Garage Mechanic

at  Metro Vancouver

Department: Human Resources and Corporate Services
Employee Group: GVRDEU
Location: Lake City Operations Centre, Burnaby
Hours of Work: 40 hours / 5 days per week (Day Shift 7:00am – 3:30pm)
Salary Range/ Wage Rate: $3,830.40 bi-weekly plus 6.25% deferred compensation

YOU ARE: A SELF-STARTING INDIVIDUAL WITH GOOD MECHANICAL APTITUDE, SKILLS AND ABILITY, CAN WORK WITH MINIMAL SUPERVISION, ARE ABLE TO WORK IN VARIOUS WORK ENVIRONMENTS SUCH AS METRO VANCOUVER PARKS; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; CONSTRUCTION SITES ETC., ARE ABLE TO WORK IN VARIOUS WORK ENVIRONMENTS SUCH AS OUTDOORS ON OR NEAR WATER, FOCUSED ON GOOD COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATIVE TEAMWORK.

This role: (The duties described hereunder are intended to be representative of the position and are not to be considered all inclusive.)

• Maintains, repairs and overhauls equipment such as all types of road vehicles, including fire trucks, wildland fire suppression vehicles, fire initial attack vehicles, emergency transport vehicles, diesel/gas engines, trailers, commercial trucks, road maintenance equipment, construction equipment, pumps, generator sets, small engine equipment, off road vehicles, marine equipment, transmissions, turbo chargers, positive displacement blowers, air brakes, vehicle mounted cranes, etc.
• Services and maintains all internal combustion engines and keeps engine maintenance records.
• With direction from the Garage Foreman, investigates, troubleshoots, and takes remedial action on problems reported by Operators.
• Be able to use up to date Automotive and Heavy Duty diagnostic equipment.
• Must be able to assess vehicle collision damage and recommend corrective action.
• Maintains records of completed jobs and shares expertise with Operators on serviced equipment.
• Installs and aligns machinery and equipment to specified tolerances.
• Trains and directs junior Mechanics in maintenance procedures.
• Maintains technical currency related to the trade.
• Inventories materials and parts as required for various types of repairs.
• May be called upon to act for Garage foreman as required.
• Works in compliance with all MVRD safety policies, procedures and WorkSafeBC regulations.

• Maintains, repairs and overhauls equipment such as all types of road vehicles, including fire trucks, wildland fire suppression vehicles, fire initial attack vehicles, emergency transport vehicles, diesel/gas engines, trailers, commercial trucks, road maintenance equipment, construction equipment, pumps, generator sets, small engine equipment, off road vehicles, marine equipment, transmissions, turbo chargers, positive displacement blowers, air brakes, vehicle mounted cranes, etc.
• Services and maintains all internal combustion engines and keeps engine maintenance records.
• With direction from the Garage Foreman, investigates, troubleshoots, and takes remedial action on problems reported by Operators.
• Be able to use up to date Automotive and Heavy Duty diagnostic equipment.
• Must be able to assess vehicle collision damage and recommend corrective action.
• Maintains records of completed jobs and shares expertise with Operators on serviced equipment.
• Installs and aligns machinery and equipment to specified tolerances.
• Trains and directs junior Mechanics in maintenance procedures.
• Maintains technical currency related to the trade.
• Inventories materials and parts as required for various types of repairs.
• May be called upon to act for Garage foreman as required.
• Works in compliance with all MVRD safety policies, procedures and WorkSafeBC regulations