City of Palm Bay (FL) is hiring: Small Equipment Technician in Palm Bay

Graduation from high school supplemented by or with course work in small engine mechanics plus 2 years of experience as a small equipment mechanic OR a high school diploma plus 3 years of experience as a small equipment mechanic. Must possess a valid Florida Driver's License and have and maintain an acceptable driving record.

Code 1: Essential Employees may be required to work during an undeclared emergency and/or declared emergency. On an incident by incident basis, the employee's Department Head will make the determination as to who will be required to work.

Under general supervision, performs skilled mechanical work in the repair and maintenance of diversified groundskeeping, park maintenance and light construction equipment. Removes and replaces worn and broken parts; and replaces fluids; diagnoses malfunctions in equipment; and maintains records of work performed. Employee must exercise independent judgment and initiative in diagnosing problems with equipment and completing indicated repair work. Reports to assigned supervisor.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Adjusts and makes repairs to gasoline and diesel powered engines; adjusts or repairs valves, carburetors, generators and related units; rebuilds or replaces all worn or defective parts.

Repairs and adjusts hydraulic and vacuum operated systems; installs and adjusts power take-offs.

Tunes engines by adjusting or replacing needed parts; replaces, rebuilds or adjusts components as required.

Performs minor mechanical repairs and adjustments on drive train, brake, steering, electrical, fuel and related systems on light and heavy motorized equipment and vehicles.

Removes and replaces damaged or worn tires, repairs inner tubes, and mounts and balances tires.

Performs routine maintenance and servicing on a variety of equipment; changes belts; replaces or charges batteries; replaces spark plugs; changes oil; and replaces or cleans out filters.

Maintains records of service and repair work performed on equipment.

Performs limited amounts of painting body and trim work.

Performs equipment test drives to aid diagnosis and to check repairs on equipment or to tow disabled equipment to shop.

ADDITIONAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Performs other related work as required.

The listed duties are only illustrative and are not intended to describe every function that may be performed by this job class. The omission of specific statements does not preclude management from assigning specific duties not listed if such duties are a logical assignment to the position.