Automotive Mechanic Lead Duties and Responsibilities
Purpose of Classification:
Leads
and participates in the repair, overhaul, and maintenance of
vehicles/farm equipment. This is a lead position. Working conditions
include restricted movement, dirty environment, air contamination,
intense noise, hazardous materials; lifting or carrying heavy
objects.
Distinguishing Characteristics:
This is
fourth in a series of six classifications. It is distinguished from
the Automotive Mechanic in that incumbents lead the work of
Automotive Mechanics.
Examples of Duties:
- Coordinates the activities of subordinates.
- Inspects work performed by Automotive Mechanics to ensure
shop standards have been met.
- Requisitions parts, computes work orders, and prepares
service records and reports as required.
- Overhauls and repairs engines and transmissions on gas and
diesel equipment.
- Performs tune-ups on vehicles.
- Overhauls, repairs, and/or replaces other mechanical parts
such as steering and brake systems.
- Replaces shock absorbers, checks and balances wheels, and
checks for proper tire alignment.
- Performs diversified electrical work on all automotive and
related equipment such as servicing, installing batteries and
terminals, repairing and adjusting lights, repairing generators
and starters.
- Uses diagnostic equipment as an aid in locating vehicle
defects.
- Troubleshoots and repairs or replaces digital electronic
components and computers.
- Fabricates and/or reconstructs equipment by using gas, arc,
MIG or TIG welding methods.
- Performs emission control repair, replacement, and testing
on all required vehicles.
- Road tests vehicles to locate operational defects prior to
returning to active use.
- Drives buses and other vehicles for special events or field
trips as needed.
- Overhauls, repairs, and maintains heavy equipment as
required, which may include tractors, crawlers, and the like.
- Operates shop machines, such as milling and metal lathes, to
rebuild or fabricate machine parts.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Knowledge in the diagnosis and repair of automotive, heavy
equipment, or farm equipment.
- Skill in the diagnosis and repair of automotive, heavy
equipment or farm equipment.
- Skill in operating shop tools and machines.
- Skill in modifying, designing, and fabricating special
purpose equipment.
Minimum Qualifications:
Five
years' experience in the diagnosis, repair, and maintenance of
automobiles and/or farm equipment; OR, Completion of a one year
vocational training program in automotive or farm mechanics AND four
years' experience in the diagnosis, repair, and maintenance of
automobiles and/or equipment; OR, Any equivalent combination of
experience and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills,
and abilities have been achieved. Some positions may require
possession of a current Arizona Type D/B/C driver's license upon
employment. May be required to obtain a current Arizona Emissions
Inspection Certificate.
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