and materials (up to 100 pounds) in performance of assigned duties.
- Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require visual perception and discrimination. Some tasks require oral communications ability.
- Environmental Factors: Tasks may risk exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as exposure to dust, noise, heat, cold, outdoors, vibration, confining work space, chemicals, mechanical hazards, and electrical hazards.
Verification of Education RequiredAll candidates must submit a verification v ocational or technical school training in automotive and heavy equipment repair and maintenance ( copy of their official/unofficial transcripts, certifications, degree, etc.) verifying institution, student, date, degree and area of specialization conferred) by the final filing date. Candidates who fail to submit their transcripts by the final filing date will be disqualified from the recruitment.
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING: Candidates who attended a college or university that is accredited by a foreign or non-U.S. accrediting agency must have their educational units evaluated by an educational evaluation service. The result must be submitted to the Human Resources Department no later than the close of the recruitment. Please contact the local college or university to learn where this service can be obtained.
How to Submit Your Documents In addition to uploading attachments when applying online, candidates may submit documents by fax to (707) 784-3424, or by email to
recruitment@solanocounty.com. Be sure to include the recruitment title and the recruitment number in your email or fax.
Veteran’s Preference PointsTo be eligible, applicant must have served at least 181 consecutive days of active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States and have received either an honorable discharge or a general discharge under honorable conditions. A COPY OF THE DD 214, SHOWING DISCHARGE TYPE (GENERALLY COPY 4), MUST BE RECEIVED IN THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT BY THE FINAL FILING DATE (or APPLICATION REVIEW DEADLINE).
Applicants who have a service connected disability must also submit a recent award letter from the VA stating they are receiving disability benefits for service connected reasons.
Veteran applicants for initial County employment with an honorable or general under conditions discharge shall receive five (5) points added to their combined score. Disabled veterans rated at not less than 30% disability shall have ten (10) points added to their combined score. Veteran’s preference points will only be added to passing scores in competitive open examinations.
We offer a benefits package to employees which includes health care, dental, vision, retirement, deferred compensation plans, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, holidays, vacation, and sick leave.
To learn more, view our benefits summary .
Closing Date/Time: Continuous
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