Heavy Duty Mechanic​/Automotive Machinist - Fleet Management

Company Description

10/28/25 - The Final date to receive applications has been extended for additional recruitment.

11/3/25 - The Final date to receive applications has been extended for additional recruitment.

1/26/26 - The Final date to receive applications has been extended for additional recruitment.

The Office of the City Administrator and its 25+ divisions and departments operate core internal and public-facing services in San Francisco.

Our vision is to lead the nation in public administration and to enable City departments to effectively deliver critical public services. We aim to help the city run better, to connect San Francisco residents and constituents to the vital public services they seek, and to create a meaningful and diverse work culture that is the place of choice for people who are invested in a career in public service.

We are committed to ensuring that the City s services are inclusive, efficient, equitable, and culturally competent for San Franciscans of all races, ethnic backgrounds, religions, and sexual orientations. This commitment requires comprehensive review and thorough analysis of existing practices and policies to remove barriers to real inclusion.

We are also committed to ensuring that the Department is a safe, equitable, and inclusive workplace for individuals of all races. This includes creating opportunities for hiring, promotion, training, and development, for all employees, including but not limited to Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC).

The Fleet Management Department (also known as “Central Shops”) provides fleet services to over 70 City departments with a combined municipal fleet of approximately 8,000 units. Central Shops is responsible for asset management, maintenance and repairs, motor pools, fueling services, vehicle acquisitions and disposals, equipment specification writing, fueling, and more. Central Shops operates six maintenance and repair facilities across the City and maintains and repairs various types of vehicles and fleet equipment, ranging from passenger vehicles to highly specialized equipment like fire engines and street sweepers.

In addition to these fleet management functions, the Department also manages the administrative functions, including procurement, finance, performance reporting, department service level agreements, vehicle leasing and pool programs, legislative mandates, strategies for building a zero emissions fleet, and more.

Job Type: Temporary Provisional. This is not a permanent appointment. A provisional appointee must participate and be successful in a Civil Service examination for this classification and be selected through an open competitive process in order to be considered for permanent appointment. Provisional appointments may not exceed three (3) years.

Under general supervision, performs skilled heavy duty mechanical work in the maintenance, repair and overhaul of heavy-duty and off-road vehicles and power-driven equipment, such as diesel trucks and buses, firefighting vehicles, compressors, generators, graders, backhoes, tractors, small engines (lawn mowers, etc.) and electric motors (on carts, etc.) and performs related duties as required.

• Maintains, repairs, overhauls, and services heavy-duty and off-road vehicles and power-driven equipment using hand tools, power tools and machine tools such as lathes, drill presses, grinders, boring bars, valves refining tools and other machine tools.
• Designs, fabricates and welds parts.
• Maintains records of equipment mileage, service/repair logs, materials and parts logs, and equipment and parts orders.
• Responds to incoming emergency calls and may go to the site of the breakdown; may tow vehicles.
• Inspects, tests, and reviews vehicles and equipment as part of the preventive maintenance program.
• Diagnoses malfunctions using test equipment, manufacturers  specifications and repair manuals, and observation both in the shop and in the field in order to determine needed repairs.
• Orders supplies, parts and materials necessary for the maintenance,…