Equipment Repair Technician Advanced ($4,000 Hiring Incentive)
About The Position
The Equipment Repair Technician Advanced assists the Fuels, Scales, Environmental Team Manager with day-to-day operations of Arizona’s statewide Scales Program. The role performs repair, maintenance, service, and calibration of port-of-entry scales and large trailers across the state. Duties include maintaining and repairing wiring, brakes, hydraulic systems, tires, and hitch systems, as well as troubleshooting static scales using load cells, electronic components, voltmeters, and other repair methods. The position also leads scale calibration, coordination, testing, inspections, and compliance activities; coordinates equipment technician and vendor repairs; approves parts orders; and maintains a repair and inspection database. Extensive statewide travel is required, potentially for several weeks at a time. Work hours must be flexible across days, nights, weekends, and holidays to accommodate emergency repairs and varied schedules. A $4,000 hiring incentive is available subject to eligibility criteria.
Requirements
- Five years of journey-level experience and equipment shop leading experience.
- A current, valid, class-appropriate driver’s license; required driver training and satisfactory driver’s license record checks.
- Class B CDL within six months of employment.
- EPA 609 Certification within six months of employment.
- Certified Licensed Scale Serviceman certification from the Department of Weights and Measures, Confined Space Certification, and Forklift Certification within nine months of employment.
- Successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).
- Knowledge of state and federal rules and regulations for the over-the-road weight enforcement program, including installation, upkeep, and removal of enforcement scale systems.
- Knowledge of components of over-the-road weight enforcement static and mobile scales.
- Knowledge of Federal Handbook 44 for vehicle scale enforcement and compliance.
- Skill in interpreting state and federal rules and regulations and identifying and resolving problems at major port scale locations.
- Skill in designing scale structures and installing automated components within them.
- Good written and communication skills for reports, interaction with other agencies, and presentations.
- Ability to build rapport with employees, contractors, and engineers in completing projects.
- Skill in time management, record keeping, and hydraulic system inspection.
- Ability to understand static scale port design specifications and interpret enforcement scale laws and processes.
- Ability to follow state weight enforcement law, approved state contracts, agency procedures, policies, and customer satisfaction methods.
- Ability to locate and investigate scale hazards and apply relevant policies and regulations to repair and calibration methods.
- Ability to use computer programs such as Google Workspace and Microsoft Office.
- Ability to maintain the statutorily required liability insurance if operating a personally owned vehicle on state business.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in direct contact with Weigh in Motion (WIM) scales, statistical platform enforcement scales, portable enforcement ramp scales, and hand-carried enforcement scales.
- Experience with Cardinal, Btech, Intercomp, Southwestern Scale, Flex-weigh, Haenni, Load O’ Meter, Toledo, Fairbanks, and Weightronics equipment.
- NIST Handbook 44 Certification is highly recommended.
Responsibilities
- Assist the Fuels, Scales, Environmental Team Manager with day-to-day operations of the statewide Scales Program.
- Repair, maintain, service, and calibrate port-of-entry scales and large trailers statewide.
- Maintain and repair wiring, brakes, hydraulic systems, tires, and hitch systems.
- Troubleshoot static scales at sites using load cells, electronic parts, voltmeters, and other repair methods.
- Assign repair technicians’ work activities for calibration, coordination, and testing of scales at port-of-entry locations to meet Federal Highway Administration and Department of Weights and Measurements requirements.
- Direct shop activities during the supervisor’s absence.
- Coordinate and supervise repairs performed by equipment technicians and vendors.
- Approve parts ordering and maintain and monitor a repair and inspection database.
- Make final decisions on inspections and compliance checks for port-of-entry scales, including weigh bridges, lever systems, dial indicators, weigh-to graphs, and load calls.
- Travel extensively statewide to fulfill job functions.
Benefits
- Sick leave
- Vacation
- 10 paid holidays per year
- Paid parental leave of up to 12 weeks per year for a newborn or newly placed foster or adopted child, through a pilot program
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Retirement plan with mandatory participation in the Arizona Retirement System
- Life insurance
- Long-term disability insurance
- Optional short-term disability insurance
- Optional deferred compensation plans
- Optional supplemental life insurance
- Employee referral incentive if eligibility criteria are met
- $4,000 hiring incentive, subject to eligibility criteria
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
