Fleet Maintenance Technician II G121 Metra

Salary: $21.78 Hourly
Location : Metra Transit, 814 Linwood Blvd, Columbus, GA
Job Type: Full-Time Regular
Job Number: 2026-00000308
Department: Transportation
Division: Maintenance
Opening Date: 06/05/2026
Closing Date: 7/5/2026 11:59 PM Eastern


Major Duties and Responsibilities
This position is responsible for maintaining and repairing the city's fleet of public transportation vehicles and equipment.

• Responsible for daily inspection, maintenance, and minor repairs to buses.
• Responsible for repairing, replacing, and maintaining tires and batteries. Inspects buses for damage, loose bolts, and transmission leaks.
• Washes and refuels buses daily; adding oil and fluids as needed.
• Responsible for draining air tanks, and installing and removing small electrical on vehicles.
• Responds to road calls as necessary, completes work orders, and orders parts as needed.
• Inspects safety equipment, removes and vaults fareboxes, and runs night time GFI reports.
• May work with and supervise tasks performed by community service workers.
• Withdraws revenue from fareboxes; stores revenue in the vault.
• Ensures that the supervisor is informed of all job-related issues.
• Provides transportation to, Homeland Security in the event of an emergency(Small or Large Buses).
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of fleet maintenance techniques.
• Knowledge of safety precautions.
• Skill in cleaning and inspecting vehicles and equipment.
• Skill in the repair or replacement of tires and batteries.
• Skill in oral and written communication.
• Ability to read, write, and perform mathematical calculations.

Minimum Educational and Training Requirements
High School Diploma, GED, Associate degree, Technical Certification. Minimum level of automotive repair experience. CDL permit or full endorsement. Basic knowledge of essential automotive maintenance tasks includes fluid level checks, tire changes fuel, and minor mechanical repairs. Ability to communicate technical information to non-technical people. Possession of or ability to readily obtain a valid commercial driver's license (CDL) issued by the State of Georgia for the type of vehicle or equipment operated.

Physical Requirements
The work is typically performed while intermittently sitting, standing, stooping, walking, bending, or crouching. The employee frequently lifts light and heavy objects, climbs ladders, uses tools or equipment requiring a high degree of dexterity, and distinguishes between shades of color. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:

• Balancing - maintain equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching.
• Climbing - ascending, descending ladders, stairs, ramps, requires body agility.
• Crouching - bending body forward by bending leg, spine.
• Feeling - perceiving attributes of objects by touch with skin, fingertips.
• Grasping - applying pressure to object with fingers, palm.
• Handling - picking, holding, or working with whole hand.
• Hearing 1 - perceiving sounds at normal speaking levels, receive information.
• Hearing 2 - receive detailed information, make discrimination in sound.
• Kneeling - bending legs at knee to come to rest at knees.
• Lifting - raising objects from lower to higher position, moving objects side to side, using upper extremities, back.
• Manual Dexterity - picking, pinching, typing, working with fingers rather than hand.
• Mental Acuity - ability to make rational decisions through sound logic, deductive reasoning.
• Pulling - use upper extremities to exert force, haul or tug.
• Pushing - use upper extremities to press against objects with force, or thrust forward, downward, outward.
• Reaching - extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Repetitive Motion - substantial movements of wrists, hands, fingers.
• Speaking - expressing ideas with spoken word, convey detailed, important instructions accurately, concisely.
• Standing - for sustained periods of time.
• Stooping - bending body downward, forward at waist, with full motion of lower extremities and back.
• Talking 1- expressing ideas by spoken word.
• Talking 2 - shouting to be heard above ambient noise.
• Visual Acuity 1 - prepare, analyze data, transcribing, computer terminal, extensive reading.
• Visual Acuity 2 - color, depth perception, field of vision.
• Visual Acuity 3 - determine accuracy, neatness, observe facilities/structures.
• Visual Acuity 4 - operate motor vehicles/heavy equipment.
• Visual Acuity 5 -close acuity for inspection of small defects, machines, use measurement devices, or fabricate parts.
• Walking - on foot to accomplish tasks, long distances, or site to site.

The work is typically performed in an office, library, computer room, or outdoors where the employee may be exposed to noise, dust, dirt, grease, machinery with moving parts, contagious or infectious diseases, irritating chemicals, and cold or inclement weather. The work requires the use of protective devices such as masks, goggles, or gloves.
The Columbus Consolidated Government is proud to offer an exceptional compensation and benefits package. Benefits include the following:

• Low-cost Medical Insurance
• Prescription Drug Plan
• Dental Plan
• Vision Plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Life Insurance
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Long Term Disability
• Credit Union
• Direct Deposit
• 12 Paid Holidays
• Vacation Leave
• Sick Leave
• PERK Time Off
• Retirement Plan
• Supplemental Retirement Plan
• Free and Discounted Services
• Employee Assistance Program

Take advantage of these free and discounted City Services offered to all City Employees.

• Discounted Movie Tickets
• Free Notary Services
• Ride a Metra Bus for Free
• Free Mulch
• Free Fire/Safety Home Inspection
• Driver's Training for Employee Dependents
• Oxbow/Bull Creek Golf Course discounts
• River Center Discounts
• Cell Phone Carrier Discounts

Retirement Plan
The Columbus Consolidated Government offers a defined benefit retirement plan to eligible employees who work in General Government and in Public Safety. Employees in the pension plan must meet both age and years of service requirements to qualify for retirement. The current vesting period is ten years, and the current pension contribution rate is 8% of your gross salary.


Supplemental Retirement Plan
The Columbus Consolidated Government offers a Deferred Compensation Plan or supplemental retirement plan that is tax deferred. This plan allows employees to contribute a portion of their salary, before federal and state taxes, to a retirement account. Your compensation is more than a paycheck, it allows you to plan for your financial future as well.
01


Which best describes your level of education? (You will be asked to provide documentation)

• No High School Diploma
• GED
• High School Diploma
• Technical College
• Some College
• Associate's Degree
• Bachelor's Degree
• Master's Degree
• Doctorate's Degree

02


In the past two years have you applied for safety-sensitive transportation work covered by DOT agency drug and alcohol testing rules?

• Yes
• No

03


If yes, did you take a pre-employment drug or alcohol test and was not hired?

• Yes
• No
• N/A

04


If yes, did you test positive, or refuse to take the pre-employment drug or alcohol test?

• Yes
• No
• N/A

05


Do you possess a valid driver's license?

• Yes
• No

06


Which of the following best describes your Commercial Driver's License Endorsement?

• Hazmat
• Passenger
• Tanker
• Combination of Tanker/Hazmat
• Double/Triple Trailers
• Permit Only
• Other
• None of the above

07


How many years of Commercial Driving experience do you have?

• None
• 0 - 1 year
• 1 - 3 years
• 3 - 5 years
• 5 years or more

08


Do you possess a valid Commercial Driver's License?

• Yes
• No

09


If you answered "other" to the above question, please specify type of Commercial Driver's License. If you answered "no" just type in N/A.
10


How many years of work experience do you have as a Fleet Maintenance Technician or related field?

• None
• 0 - 1 years
• 1 - 3 years
• 3 - 5 years
• 5 years or more

11


Please list and explain any work experience you with the principles and practices of vehicle maintenance and repair and with basic safety precautions.
Required Question