Race Mechanic

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Job Responsibilities: Communicate with mechanics, managers, race engineers and supporting departments to build race cars. Travelling with the team to races and tests to ensure the race car is properly functioning in preparation for successful on-track performance. Ensuring all components of the race car are safely joined, bolted, or otherwise secured. Be involved in daily, weekly, monthly planning for build schedules and service intervals. Required to communicate daily build plans to mechanics and prepare them for overall weekly work. Rule book understanding of areas that pertain to technical specifications, event procedures and pit lane rules. Maintain a professional and clean appearance of race cars, equipment at the shop and the track. Keeping work area clean and always organized. Inventory tracking including number of parts, current service status, updates required. Ensure that all required items of equipment, spare parts, car options are loaded on transporter. Develop ideas that will increase car performance, reliability, and crew efficiently. Meeting specified deadlines for race car preparation while producing a quality product. Prepare information regarding pre-event preparation for crew. Post event meeting information for race weekends and testing. Required to produce work list and car preparation information between events. Maintaining accurate records of post event tear down and event information. Openly communicating with team members during race weekends regarding pit lane changes and daily schedule targets. Providing direction and acting as a mentor to less experienced mechanics to ensure quality control while promoting a positive learning environment.