Vehicle Tech - Kern High School District : Job Details

Position Type: Transportation/ Lead Vehicle Technician Date Posted: 10/17/2024 Location: Transportation Department Date Available: 10/17/2024 Closing Date: 10/24/2024    QUALIFICATIONS: This position requires knowledge of the methods, practices, materials, and tools used in the mechanic trade; safety regulations and precautions pertaining to bus, vehicle, and equipment servicing; gasoline and diesel engines and their operation; practices, methods, and tools of the welding trade. Must possess the skill to schedule, direct, and oversee the work of others; understand and follow a variety of complex oral and written instructions in an independent manner; safely use and care for tools and equipment of the mechanic trade; communicate effectively in both oral and written forms; maintain maintenance and service records and files; perform arc and gas welding and fabrication; establish and maintain effective work relationships with those contacted in the performance of required duties. Five years experience as a journeyman vehicle technician. Ability to meet the physical requirements necessary to safely and effectively perform assigned duties. Must possess the ability to obtain and maintain a Class A Drivers License issued by the State Department of Motor Vehicles. MUST SUBMIT A RECENT DMV (3 YEAR MINIMUM) DRIVING RECORD WITH APPLICATION. MUST POSSESS OR BE ABLE TO OBTAIN AN A.S.E. SCHOOL BUS TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF EMPLOYMENT. A CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECK AND A PRE-EMPLOYMENT MEDICAL ASSESSMENT WILL BE REQUIRED OF THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE PRIOR TO EMPLOYMENT. DUTIES OF POSITION: Perform lead person duties in the skilled maintenance and repair of the District's school buses, vehicles and other equipment and to perform and participate in the servicing and maintenance of District equipment. Employees in this classification receive limited supervision from a supervisory level and within a framework of standard policies and procedures. Employees in this classification direct and oversee the work of others in a lead capacity. This job classification exercises responsibility for the efficient and complex repair and maintenance of District equipment and for providing technical and lead supervision to other technicians. This job classification functions at a lead/advanced journey level of classification.\ STARTING SALARY: $5,866.36 (monthly) NUMBER OF MONTHS: 12 (to begin as soon as possible) NUMBER OF HOURS: 8 (daily working hours to be 10:00 p.m. to 6:30 a.m.)