School Bus Assistant Mechanic FY
School Bus Assistant Mechanic FY
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Job Description
Title: School Assistance Bus Mechanic FY
Reports to: Service Manager/Head Mechanic and Transportation Supervisor
Status: Hourly Overtime Eligible
Shift: 20 hours/week .5 FTE
Classified/PRS
Belgrade School District Benefits
Health Dental Vision plans and District contribution
Life Insurance and LongTerm Disability Insurance District Paid
Stateretirement package becomes fully vested after five years
403B matching funds up to 1.25 of Annual Salary
Eligibility for Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness
Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs)
Paid Leave and Paid Holidays
For more information please visit44/departments/humanresources/benefits
Essential Job Duties
- Regularly services and greases school busses and automotives.
- Makes minor repairs to gasoline and dieselpowered equipment.
- Keeps simple records.
- Changes and repairs tires.
- May assist in bus inspections in accordance with sectionMCA.
- Assists in major repairs and diagnostics.
- Perform tire mounting balancing alignment and rotation.
- May use welding equipment.
- Follows District safety procedures in shop area.
Knowledge Skills Abilities
- Knowledge of safe work and driving practices.
- Ability to use and maintain standard shop tools and equipment safely.
- Perform heavy physical labor.
- Safely and efficiently operate a school bus.
- Understand and carry out oral and written instructions.
- Maintain cooperative relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
- Ability to handle stressful situations.
- Ability to effectively manage time and responsibilities.
- Knowledge to analyze situations to define issues and draw conclusions.
- Ability to follow oral or written work orders from supervisor and to coordinate work with principal and others.
- Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions.
- Ability to read write and speak English fluently.
- Ability to be flexible to work with others in a wide variety of circumstances.
- Ability to work with a diversity of individuals and/or groups and utilize specific jobrelated equipment.
- Ability to problem solve to analyze issue.
- Ability to maintain cooperative working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
- Ability to manage time and responsibilities adapt to changing work priorities communicate with diverse groups maintaining confidentiality meet deadlines and schedules.
- Ability to set priorities work as part of a team and work with and manage frequent interruptions.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of student matters.
- Ability to effectively communicate with students parents and staff.
- Ability to perform duties with awareness of all District requirements and Board policies.
- Ability to work outdoors in inclement weather conditions to perform the essential functions of the position.
- Skill in adhering to safety practices.
Required Qualifications
- Any combination of training education and experience equivalent to graduation from high school.
- Experience in maintenance and repair and diagnostics of bus truck and automotive equipment.
- Good driving record and work history demonstrating dependability and reliability.
- Knowledge of tools methods and materials used in basic vehicle and equipment diagnostic and repair.
Preferred Qualifications
- Successful experience as a bus mechanic.
Necessary special requirements:
- Possession of valid Montana commercial drivers license accompanied by satisfactory medical/DOT examination report
- Holds valid basic First Aid/CPR certificate or must be able to obtain within 90 days of hire date.
- Holds valid TR35 Form (issued after hire).
- Successfully pass a background check as required by the State of Montana.
Tools and Equipment
Hand and power tools other bus truck and automotive devices.
Physical and Mental Demands and Work Hazards
- Frequently required to stand for extended periods of time; twist at neck and bend at waist; kneel; lay on his/her back to examine undercarriage of buses and other school vehicles.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision distance vision depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
- May be required to lift or move up to 50 pounds on a regular basis. This position is physically demanding.
- Regularly works inside and outside.
- Ability to work outdoors in inclement weather conditions to perform the essential functions of the position.
- Able to meet deadlines with severe time constraints.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.
- Required to be able to hear conversations in loud and quiet environments.
- Guidance and reinforcement are usually available.
- The employee frequently works within time constraints and must maintain attentiveness intensity.
- Frequently involved in interactions which require oral and written communications.
- Exercises flexibility and the ability to shift from one task to another.
- Occasional travel/mobiility between schools or between schools and the Administration office may be required.
- Occasionally works near moving mechanical parts.
- Effective hearing and speech abilities.
- Work area is generally a hazard free environment.
The duties physical demands workenvironment characteristics and mental/motor demands described within this vacancy announcement are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job with compliance with the American with Disabilities Act Amendment Act (ADAAA) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned.
Employment Type
Part-Time
