Automotive Mechanic

HOW TO APPLY: Submit Civil Service application to Schuyler County Civil Service, 105 Ninth St., Unit 21, Watkins Glen, NY 14891. Applications can be mailed, emailed, or submitted via drop box outside of the County Building. Applications must be received by 4:30pm on the last date to file.

VACANCY: At the present time, there is one full-time opening anticipated in the Schuyler County Highway Department.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: A. An Associate’s degree or certificate in automotive repair technology or mechanics; OR B. Graduation from a high school technical or vocational program in automotive equipment repair or mechanics and one (1) year of experience in an automotive equipment repair shop performing repair and maintenance of automotive equipment; OR C. Two (2) years of experience as defined in (B); OR D. An equivalent combination of training and experience as defined by the limits of (A), (B), and (C). Special Requirements: 1. Possession of a New York State Class B-CDL within six months of being hired; and 2. Eligible for an appropriate New York State Motor Vehicle Inspection License, which must be in possession within six (6) months of appointment.

RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT: Candidates must have been legal residents of Schuyler or a contiguous (Chemung, Seneca, Steuben, Tompkins and Yates) county for at least one month immediately preceding the date of application.

JOB DESCRIPTION: An Automotive Mechanic is responsible for servicing, repairing, and maintaining all of the automotive and other equipment of a civil division. General instructions are received regarding what tasks to perform permitting some leeway for planning the details of each assignment. Does related work as required.

TYPICAL DUTIES: Diagnoses and makes repairs to buses, cars, trucks, tractors, graders, bulldozers, rollers, and other mechanical equipment; Repairs or replaces water pumps, fuel pumps, generators, carburetors, and shock absorbers; Grinds valves and fits new bearings, pistons, and rings; Adjusts connecting rods and bearings; Assembles and times engines; Repairs or overhauls brake systems, clutches, differentials, transmissions, and front and rear axles; May operate electric or acetylene welding and cutting equipment; Repairs starters, lights and ignitions; Adjusts steering mechanisms and aligns wheels; Tunes motors and adjusts carburetors; Occasionally operates machine shop equipment, including lathes, grinders, drill presses and other metal working machines to make and repair parts for automotive equipment; Prepares vehicles for and participates in inspections; Drives buses, cars, trucks and other mechanical equipment as needed; May perform facility and site maintenance as needed; Makes estimates and prepares requisitions for materials; Make emergency roadside (field) repairs and retrievals of buses, cars, trucks and other equipment; Responds to emergency call outs for snow, flood, wind, etc. when necessary. 

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