School Bus Diesel Mechanic

LANDMARK Student Transportation Inc.•Gower, MO

18h

About The Position

Diagnoses, repairs, and maintains specialty vehicles and trucks, including electrical systems, diesel engines, transmissions, hydraulics, brakes, and drivetrains. The role also includes minor repairs to engine attachments and vehicle bodies, parts ordering, documentation and record keeping, reviewing DVIRs, completing recalls, moving vehicles as needed, and providing general assistance and training. The technician is expected to understand service department standards, including efficiency and productivity expectations. The position works alongside other people performing similar work and requires effective collaboration with technicians, supervisors, managers, and potentially customers. Technicians maintain cleanliness in their jobs and workstations, meet standards for efficiency, productivity, and effective labor rates, and learn new products and methods. They may also teach learned skills to less experienced technicians. Other duties may be assigned by leadership. The company notes that this description provides guidelines rather than an exhaustive list of duties and that supervisors may assign additional functions or requirements. It is not a contract of employment, and the company reserves the right to change the description or assign tasks as appropriate.

Requirements

Associate degree from a technical school or two years of work-related experience.
Class A or B CDL, or ability to obtain one.
Passenger (P) and School Bus (S) endorsements, or endorsements as required.
Ability to pass a medical examination.
Ability to diagnose and repair vehicle systems and components.
Ability to read technical drawings and understand parts catalogs.
Ability to communicate effectively and work independently and as part of a team.
Ability to prioritize, plan, and complete work in a timely manner.
Accuracy, thoroughness, adaptability, dependability, and ability to respond to management direction and feedback.
Honesty, assertiveness, and a systematic approach.
Ability to recognize problems or incomplete work and apply logic and common sense.
Ability to maintain confidentiality and interact effectively with varied management styles and community relationships.
Strong oral and written communication skills, including presenting numerical and statistical data and accurately interpreting written information.
Knowledge of proper teaching techniques and good human relations and communication skills.
Positive attitude, open mind, and ongoing commitment to improving knowledge, abilities, skills, and professionalism.

Responsibilities

Diagnose and repair all systems in buses and other assets.
Perform maintenance and repairs on gas- and diesel-powered vehicles and their systems and components.
Maintain cleanliness in assigned jobs and workstations.
Request parts needed for repairs, including reading technical drawings and understanding parts catalogs.
Communicate effectively with technicians, supervisors, managers, and potentially customers.
Meet efficiency, productivity, and effective labor rate standards set by the supervisor.
Learn new products and methods and potentially teach learned skills to less experienced technicians.
Perform other duties assigned by leadership.
Handle specialty-vehicle and truck systems including electrical systems, diesel engines, transmissions, hydraulics, brakes, and drivetrains.
Perform minor repairs to engine attachments and vehicle bodies; order parts; document and maintain records; review DVIRs; complete recalls; and move vehicles as needed.
Provide general assistance and training.