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Job Description
Position/Program Information
Department of Mental Health
Exam Number: b6040B
Open Competitive Job Opportunity
FILING START DATE: 10/02/2024 AT 9:00 A.M. PT
FILING END DATE: 10/16/2024 AT 5:00 P.M. PT
DEFINITION:
Arrange, schedules, and transports vehicles for preventive maintenance, services, and repairs and performs routine, non-mechanical vehicle inspections for an assigned fleet of automotive vehicles in a County department.
CLASSIFICATION STANDARDS:
Positions allocable to this class typically report to a automotive coordinator or inspector, or a higher-level supervisor and are responsible for scheduling and arranging the on-going preventive maintenance, servicing, and repair of an assigned fleet of vehicles in a County department. Automotive Maintenance Assistant positions also have responsibility for performing routine, non-mechanical inspections of assigned vehicles and driving vehicles to and from employee work locations, County garages, and other locations when required. These responsibilities require positions to perform various clerical related duties including scheduling appointments; maintaining vechicle related information such as vehicle records of usage, mileage, services, maintenance, and repairs; generating various vehicle related reports.
Essential Job Functions
Schedules vehicle preventive maintenance, services, and repair appointments for an assigned fleet of vehicles within a County department based on established preventive maintenance schedules, request for repairs, personnel availability, and availability of relief vehicles.
Conducts routine, non-mechanical vehicle inspections such as checking brakes, fluid levels, windows, and mirrors, lights, windshield wipers, horn, tires, jack, fire extinguisher, and first aid kits; documents and reports relevant findings resulting from inspections.
Drives vehicles from various locations to County and/or contracted garages for servicing and maintenance, drives replacement vehicle to location of vehicle requiring maintenance, servicing, or repair.
Assists at the scene of accidents or breakdowns of assigned vehicles by taking photographs of accident site and vehicles, transporting operable vehicles to a County or contracted garage, calling for tow-truck services, or other related tasks.
Receives and maintains vehicle reports from County employees responsible for driving the assigned vehicles in order to obtain information such as mileage and reports of vehicle damage; maintains records of vehicle maintenance, repairs, inspections, and other servicing.
Reviews and maintains vehicle records of usage, mileage, services, maintenance, repairs, and other related information.
Generates reports containing information such as vehicle identification number, license number, beginning and ending mileage, maintenance, repair records, and other related information.
Maintains records of vehicle assignments including routes and drivers; arranges and schedules the use of relief vehicles for County drivers when assigned vehicles are being serviced or repaired.
Receives request for vehicle repairs and repair estimates; obtains appropriate vehicle repair approval.
Performs limited non-mechanical services on automotive vehicles, as needed.
Requirements
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:
Option I: Six months of experience scheduling the maintenance and repair of a group of automotive vehicles
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Option II: Six months of experience servicing automotive vehicles.
No Out-of-Class experience will be accepted. Applicants must have all required experience at time of filing.
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:
Additional experience beyond the minimum requirements.
LICENSE:
A valid California Class C Driver License is required to perform job-related essential functions.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENT INFORMATION:
A copy of the required license must be submitted with the application at the time of filing or within 15 calendar days from date of application submission by email to exams@dmh.lacounty.gov . Indicate the Exam Title on the subject line when sending required documents by email.
We do not accept password-protected documents. Ensure documents are unlocked before attaching to your application or sending to the exam analyst.
PHYSICAL CLASS:
Physical Class III - Moderate: This class requires that the incumbent stand or walk most of the time with bending, stooping, squatting, twisting, reaching, working on irregular surfaces, occasional lifting of objects weighing over 25 pounds, and frequent lifting of 10-25 pounds.
Additional Information
EXAMINATION CONTENT : This examination will consist of an evaluation of education, training. and experience weighted 100%. The evaluation of education, training, and experience will be based on application information and the information submitted on the supplemental application form at the time of filing. Additional credit will be given for experience related to the desirable qualifications.
CANDIDATES MUST ACHIEVE A PASSING SCORE OF 70% OR HIGHER IN EACH PART OF THE EXAM IN ORDER TO BE PLACED ON THE ELIGIBLE LIST.
Notice of non-acceptance and final results will be sent via email.
ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION: The names of candidates receiving a passing score in this examination will be placed on the eligible list in the order of their score group for a period of twelve (12) months following the date of promulgation.
SPECIAL INFORMATION: Past and present mental health clients and family members are encouraged to apply.
VACANCY INFORMATION: The resulting eligible list for this examination will be used to fill vacancies within the Department of Mental Health.
Appointees may be required to work any shift, including evenings, nights, weekends and holidays.
APPLICATION AND FILING INFORMATION: All applicants are required to submit a Standard County of Los Angeles Employment Application online only. Resumes cannot be accepted in lieu of applications, although resumes may be uploaded as attachments to the applications.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILING ONLINE
Apply online by clicking on the green "Apply" tab for this posting.
Many important notifications will be sent electronically to the email address provided on the application. It is important that you provide a valid email address. Please add “najordan@dmh.lacounty.gov,” as well as noreply@governmentjobs.com, and info@governmentjobs.com to your email address and list of approved senders to prevent email notifications from being filtered as spam/junk/clutter mail. Applicants have the ability to opt out of emails from LA County. If you unsubscribe, you will not receive any email notification for any examination for which you apply with Los Angeles County. Regardless of whether you choose to unsubscribe, you can always check for notifications by logging into governmentjobs.com and viewing your profile inbox, which saves a copy of all emailed notices. It is your responsibility to take the above steps to view correspondence. Los Angeles County will not consider claims of not viewing or receiving notification to be a valid reason for late test administration or rescheduling of a test component.
Applications must be submitted online only. We must receive your application from the first day of filing at 9:00 a.m. (PT) to the last day of filing before 5:00 PM. (PT). Applications submitted by U.S. Mail, Fax, or in person will not be accepted. Plan to submit your online application well in advance of the 5 p.m. deadline on the last day of filing to ensure you have sufficient time to verify your email address. You may be required to verify your email address before the application can be submitted. This is to enhance the security of your online application and to ensure you do not enter an incorrect email address.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Prime Variance Reports (PVRs), also known as Master Time Records, are not accepted, or required as part of the application process; this includes the selection interview and the background-check.
The acceptance of your application will depend on whether you have clearly shown that you meet the Minimum Requirement. Your online application must show complete license, education and work experience information necessary to evaluate your qualifications. License information section must show title of license, license number, original date of issue, and expiration date. Education information section must include name and address of school attended, complete dates attended, name of course/s taken, number of units earned, and degree/s earned. Work experience section must include job title, employer name and address, name of work area/facility, actual payroll title held and not the working and/or functional titles, from/to dates of employment including month, day and year, total number of months, total number of hours worked per week - not a range of hours (full or part-time), and complete detailed description of related job duties. List separately each job experience to be evaluated.
IMPORTANT NOTES:All information is subject to verification. Applications may be rejected at any stage of the selection process.Utilizing VERBIAGE from class specifications and Minimum Requirements serving as your description of duties WILL NOT be sufficient to demonstrate that you meet requirements. Doing so may result in an INCOMPLETE APPLICATION and you may be DISQUALIFIED. The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance employer. Except for a very limited number of positions, you will not be asked to provide information about a conviction history unless you receive a contingent offer of employment . The County will make an individualized assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct or adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job, and consider potential mitigating factors, including, but not limited to, evidence and extent of rehabilitation, recency of the offense(s), and age at the time of the offense(s). If asked to provide information about a conviction history, any convictions or court records which are exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed.
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER: Please include your Social Security Number for record control purposes. Federal law requires that all employed persons have a Social Security Number.
COMPUTER AND INTERNET ACCESS AT PUBLIC LIBRARIES: For candidates who may not have regular access to a computer or the internet, applications can be completed on computers at public libraries throughout Los Angeles County.
NO SHARING OF USER ID, E-MAIL AND PASSWORD: All applicants must file their application using their own user ID and password. Using a family member's or friend's user ID and password may erase a candidate's original application record.
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
HR Examinations Unit: (213) 972-7034
HR Examinations Unit Email: exams@dmh.lacounty.gov
Analyst Contact Phone: Nicholas Jordan, (323) 705-3925
Analyst Contact Email: najordan@dmh.lacounty.gov
ADA COORDINATOR PHONE: (213) 972-7034
TELETYPE PHONE : (800) 735-2922
CALIFORNIA RELAY SERVICES PHONES : (800) 735-2922
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Closing Date/Time: 10/16/2024 5:00 PM Pacific -
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