Mechanic

Full-Time Mechanic

The Ravenna School District Transportation Department has an opening for a full-time, year-round Mechanic working 6:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at a starting rate of $26.41 per hour. Reporting to the Director of Business Operations and the Transportation Coordinator, the Mechanic is responsible for servicing and maintaining all district transportation vehicles. Benefits include medical and dental coverage, flexible spending accounts, SERS retirement, life insurance, and paid holidays.

Job Description

Title: Head School Bus Mechanic

General Description: Maintain and provide a safe and reliable bus fleet, which in addition to emergency repairs, will include regular and periodic inspection and maintenance procedures to reduce frequency of repairs and lower cost of operation and maintenance. If applicable - Head Mechanic should be able to instruct other employees and be able to evaluate their work and offer suggestions for improvement. He/she should be able to lay out work for others, give directions, and supervise subordinates in a firm, yet fair and friendly manner.

Qualifications

1. Valid Driver's License.

2. Sufficiently skilled, experience, and/or training in automotive mechanics to understand the vehicle, be adequately equipped to follow a definite plan which is thorough, systematic, and adequate; current valid CDL.

3. High school graduate or equivalent.

4. Five years of driving experience.

5. Good health, high moral character, and good attendance record.

Behavioral Characteristics

1. Promotes cooperation and team effort through shared successes, achievement of best group outcomes and supports positive group contributions.

2. Demonstrates and fosters respect by building trust.

3. Demonstrates open thinking by generating new ideas, challenging rigid thinking and sees the big picture.

4. Communicates in a clear and logical manner.

5. Demonstrates the ability to actively listen.

6. Manages time effectively and displays a bias for action.

7. Seeks to acquire new skills and feedback. Learns from experience and applies knowledge to improve performance.

8. Fosters joint problem solving and encourages others to apply their skills.

9. Is responsive to the customer, recognizes who the players are and gives priority to handling customer needs.

10. Demonstrates self-confidence.

11. Demonstrates loyalty to the district.

Essential Functions

1. Maintains respect at all times for confidential information.

2. Determines that safe and satisfactory equipment is maintained at all times.

3. Establishes and maintains a program of preventative maintenance.

4. Schedules, services, and inspects buses and other board-owned motor vehicles on a regularly scheduled program, making repairs as needed.

5. Has access to and knows how to use the Owner's and Driver's Manual and the Service Manual provided by the vehicle manufacturer.

6. Is responsible for the summer bus maintenance program and will have all buses ready for the annual inspection by the Ohio Highway Patrol.

7. Maintains an inventory of supplies and materials.

8. Keeps adequate cost records.

9. Shall see that the bus garage is clean, orderly, and free of hazardous conditions.

10. Promotes good public relations with those whom he/she works through personal appearance, attitude and conversation.

11. Arranges time schedules.

12. Assists in the training of prospective drivers.

13. Assigns duties to others as needed 14. Approves/disapproves school buses for immediate use and approves repairs and replacements of parts as necessary. Any immediate concerns are to be reported to the Supervisor/Director of Trasporation.

15. Takes inservice training courses when possible and practical.

16. Keeps records and makes reports as required.

17. Orders all replacement parts for buses, chassis and gear lubrication, motor oil, antifreeze, batteries, gas and oxygen, radiators, heater cores, gasoline, and so forth, using purchasing procedures, purchase order numbers, and so forth, as authorized by the Supervisor/Director of Transportation.

18. Supervises the record keeping for all buses and maintenance.

19. Estimates damage to buses caused by accidents.

20 Places first aid equipment, fuel sheets, and so forth in each bus.

21. Responsible to go out on all bus breakdowns.

22. When summer inspection is over, or in emergency situations, assistance will be given to the general maintenance person.

23. Serves as custodian of all board-owned garage equipment.

24. During the winter, arrives at the garage early to start buses at temperatures under 10 degrees.

25. Answers telephone and radio if Transportation Coordinator is not available.

26. On call when buses are on field trips after school hours.

27. Schedules work on tractors, lawn mowers and other school vehicles with school bus repair having first priority.

28. Helps train new drivers.

29. Attends meetings as required.

30. Demonstrates the ability to organize tasks to completion.

31. Identifies, analyzes and solves problems.

32. Seeks to improve personal and organizational performance by measuring and monitoring outcomes.

33. Is open to change and willing to be involved in the change process.

Other Duties and Responsibilities

1. Serves as a role model for students in how to conduct themselves as citizens and as responsible, intelligent human beings.

2. Helps instill in students the belief in and practice of ethical principles and democratic values.

3. Performs other duties related to the mechanic's duties as assigned by the Director of Transportation Services, Director of Business Operations and/or Superintendent of Schools.

4. On call for emergency service.

Additional Working Conditions

1. Occasional exposure to blood, bodily fluids, and tissue.

2. Occasional operation of a school bus under inclement weather conditions.

3. Occasional interaction among unruly children.

Evaluation

Performance of this position will be evaluated in accordance with the provisions of the Board's policy of evaluation of personnel.

Employee Acknowledgement

This job description in no manner states or implies that these are the only duties and responsibilities to be performed by the position incumbent. The incumbent will be required to follow the instructions and perform the duties required by the incumbent's supervisor, appointing authority, or designee.

__________________________________________ __________________________ (Superintendent or designee) (Date)

My signature below signifies that I have reviewed the contents of my job description and that I am aware of the requirements of my position. I further certify that I have reviewed the most current copy of the Ravenna Board of Education Personnel Policy Manual.

__________________________________________ ___________________________ (Signature) (Date)