Fleet Technician

Purpose: The fleet tech will work with our vehicle/facility maintenance team to perform a variety of semi-skilled tasks such as vehicle safety checks, oil changes, minor to medium vehicle repairs and other service-related jobs on agency vehicles. This position will also assist with the facility maintenance of our agency-wide facilities.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School diploma or GED.
• One year's experience in general vehicle maintenance (retail, dealership etc.), preferred.
• Experience in general building maintenance applicable to the duties described below, preferred
• Valid Colorado driver's license and driving record acceptable to agency insurance company and acceptable background check.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: In dealing with all aspects of vehicle and facility maintenance work, it is essential that these responsibilities be treated with the utmost safety in mind. Attention to detail, as well as the documentation of such is essential.

Vehicle Maintenance

• Perform routine vehicle maintenance on agency vehicles at regularly scheduled intervals including but not limited to: tune ups, oil changes, brakes, trouble shooting, electrical repairs, cooling and heating systems, shocks, steering, fuel systems, and handicapped wheelchair lift systems.
• Perform or make recommendations and coordinate work with Fleet Manager of larger repairs outside facility with other service facilities: i.e. tire repairs, dealership services, transmission repairs, windshield replacements, body shop repairs, etc.
• Prioritize and coordinate the vehicle maintenance needs of the agency.
• Maintain daily computerized service records of all vehicles in the fleet, knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel essential.
• Communicate effectively with other staff and managers of the agency regarding the servicing of the agency fleet repairs.

Facility Maintenance

• As part of the maintenance department, the vehicle technician will be required to work with Facility Maintenance staff to maintain and repair agency facilities as required. Repairs requiring assistance may include plumbing, electrical, painting, drywall, exterior repairs and appliance repairs.
• Snow removal: includes shoveling, blowing or plowing snow away from parking lots, walkways, driveways, and laying down salt atop icy surfaces to prevent slipping and falling. Snow Removal involves the entire maintenance team to accomplish this in timely fashion.

Working Skills

• Effectively communicate with all program areas.
• Work with others in a positive manner.
• Work with minimal supervision and recognize situations where assistance is needed.
• Perform duties and conduct interactions with agency staff, clients, and the public in a professional manner consistent with Community Options, Inc. values.
• Deal with stress and stressful situations in an effective, productive manner.
• Promote and maintain appropriate professional and ethical relationships in accordance with policies, rules and regulations.

• Will be responsible for on-call on a rotating basis with the other members of the Maintenance Team.

• Other duties as assigned or required for proficient operation of Maintenance Department.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT: Working as the Vehicle Service Technician involves moderate to heavy work in all types of weather. There is a frequent need to stand, stoop, walk, lift heavy objects and perform other similar actions during the course of the workday. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job and will vary depending on the facility in which you are working.

1. Fleet Technician must guard against back injury because they may have to lift and or move up to 60 pounds alone and up to 100 or more pounds with assistance. Vehicle Workers are trained on and required to follow proper body mechanics and procedures for lifting/moving objects.
2. Fleet Technician must be able to work under vehicles that are up on a lift. The ability to work with hands overhead is often the case.
3. Fleet Technician must exert 60 to 100 or more pounds of force occasionally and/or 20 to 50 pounds of force frequently.
4. Fleet Technician will be required at times to ascend and descend ladders, stairs, scaffolding and to maintain body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, or slippery surfaces.
5. The employee is frequently required to walk. He/she must be able to reach forward, backward and upward with hands and arms as well as use fingers for picking up objects, determining texture and temperature. Use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach forward with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit, stoop, kneel, push, pull or crouch.
6. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
7. Specific communication abilities required by this job include expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken word, email and texting. This is especially crucial when detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately.
8. Specific hearing abilities include perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.
9. Fleet Technician are faced with working in a variety of environmental conditions such as extreme heat, ice and snow, rain and mud.
10. Fleet Technician may face hazards from exposure to chemicals and infectious diseases and may be trained on and required to follow Universal Precautions.
11. Fleet Technician must take precautions in the hot and cold environments that they work in as they are often exposed to extreme temperatures - both hot and cold.