Trades Maintenance Foreman
0914 - TRADES MAINTENANCE FOREMAN
Position Description
This position is in the Fleet Services Department.
OPEN UNTIL FILLED.
Salary $24.47 Hourly
Salary Grade: 51
This position’s responsibilities include leading and supervising other employees, providing specialized or advanced maintenance, repair, and diagnosis or troubleshooting, fabrication and preventive maintenance; performing quality control analysis on equipment or supported systems for proper functioning and direct remedial actions necessary to assure optimum operations; reviewing, inspecting and approving the work of others.
Preference given to current Pima County employees.
The Trades Maintenance Series within Fleet Services Department will pay $0.25 per hour (maximum $1.00) for each current National Institute for Automotive Services Excellence (ASE) certification up to a maximum of four (4) certifications and $1.50 for an ASE Master Technician designation.
Please note: Successful candidates offered employment with Pima County, including current employees who have applied for new positions, are required to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination prior to their scheduled start date. If you are unable to become fully vaccinated due to a medical disability or religious observance/practice, you must request an accommodation – accommodation forms are located online.
Duties/Responsibilities
(Work assignments may vary depending on the department's needs and will be communicated to the applicant or incumbent by the supervisor.)
In Most Settings:
- Participates, leads and may supervise skilled analysis and repair of equipment, systems and vehicles;
- Leads and may supervise technicians/specialists in highly skilled fabrication or modifications of existing or proposed equipment, facilities, systems or their components from verbal directions, sketches, plans, engineering drawings or technical references;
- Participates, leads and may supervise the inspection, service/maintenance of tools, equipment and vehicles;
- Performs quality control analysis on equipment or supported systems for proper functioning and direct remedial actions necessary to assure optimum operations;
- Maintains comprehensive activity, operations, service and usage records on vehicles, equipment and systems;
- Prepares and submits oral and written work-unit activity reports;
- Inspects, approves and (if certified or authorized) certifies the work of others;
- Prepares sketches and drawings for work proposed or in-progress to communicate needed information to supervisors, subordinates and/or contractors;
- Coordinates work-unit activities with other work-units, agencies or contractors to assure optimal use of available resources and to minimize disruptions of service or support;
- Directs proper storage, handling, use and disposal of hazardous materials required or encountered in activities;
- Assures work-units and staff maintain security and accountability for all tools, equipment and materials, particularly for work in medical, law enforcement, courts, detention or correctional settings;
- Maintains and correctly uses safety and personal protective equipment;
- Coordinates or provides required training of assigned staff in common and unique techniques and skills, safety and related topics;
- Directs implementation of work-site traffic control procedures to ensure safety;
- Directs collection, labeling, transportation and analysis of samples of fluids, solids, effluents and like materials encountered in work;
- May act as TM Supervisor for brief periods in their absence.
Facility/Grounds Maintenance Settings:
- Supervises and participates in cutting, trimming, seeding, fertilization, and application of herbicides/pesticides to turf grasses, soils, trees and ornamental shrubs;
- Identifies common and abnormal conditions and diseases of turf grasses, trees and ornamental shrubs and directs appropriate remedial actions;
- Coordinates maintenance and construction activities with users and public groups to minimize disruptions of public use of recreational facilities and grounds and assure safety.
Vehicle/Equipment Maintenance Settings:
- Test-drives vehicles or operates equipment to identify problems and verify their correction.
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:
Knowledge of:
- operation and maintenance of tools, equipment and materials encountered in area of assignment;
- operation and maintenance of testing and monitoring equipment common to skill, trade or area of specialization;
- effective supervision, training and communications techniques;
- Pima County Merit System Rules and Personnel Policies/Procedures;
- hazards, safety procedures or equipment required in the area of specialization or assigned work-areas;
- codes and standards applicable to the craft, trade, specialty or area of work assignment.
Skill in:
- applying complex technical skills to work situations;
- following written and oral instructions;
- preparing working sketches, drawings and estimates of resources required for assigned projects;
- interpreting and applying required codes or standards to work situations;
- maintaining written documentation of activities;
- leading, supervising and evaluating the work of others;
- conducting and coordinating specialized and on-the-job training in the skill, craft, trade or area of specialization;
- communicating effectively, both orally and in writing.
Minimum Qualifications
(1) Completion of an industry-recognized apprenticeship program in auto mechanics and four years of journey-level experience in the same trade or craft, including one year of lead or supervisory experience in auto mechanics.
OR:
(2) Six years of journey-level experience including one year of lead or supervisory experience in auto mechanics;
OR:
(3) Four years of experience with Pima County as a TM Specialist or TM Specialist-Senior in auto mechanics including one year of lead or supervisory experience (which may be concurrent with general experience).
Qualifying education and experience must be clearly documented in the "Education" and "Work Experience" sections of the application. Do not substitute a resume for your application or write "see resume" on your application.
Preferred Qualifications: (Be specific in describing your experience in your application. Ensure the descriptions provided illustrate your competencies, specifically addressing the required and preferred qualifications.):
- Five (5) years of recent (within the last ten (10) years) experience and knowledge leading or participating in advanced or expert levels of operations such as inspecting or performing quality control analysis of supporting operations or maintenance staff.
- One (1) year of recent (within the last four (4) years) experience working in a supervisory or lead role, specifically in the automotive or trucks up to three-ton repair industry.
- One (1) year of recent (within the last four (4) years) experience in the following areas; measuring, evaluating and reporting of production metrics; creating and enforcing shop procedures.
- Government fleet maintenance or repair experience.
- Master ASE certified in automotive series or ADEQ Emission certification.
- Experience using various software applications such as a fleet management system, Excel, Word, Outlook.