Automotive Technician

$23.84 - $31.25 per hour

City of Bangor

Are you looking for a job with stability, competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and genuine work-life balance? If this sounds interesting, the City of Bangor Fleet Services Division may have just the opportunity you have been looking for!

The City of Bangor Fleet Services Division is seeking qualified applicants to fill an opening for an Automotive Light & Heavy Equipment Technician. The successful candidate will provide diagnosis, repair and maintenance for city-owned mobile assets. We are looking for candidates with experience in mechanical repair as well as drivability and electrical diagnosis, repair of light duty vehicles as well as heavy trucks and equipment. A class A CDL (commercial driver’s license) and commercial inspection license is preferred, but we will provide the necessary vehicles and training to help the right candidate acquire them. Candidate will need a set of professional hand tools and the City will provide any specialty tools needed and hand tools over ½ inch drive.

In this position you will expand your training on current technology, concepts and techniques. You will be provided the diagnostic tools and equipment needed to help you grow and be the best technician you can be. If you have a strong background in light duty automotive repair, we will train you for heavy trucks and equipment. If you have a strong background in heavy duty trucks and equipment, we will train you for light duty vehicles.

If you are the type of individual who enjoys a challenge and likes to diagnose and repair many different types of vehicles and equipment, you will be right at home with the City of Bangor Fleet Services Department. We repair everything from Police cruisers, Dump trucks, 9’ snow blowers, front end loaders, sidewalk tractors, paving equipment and much more!

The benefits of working for the City of Bangor include:

Competitive Pay: The salary range for this position is $23.84 to $31.25 per hour.
Paid Vacations – up to 2 weeks in the first year
Paid Holidays – 13 paid holidays/year
Sick days – up to 15 paid sick days/year
Bonus Days – can earn bonus days for not-using sick time
Paid jury duty
Defined Contribution retirement plan with 9% contribution by the City of Bangor
Additional deferred contribution plan to invest for retirement
Multiple Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance options available. City pays up to 80% of medical plan premiums
Paid Long Term Disability coverage
Schedule: Employees usually work Mon – Fri 6:30am to 3:00pm. In an emergency you may be required to work nights, weekends, and holidays with paid overtime
Paid training to acquire required licenses
Paid educational opportunities may be available for the right candidate
We provide any specialty tools needed and hand tools over ½ inch drive
We provide uniforms and pay for 75% of uniform cleaning
Paid annual boot allowance of $300
Paid annual tool allowance of $800
We supply all Personal Protective Equipment

This position requires individuals with a Commercial Driver's License to be in compliance with the Federal Transit Administration's regulated drug and alcohol testing programs.

How to Apply

Applications can be completed online (HR Upload Portal (bangormaine.gov) ( and will be accepted until the position is filled. Applications will be reviewed upon receipt and interviews may begin at any time. Questions may be directed to View email address on click.appcast.io. Thank you for your interest in working for the City of Bangor and Bangor International Airport!

About the City of Bangor

The City of Bangor provides a great number of services to our citizens across a dozen departments. From plowing roads to emergency response to registering your vehicle, the City of Bangor does it all. We take pride in the variety of services we offer including a major Airport in Maine, a regional transit system, one of two Public Health Depts. In the State, and the more typical type service that our citizens have come to expect.

Our community is the third largest in Maine with just over 31,000 residents with a large influx during the day as commuters arrive to begin their work day. Nicknamed the “Queen City”, we boast several local colleges, full-service convention center, and a waterfront concert venue that draws large crowds to Bangor every year.

Come join our team and be a part of our public service commitment to thousands of Mainers.

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Automotive Technician