FLSA Status: Non-exempt ****
Employment Status: Full-time Regular ****
Primary Location: Tabernacle, NJ
Salary:
Starting at $20.00 per hour. (Dependent upon experience.)
_ Job Summary_
Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul automotive vehicles.
Education and Experience
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
Knowledge
Mechanical - Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Computers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Engineering and Technology - Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
Basic Skills
- Active Learning- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Active Listening- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Critical Thinking- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Learning Strategies- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Mathematics- Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Monitoring- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Reading Comprehension- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Science- Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
- Speaking- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Writing- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Social Skills
- Coordination- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Instructing- Teaching others how to do something.
- Negotiation- Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
- Persuasion- Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Service Orientation- Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Social Perceptiveness- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Complex Problem Solving Skills
- Complex Problem Solving- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Technical Skills
- Equipment Maintenance- Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
- Equipment Selection- Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
- Installation- Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.
- Operation and Control- Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
- Operations Analysis- Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
- Operations Monitoring- Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
- Programming- Writing computer programs for various purposes.
- Quality Control Analysis- Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
- Repairing- Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
- Technology Design- Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.
- Troubleshooting- Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
Systems Skills
- Judgment and Decision Making- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Systems Analysis- Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Systems Evaluation- Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
Resource Management Skills
- Management of Material Resources- Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.
- Time Management- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
_ Primary Job Duties_
- Test drive vehicles and test components and systems, using equipment such as infrared engine analyzers, compression gauges, and computerized diagnostic devices.
- Inspect vehicles for damage and record findings so that necessary repairs can be made.
- Test and adjust repaired systems to meet manufacturers' performance specifications.
- Repair, reline, replace, and adjust brakes.
- Estimate costs of vehicle repair.
- Review work orders and discuss work with supervisors.
- Troubleshoot fuel, ignition, and emissions control systems, using electronic testing equipment.
- Confer with customers to obtain descriptions of vehicle problems and to discuss work to be performed and future repair requirements.
- Align vehicles' front ends.
- Test electronic computer components in automobiles to ensure proper operation.
- Tear down, repair, and rebuild faulty assemblies, such as power systems, steering systems, and linkages.
- Perform routine and scheduled maintenance services, such as oil changes, lubrications, and tune-ups.
- Follow checklists to ensure all important parts are examined, including belts, hoses, steering systems, spark plugs, brake and fuel systems, wheel bearings, and other potentially troublesome areas.
- Plan work procedures, using charts, technical manuals, and experience.
- Maintain cleanliness of work area.
- Align wheels, axles, frames, torsion bars, and steering mechanisms of automobiles, using special alignment equipment and wheel-balancing machines.
- Tune automobile engines to ensure proper and efficient functioning.
- Repair, replace, or adjust defective fuel injectors, carburetor parts, and gasoline filters.
- Repair and service air conditioning, heating, engine cooling, and electrical systems.
- Disassemble units and inspect parts for wear, using micrometers, calipers, and gauges.
- Change spark plugs, fuel filters, air filters, and batteries in hybrid electric vehicles.
- Overhaul or replace carburetors, blowers, generators, distributors, starters, and pumps.
- Repair or replace parts such as pistons, rods, gears, valves, and bearings.
- Rewire ignition systems, lights, and instrument panels.
- Install, adjust, or repair hydraulic or electromagnetic automatic lift mechanisms used to raise and lower automobile windows, seats, and tops.
Activities
Troubleshooting - Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Repairing - Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
Quality Control Analysis - Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
Operations Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Equipment Maintenance - Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Tools and Technology
Tools
Desktop computers
Organic light emitting displays
- Anti-lock braking system ABS/air bag scan tools
- Automotive on-board diagnostics scanners
- Auto scanners
- Diagnostic code readers
- Graphing scanners
- Modular diagnostic information systems
- Scan tools
Portable data input terminals
Two-way radios