Heavy Duty Diesel Technician

Heavy Duty Diesel Technician

Pierce Transit is an independent municipal organization, dedicated to fulfilling the mission of improving people's quality of life by providing safe, reliable, innovative, and useful transportation services that are locally based and regionally connected.

Founded in 1979, Pierce County Public Transportation Benefit Area Corporation (Pierce Transit) is a nationally recognized leader in the public transportation industry. Pierce Transit covers 292 square miles of Pierce County with roughly 70% of the county population. Servicing Washington's second largest county, we provide three types of service: Fixed Route, SHUTTLE Paratransit, and Vanpool which help get passengers to jobs, schools and appointments.

About the Role: Heavy Duty Diesel Technicians at Pierce Transit work diligently to serve our community so that service can roll out each morning. Ideal candidates will have a reputation for prioritizing safety, demonstrating reliability, and taking great pride in their work. Regular duties in this role will include:

• Preventative maintenance.
• Troubleshooting and diagnosing issues.
• Repairing natural gas, EV and diesel-powered vehicles and equipment.
• Diagnoses malfunctions and adjusts fuel, electrical, programmable logic controls (PLC's ) and mechanical systems to specifications.
• Repairs, adjusts, or replaces complete or integral parts of natural gas, EV, and diesel engines, transmissions, drive trains and differentials, and lubrication, cooling, exhaust after treatment, and air or hydraulic systems.
• Diagnosis, repairs and/or maintains automatic transmissions and engines in buses.
• Inspects, adjusts, troubleshoots, and repairs bus door operation, air-ride systems, steering systems, and wheelchair lifts.
• Enters work order data on Agency computers.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be at least eighteen (18) years old.
• Graduation from High School or equivalent and completion of a four (4) year diesel mechanic apprentice program or equivalent education and experience as a heavy-duty diesel technician.

License Requirements:

• Must possess a valid Washington State driver license at time of application, with maintenance thereafter.
• Must obtain a Class B Commercial License Permit (CLP) prior to hire and successfully obtain a Class B Commercial Driver License (CDL) with air brake and passenger endorsement within ninety (90) days of hire, with maintenance thereafter.
• Must maintain acceptable driving record throughout employment.
• Pierce Transit will pay and instruct you on-site to get your Class B CDL with some of the best driving instructors in the industry.

Knowledge of and skill in applying:

• Methods, materials, tools, and standard practices related to the maintenance and repair of heavy-duty vehicles and equipment.
• Principles of spark/compression-ignited engines.
• Safety precautions followed in heavy equipment repair shops

Skill in and ability to:

• Use jacks, wrenches, grease guns, hydraulic hoists, cleaning materials and other tools and equipment used in the service and repair of heavy equipment.
• Understand and carry out oral and written instructions.
• Work with other employees in a directed work team environment.
• Conceptualize required work through personal observation or a verbal description and determine what is necessary to obtain quality results.
• Perform computerized work order procedures.
• Pass a job-related examination; pass federally required drug and alcohol testing.
• Drive all job-related vehicles and maintain a valid Washington State driver license and CDL.

Special Requirements:

• Please note: In order to obtain a Commercial License Permit in Washington State, you must be able to provide your current license, Social Security number and proof of U.S. Citizenship or Lawful Permanent Residency.
• Must be willing to work any shift (assignment to swing shift, graveyard and/or weekends likely).
• Must have the ability to perform the essential functions as described above including the ability to maneuver objects weighing up to fifty (50) pounds.
• Must possess a complete set of heavy equipment tools and a roll-a-way toolbox necessary to perform the essential functions of the position.

Mechanic I Offer: Applicants may be offered a Mechanic I opportunity if they do not possess sufficient proficiency to be hired as a Technician. Those hired at the Mechanic I classification will be given on-the-job training with the end goal of achieving Heavy Duty Diesel Technician standing. Starting 2025 pay for Mechanic I is $42.17 per hour.

Representation: This job is represented by the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU), Local 758.