Emergency Vehicle Technician- Diesel Mechanic

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF POSITIONTo provide and coordinate preventative maintenance and repair for the vehicles owned and in use by the Washington County Regional Ambulance Authority-Central EMS to ensure safe, reliable transportation for response to emergency and non-emergency calls by the EMTs and Paramedics.ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIESOrder parts for maintenance of the vehicles. This duty is performed daily, about 10% of the time.Repair medical equipment and stretchers. This duty is performed monthly, about 5% of the time.Fabricate and install components. This duty is performed irregularly, about 5% of the time.Diagnose and repair the ambulance module. This duty is performed daily, about 20% of the time.Cosmetic and body repair. This duty is performed irregularly, about 10% of the time.Mechanical diagnosis and repair. This duty is performed daily, about 20% of the time.Preventative maintenance. This duty is performed daily, about 50% of the time.Assist with vehicle specifications. This duty is performed irregularly, about 5% of the time.Maintain generator. This duty is performed monthly, about 10% of the time.Perform any other related duties as required or assigned.QUALIFICATIONSTo perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty mentionedsatisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or abilityrequired.EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCEHigh school, plus specialized schooling and/or on the job education in a specific skill area; e.g. dataprocessing, clerical/administrative, equipment operation, etc, plus 4 years related experience and/ortraining. Or equivalent combination of education and experience.RESPONSIBILITY FOR FUNDS, PROPERTY and EQUIPMENT Funds, Property & Equipment Responsibility:$ 100,000SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIESNone.COMMUNICATION SKILLSAbility to read, analyze, and understand general business/company related articles and professional journals; Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.MATHEMATICAL SKILLSAbility to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, commonfractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to prepare and interpret bargraphs.CRITICAL THINKING SKILLSAbility to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.SUPERVISION RECEIVEDUnder direction where a definite objective is set up and the employee plans and arranges own work,referring only unusual cases to supervisor.PLANNINGConsiderable responsibility with regard to general assignments in planning time, method, manner, and/orsequence of performance of own work, in addition, the work operations of a group of employees, allperforming basically the same type of work.DECISION MAKINGPerforms work operations which permit frequent opportunity for decision-making of minor importance and also frequent opportunity for decision-making of major importance, either of which would affect thework operations of small organizational component and the organization's clientele.MENTAL DEMANDVery close mental demand. Operations requiring very close and continuous attention for control ofoperations which require a high degree of coordination or immediate response. Operations requiringintermittent direct thinking to determine or select the most applicable way of handling situationsregarding the organization's administration and operations; also to determine or select material andequipment where highly variable sequences are involved.ANALYTICAL ABILITY / PROBLEM SOLVINGModerately directed. Activities covered by wide-ranging policies and courses of action, and generallydirected as to execution and review. High order of analytical, interpretative, and/or constructive thinkingin varied situations.USE OF MACHINES, EQUIPMENT AND/OR COMPUTERSRegular use of highly complex machines and equipment; specialized or advanced software programs.ACCURACYProbable errors would normally not be detected in succeeding operations and could possibly affect organization-patron relationship, involve re-work, or additional expenditures in order to properly resolvethe error. The possibility of such errors would occur quite frequently in performance of the job. Mayalso cause inaccuracies or incomplete information that would be used in other segments of the organization as a basis for making subsequent decisions, plans, or actions.PUBLIC CONTACTOccasional contacts with patrons on routine matters.EMPLOYEE CONTACTContacts of considerable importance within the department or office, such as those required incoordination of effort, or frequent contacts with other departments or offices, generally in normal courseof performing duties. Requires tact in discussing problems and presenting data and makingrecommendations, but responsibility for action and decision reverts to others.REQUIRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONSASE auto certificationPREFERRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONSEVT level 1, 2, and 3 Ambulance certifications, ASE medium to heavy truck certificationSOFTWARE SKILLS REQUIREDAdvanced: OtherADDITIONAL INFORMATIONNot indicated.PHYSICAL ACTIVITIESThe following physical activities described here are representative of those that must be met by anemployee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations maybe made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations.While performing the functions of this job, the employee is continuously required to stand, walk, usehands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, talk or hear; frequently required to climb orbalance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; occasionally required to sit, taste or smell. The employee mustoccasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds; frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds; regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include closevision; distance vision; color vision; peripheral vision; and depth perception.ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONSThe following work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employeeencounters while performing essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be madeto enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to work near movingmechanical parts, outdoor weather conditions; frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles; andoccasionally exposed to work in high, precarious places, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme heat, risk ofelectrical shock, vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.