Transit Mechanic Lead - Seattle, United States - King County

Description

Salary : $122,012.80 Annually

Location : Multiple locations in King County, WA

Job Type: Special Duty Assignment

Job Number: 2024TB21642

Department: MTD - Metro Transit

Division: Vehicle Maintenance

Opening Date: 05/02/2024

Closing Date: 5/19/2024 11:59 PM Pacific

FLSA: Non-Exempt

Bargaining Unit: J2 : ATU L587-Transit

Full- or Part-Time: Full Time

Summary

***This position is open to current King County Metro Transit Mechanics who have been in their Metro mechanic position for at least two years at the time this recruitment closes. All other applicants will be screened out of the recruitment process.***

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About the Transit Mechanic - Lead
Lead Mechanic work involves providing technical assistance and lead direction to a group of assigned Mechanics and Apprentice Mechanics. It also includes coordinating work assignments, monitoring workflows and ensuring timely completion of repairs, maintaining quality standards, ensuring adherence to preventive maintenance schedules and operating requirements, and complying with operating policies and standards.

Work requires incumbents to learn and transfer new and expanded mechanical and electronic knowledge and skills as diagnostic systems and mechanical/electronic components are modified and updated. Work also requires compliance with all applicable federally mandated safety-sensitive requirements.

About Metro Transit Vehicle Maintenance
The Mission of Vehicle Maintenance is to provide customers with safe, dependable, clean transportation in a timely, cost-effective, environmentally sensitive manner, with a work force that values teamwork, communication, and diversity.

Safety Sensitive Position
This position is considered safety-sensitive. Applicants for positions defined as safety sensitive are required to undergo drug testing prior to employment, and subsequent to commencement of employment, will be subject to random, post-accident, reasonable suspicion, return to duty and follow-up drug and alcohol testing in compliance with Federal DOT alcohol and controlled substances testing program protocols.
Job Duties

Applying is a daily responsibility and a foundational expectation for all King County employees. You will apply equity and social justice principles that exemplify shared values, behaviors, and practices to all aspects of the work. In addition to performing the full range of responsibilities of the Transit Mechanic classification, as the Lead Mechanic you will:

• Coordinate and provide technical assistance to mechanics in the inspection, diagnosis, and repair of gasoline, electric, hybrid, and diesel-powered buses, trolleys, cars, trucks, and other equipment; ensure mechanics properly identify and repair equipment defects; ensure defects are documented and repaired in a timely fashion
• Assign work in accordance with work orders and preventive maintenance schedules; assist with identifying staffing needs and assignment of overtime; control and monitor workflow; ensure safe handling, use, and disposal of environmentally controlled materials; immediately report any safety violations; ensure shop safety and safe work practices.
• Respond to questions and provide advice on all coach-related problems and repairs; provide lead direction on assigned projects
• Keep current with the latest service bulletins and equipment modifications to advise mechanics accordingly.
• Provide feedback to the chief on employee and teamwork performance as well as any behavioral or attendance issues when necessary.
• Inspect completed work to ensure it has been completed in a quality manner and equipment is in proper working order
• Train new and current personnel in required aspects of maintenance, repair, and base safety procedures.
• Ensure all shop equipment is maintained appropriately and is in proper operating condition, report defects, and follow-up on completion or repairs
• Advise mechanics when their work is deficient or in violation of established regulations or procedures; recommend corrective actions to higher-level staff when required.
• Maintain shop records, including work orders, warranty/rebuilt parts information, completed work; enter and extract data in automated vehicle maintenance systems
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills

Minimum Qualifications
Per our ATU 587 labor contract, Candidates must have two years of current career service experience at Metro as a Transit Mechanic as of the closing date of this posting.

In addition, successful candidates will also have:

• Journey-level knowledge of the maintenance and repair of a variety of complex gasoline and diesel engines, hybrid, electric vehicles, and light-and heavy-duty transmissions and related components.
• Proficiency in using Vehicle Maintenance's computer software work order system, including data entry, extraction, and equipment dispatch.
• Ability to direct, train, and assist employees in their assigned tasks; ability and willingness to provide clear, corrective feedback.
• Ability to inspect equipment and determine servicing needs.
• Ability to perform basic operations in MS Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Commitment to applying King County's core values of inclusion, equity, and social justice.

Required competencies - Successful lead Mechanics are skilled in the following competencies:

• Approachability - is easy to approach and talk to, builds rapport well.
• Conflict Management - steps up to conflict, sees it as opportunity, can find common ground and get cooperation with minimum effort; able to deescalate.
• Timely Decision Making - makes decisions in a timely manner, under tight deadlines and pressure.
• Decision Quality - makes good decisions, sought by others for advice and solutions.
• Ethics and Values - adheres to an appropriate and effective set of core values.
• Fairness to Direct Reports - treats direct reports equitably, acts fairly, doesn't give preferential treatment.
• Innovation Management - has good judgment about which ideas and suggestions work.
• Integrity and Trust - is widely trusted and admits mistakes.
• Interpersonal Savvy - relates well to all kinds of people, builds constructive and effective relationships.
• Listening - has the patience to hear people out, can accurately restate the opinions of others, even when disagreeing.
• Managerial Courage - provides current, direct, complete, and actionable positive and corrective feedback to others.
• Motivating Others - creates a climate in which people want to do their best, makes everyone feel their work is important, is someone people like working for and with.
• Priority Setting - spends time and the time of others on what's important, eliminates roadblocks, creates focus.

Necessary Special Requirements:

• Possession of a valid Class A CDL and an acceptable five-year driving record.

Supplemental Information

Who May Apply
This position is open to King County Transit Mechanic employees who have completed two years of current, full-time service in the position.

Application and Selection Process
An online employment application and completion of the supplemental questionnaire is required.

The selection process for this recruitment will have three (3) parts:

Part I: Written Exam (to be held 5/21/24)- A written exam will be given to all applicants who meet the minimum qualifications for this recruitment. This exam has been developed with the assistance of current Vehicle Maintenance Transit Superintendents, Chiefs, Lead Mechanics, Fleet Maintenance Analysts, and the Union. It will include, but not be limited to a multiple-choice exam covering some or all of the following:

• Technical knowledge
• Problem solving
• Assessing judgment in handling difficult situations
• Policies, procedures, the labor agreement

This will be a closed-book exam. Valuable resources for test preparation are listed and linked below. Please check with your Chief or Lead, as needed, to assist you in gaining access to these materials.

• (On VM's SharePoint site)
• Local 587 contract as it relates to VM
• 1. Lead Mechanic Reference Guide
  2. Mechanic Inspection Standards Manual

Part II: Panel Interview - Candidates passing the test will be invited to participate in a panel interview. A final interview with the section manager may also be conducted at Transit management's discretion.

Part III: Transit management will make the final selection of candidates to be hired or placed on an eligibility list based on the outcome of the recruitment process. Final offers of employment are contingent upon satisfactory record review and an acceptable driving record. Transit HR will pay for driving abstracts during the reference check process. Record review criteria is listed for your reference. If this process yields no qualified candidates, management will not make a placement.

RECORD REVIEW CRITERIA:

• All calculations are based on the fact that the applicant is a current, full-time Journey Level Transit Vehicle Maintenance employee within the classification of Mechanic.
• Work record calculations will be based on the employees most recent twenty-four (24) months of full-time work history at King County Metro.
• Employees must have worked at least 1,200 hours in each of the last twelve months. For employees that may have worked less than 1,200 hours per year, records will be reviewed beyond twenty-four (24) months for the equivalent amount of leave time.
• Employees with an annual performance appraisal rating in the previous twenty-four (24) months lower than 3.00 (satisfactory) will not be considered for this recruitment.
• Applicants will be screened out of the selection process if the record review doesn't meet pre-set standards.

Vacancy Information
This recruitment will fill two (2) immediate Special Duty Assignment positions.
In addition, this selection process may be used to generate an eligibility list for future special duty assignment vacancies that may occur in this classification within this workgroup. The eligibility pool will be retained for 12 months from the date of posting and may be used at the discretion of the hiring authority.

Work Schedule
Employees in this non-exempt classification work a 40 hour per week schedule with two consecutive days off, but not necessarily Saturday and Sunday. Work schedules and locations are based on a seniority system, which is scheduled to occur once a year.

The Vehicle Maintenance section operates three shifts (day, swing, and graveyard) seven days a week at various locations throughout King County. Openings may occur on all shifts. Graveyard and/or swing shift vacancies will be the most likely openings. Swing and graveyard shift employees receive a shift differential.

Union Representation
This position will be represented by Local 587, Amalgamated Transit Union.

Classification Code:

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To Apply

If you are interested in pursuing this position, please follow the application instructions carefully. If you need this announcement in an alternate language or format, would like to request accommodation or assistance in the application or assessment process or if you have questions please contact the recruiter listed on this job announcement.

King County offers a highly-competitive compensation and benefits package designed to meet the diverse needs of our employees and support our employees' health and well-being. Eligible positions receive the following benefits and have access to the following programs:

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage: King County pays 100% of the premiums for eligible employees and family members
• Life and disability insurance: employees are provided basic coverage and given the opportunity to purchase additional insurance for both the employee and eligible dependents
• Retirement: King County employees are eligible to participate in a pension plan through the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems and a 457(b) deferred-compensation plan
• Transportation program and ORCA transit pass
• 12 paid holidays each year plus two personal holidays
• Generous vacation and paid sick leave
• Paid parental, family and medical, and volunteer leaves
• Flexible Spending Account
• Wellness programs
• Onsite activity centers
• Employee Giving Program
• Employee assistance programs
• Flexible schedules and telecommuting options, depending on position
• Training and career development programs

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This is a general description of the benefits offered to eligible King County employees, and every effort has been made to ensure its accuracy. If any information on this document conflicts with the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement (CBA), the CBA prevails.

NOTE: Benefits for Term Limited Temporary (TLT) or Short Term Temporary (STT) positions, including leave eligibility and/or participation in the pension plan through the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems, will vary based upon the terms and details of the position. Short Term Temporary positions are not eligible for an ORCA transit pass.

For inquiries about the specifics of this position, please contact the recruiter identified on this job posting.

01

This position is open only to current Metro/King County Vehicle Maintenance Transit Mechanic employees who have completed two years of current, full-time Transit Mechanic employment by 5/19/2024. Do you meet this requirement?

• Yes
• No

02

Enter your PeopleSoft ID number and your current King County Metro Vehicle Maintenance supervisor. If not a current VM employee, enter "N/A".

03

Do you currently possess a valid Class A Commercial Driver License?

• Yes
• No

04

Have you had a license in another state besides Washington in the last five years?

• Yes
• No

05

If you indicated above that you have had a license in a state other than Washington in the last five years, list the state(s) and the years you had the license(s). If none, write "N/A"

06

Has your license been revoked or suspended in the last five years?

• Yes
• No

07

If your license has been suspended in the last five years, please indicate how many times it has been suspended, regardless of reason.

• One Time
• More than once
• My license has not been suspended in the last five years.

08

If your license has been suspended in the last five years, please indicate the reason(s) below. Check all that apply.

• Moving Violation
• Unpaid parking ticket(s)
• Unpaid traffic ticket(s)
• Child support balance due
• I have not had my license suspended in the last five years

09

Do you have any of the following violations on your driving record in the last five years? Select all that apply. (Your full five-year driving abstract will be evaluated as part of this recruitment process.)

• Reckless or Negligent Driving
• DWI/DUI (driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol)
• Hit and run incident (you were the driver in violation)
• Vehicular Homicide or Vehicular Assault
• Open Container Violation
• More than one at-fault accident
• None of the above

10

Do you have any of the following violations, considered serious traffic violations by the Washington Administrative Code, on your driving record in the last TWELVE months? Select all that apply.

• Following too closely
• Failure to stop
• Failure to yield right of way
• Speed too fast for conditions, or speeding 15+ miles over the posted limit
• Improper lane change
• Improper or erratic lane changes to include improper overtaking on the right, improper overtaking on the left, or improper driving to the left of center of roadway
• Reckless endangerment of emergency zone or roadway workers
• None of the above

11

How many at-fault accidents have you had in the last five years?

• One at-fault accident
• More than one at-fault accident
• I have not had any at-fault accidents in the last five (5) years

12

Have you tested positive, or refused to test, on any pre-employment drug or alcohol test administered by an employer to which you applied, but did not get hired, for safety-sensitive transportation work covered by the Department of Transportation drug and alcohol testing rules during the past two years?

• Yes
• No

13

If you answered "Yes" to the previous question, for which employer and when? If not, please answer "N/A".

14

Do you currently possess a valid Driver's License? Please indicate if you ALSO hold a Class A or Class B CDL license, and any endorsements. Check all that apply.

• Valid Driver's License
• Class A CDL/Permit
• Class B CDL/Permit
• Air Brake Endorsement
• Passenger Endorsement
• I do not have a Driver's License

Required Question