Technician in Charge
Job Purpose: Maintains, repairs, and overhauls school buses and school bus equipment. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of complicated tasks. Directs the work of others. Trains and motivates maintenance staff.
Responsibilities:
- Schedules and administers fleet maintenance, assists in troubleshooting problems with equipment. Communicates availability of vehicles for service with dispatch and Contract Manager.
- Delegates responsibilities as appropriate and monitors performance; handles disciplinary concerns and employee development.
- Ensures compliance on a day-to-day basis with State, Federal and Company requirement.
- Works closely with Contract Manager providing status of maintenance and budget requirements. Reviews repair orders.
- May order parts, and subcontract repair work.
- Use computer diagnostic equipment and computers for various task.
- Complete required paperwork on an timely basis and comprehend technical manuals
- Simple hand grasping, power hand grasping, fine hand manipulation, reaching from foot level to above shoulder level as necessary to complete assigned tasks
- Have a sufficient ability to communicate, through sight, hearing, and/or otherwise, to perform assigned tasks and maintain proper job safety conditions
- Ability to follow directions and routines.
- Ability to work independently with appropriate judgment
- Use computer diagnostic equipment and computers for various tasks
- Complete required paperwork on an timely basis and comprehend technical manuals
- Simple hand grasping, power hand grasping, fine hand manipulation, reaching from foot level to above shoulder level as necessary to complete assigned tasks
- Operate power, pneumatic hand tools
- Perform other functions that may be assigned
Education and Requirements:
- Meet D.O.T. requirements and be CDL qualified as required by job assignment
- Report to work on a regular and timely basis and complete the scheduled workday on a consistent basis
- Ability to work varying shifts, additional hours and/or overtime depending on service needs
- Stand for extended periods of time on concrete floors and other level and non-level surfaces
- Sitting required infrequently throughout the duration of the workday
- Lift, lower, push, pull, leverage and manipulate equipment and/or packages weighing up to 70 pounds
- Assist in moving equipment up to 150 pounds
- Work cooperatively in a diverse work environment
- Have a sufficient ability to communicate, through sight, hearing, and/or otherwise, to perform assigned tasks and maintain proper job safety conditions
- Bend, stoop, squat, kneel, crouch, crawl, climb ladders and stairs, reach, pull, grasp, lift, stand, walk, and turn/pivot frequently throughout the duration of the workday
- Full-time: 8-10 hours per day, 5 days per 7-day week
- Required to wear personal protective equipment (PPE)
Demonstrate cognitive ability to:
- follow directions and routines
- work independently with appropriate judgment
- exhibit spatial awareness
- read, write and comprehend numbers and decimal number systems
- read information and signs
- concentrate, memorize, and recall
- identify logical connections and determine sequence of response
- processing up to 2-3 steps ahead
Work in an environment with:
- variable temperatures and humidity (climatic conditions)
- exposure to cleaning materials, petroleum products, dust, dirt, and noise
- outside inclement weather