Fleet Services Automotive Specialist II - Heavy-Duty

Job Type: Classified

Job Classification: 5687 - Fleet Services Automotive Specialist II (Heavy-Duty)

Salary Grade: 8

Pay Range: Hiring Range: $23.28 - $27.36 Per Hour;
Pay Range: $23.28 - $31.44 Per Hour

Range Explanation: Hiring Range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, training, and internal equity. Pay Range is the entire compensation range for the position.

Department:
Fleet Services

Position resides in the Fleet Services Department providing journey-level maintenance, repair, diagnosis, troubleshooting, and preventative maintenance of medium/heavy duty gas and diesel and off-road equipment. Accountable for activities and ensures services comply with written procedures and industry standards. This classification differs from the Fleet Services Automotive Specialist IV which leads, trains, and may supervise assigned staff, and is responsible for more complex activities.

• Performs routine preventative maintenance on medium/heavy duty gas and diesel vehicles and off-road equipment
• Conducts daily inspections of the service bay ensuring a clean and safe work environment
• Follows established safety procedures and techniques to perform job duties
• Operates tools, equipment, and machinery according to prescribed safety procedures
• Inspects and replaces electrical components such as batteries, light bulbs, and switches
• Verifies vehicle serviceability by conducting test drives, adjusting controls, and updating systems
• Updates vehicle repair and maintenance records using electronic fleet management software
• Complies with state vehicle emission program standards
• Upfits vehicles with auxiliary equipment such as emergency lighting, winches, and toolboxes
• Inspects and replaces wearable mechanical components such as cutting edges and brooms
• Maintains and repairs hydraulic systems, routes and replaces hydraulic lines, and performs quality control for leaks and proper operation
• Troubleshoots and repairs air brake systems
• Performs fabrication and welding using arc, wire feed, stick, and gas
• Performs complex repairs on medium/heavy duty gas and diesel vehicles and off-road equipment
• Troubleshoots complex electrical systems
• Coaches/mentors junior technicians

• High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) certificate AND two years of experience maintaining and repairing medium/heavy duty gas and diesel vehicles and off-road equipment
• Or one year with Pima County in a Fleet Services Automotive Technician II (Heavy-Duty) position
• (Relevant experience and/or education from an accredited college or university may be substituted.)

• Minimum four (4) years of recent (within the last seven (7) years) experience and knowledge of examining and locating mechanical defects, performing minor and major mechanical repairs, and testing the completeness of all repairs of on-road heavy trucks or off-road heavy equipment
• Minimum four (4) years of recent (within the last seven (7) years) experience and knowledge of diagnosing and repairing all major systems of on-road heavy trucks or off-road heavy equipment, including but not limited to IHC, Cummins, Detroit, Cat, Mercedes, and Mack engines, air brake systems, heavy-duty electrical systems, PTO systems, hydraulic systems, axle/differential systems, and Allison transmissions
• Experience with government fleet maintenance or repair
• Minimum three (3) ASE certifications in heavy truck series or ADEQ Emission certification, and CDL
• Experience using various software applications such as a fleet management system, Excel, Word, Outlook, diagnostic tools, and heavy equipment/machinery

Pima County Human Resources Department reserves the right to admit to the selection process only those candidates that meet the minimum qualifications. All applications will be assessed based on an evaluation of the listed education and experience. Candidates meeting the minimum qualifications may be further evaluated/scored against any advertised…