Quick facts
- Schedule: Full-time, includes weekends
- Location: Orlando, FL
- Education: High school diploma or GED
- Physical: Lifting up to 50 lbs
- Benefits: Health insurance, paid time off
About this job
Entry-level technician position performing preventative maintenance, inspections, and repairs on transit coaches and diesel/CNG equipment. Work includes mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and structural repairs, with opportunities to develop skills for advancement.
Good fit if you have one year of heavy vehicle maintenance experience or equivalent, hold a valid Florida CDL Class B with airbrakes and passenger endorsement, and can pass a DOT physical.
Full job description
Description:
The Technician C performs entry-level preventative maintenance, inspections, troubleshooting, and repairs on transit coaches and related equipment under the guidance of higher-level technicians. This position assists with diagnosing mechanical, electrical, hydraulic structural, and safety-equipment concerns; replacing or repairing components; and responding to road-service needs. The Technician C helps ensure vehicles are maintained in a safe, reliable, and service-ready condition while developing the knowledge and skills needed for advancement within the maintenance team.
This position is considered safety-sensitive and subject to the provisions of the Substance Abuse Program Policy for Safety Sensitive Positions.
Essential Functions:
- Completes scheduled and non-scheduled maintenance on all systems and safety equipment on transit coaches for safe operation.
- Carries out ordinary mechanical, hydraulic or structural maintenance, repairs and adjustments.
- Determines the source of trouble.
- Repairs or replaces defective parts or makes changes as instructed.
- Refers difficult or unusual problems to higher-grade employees for guidance or repair.
- Executes field repairs on road failures and tows buses if necessary.
- Repairs engines; replaces all external components.
- Replaces all external electronic engine and transmission controls and sensors.
- Repairs transmissions; replaces all external components.
- Replaces engine/transmission assemblies and accessories.
- Replaces all air system components and relines brakes.
- Repairs and replaces all steering and suspension components.
- Performs basic electrical diagnoses and repairs.
- Performs minor repairs, component replacement and inspections on wheelchair ramps and lifts.
- Incumbent in this position is responsible for maintaining a valid DOT Medical Certificate with a one-year renewal minimum.
- Incumbent in this position is responsible for maintaining a valid Florida CDL License, Class B with airbrakes and passenger endorsement.
- Regular and reliable attendance and punctuality is required as an essential function of the position.
- Performs other duties as may be required or assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- High School diploma or equivalent plus one year of experience in transit, heavy vehicle (on or off road) or automotive vehicle maintenance, or one year of experience working as a LYNX Service Island Attendant plus one year of technical school.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs):
- Knowledge of occupational hazards and safety precautions of the trade.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Ability to work days, nights, weekends and holidays.
- Ability to pass a DOT physical and drug screen and obtain a DOT Medical Certificate with a one-year renewal minimum.
- Ability to work in open bays, inside buses and outside in varying weather conditions.
- Ability to work with commercial cleaners and toxic materials.
- Ability to provide own tools.
- Ability to possess a current Florida CDL license or permit, Class B with a Passenger Endorsement and Airbrakes.
- Ability to effectively communicate in English, both orally and in writing.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with those encountered in the course of work using principles of excellent customer service.
- Ability to exhibit a professional, courteous demeanor.
- Ability to work in a diverse environment.
Physical Requirements:
- Close visual acuity to perform an activity such as viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines; using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication of parts at distances close to the eyes. Visual acuity to perform an activity such as operating where the seeing job is at or within an arm’s reach; performing mechanical or skilled trades tasks of a non-repetitive nature. Visual acuity to operate motor vehicles or heavy equipment. Visual ability to distinguish colors, specifically between red, green, blue, and yellow. Visual ability to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned or to make general observations of facilities or structures.
- Ability to lift 50 pounds.
- Ability to raise, lower, or move objects; requires the substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
- Ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time.
- Ability to move about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances and for long periods of time.
- Ability to bend, stoop, reach, push/pull, kneel, crouch, crawl, and climb such as ascending/descending ladders.
- Ability to perform repetitive motions; Fine dexterity such as pinching, picking up or working with fingers rather than whole hand/arm.
- Ability to hear sounds at normal speaking levels, to receive information through oral communication and to make fine discriminations in sound.
- Ability to verbally express or exchange ideas by means of spoken work.
Reasonable accommodation will be made for otherwise qualified individuals with a known disability, when required by law. This description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by their supervisor.
Why work at LYNX?
We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your well-being today and strengthen your financial security for tomorrow, including:
- Robust Retirement Package
- Defined contribution 401(a) plan with a 7% employer base contribution
- 100% employer match up to 3% of employee contributions into the 457 plan
- FREE employee‑only medical insurance
- Company paid life insurance and long-term disability insurance
- Competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Short-term disability insurance available
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Paid vacation, sick leave and holidays
- Employee assistance and wellness programs
- Access to our on‑site Employee Wellness Center
- FREE bus transportation for you, your spouse, and dependent children