Automotive Mechanic

About the role

Note: Only Candidates that have filed for Automotive Mechanic Exam # 7010 will be considered for interview.

NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) protects public health and the environment by supplying clean drinking water, collecting and treating wastewater, and reducing air, noise, and hazardous materials pollution. DEP is the largest combined municipal water and wastewater utility in the country, with nearly 6,000 employees.

DEP delivers more than 1.1 billion gallons per day of the highest quality drinking water to 8.5 million NYC residents and more than 1 million people in Upstate New York and has a wastewater conveyance and treatment system capable of processing over 1.3 billion gallons of wastewater per day to protect the environment and the city's surrounding waterways.

DEP's Office of Fleet Services oversees the purchase, use, maintenance and management of DEP vehicles, special equipment and related services. Fleet Services also monitors compliance with NYC Fleet and Vision Zero mandates, fuel and E-Z Pass rules, parking and traffic regulations, and driver safety initiatives. The dynamic Fleet Services team provides complete life cycle management (design / build, distribution / maintenance, and relinquishment) of approximately 5,000 pieces of equipment throughout the five boroughs and NYC's unique watershed.

DEP is seeking an experienced Automotive Mechanic to support the agency through a partnership with the Department of Sanitation (DSNY). The selected candidate will:

• Under supervision, overhaul, repair and maintain engines and component assemblies used in automotive, construction and special equipment powered by internal combustion engines, motors, and motor-power equipment.
• Maintain records and inventories of parts, components, supplies and materials; update the Fleet Management System (M5) and fleet repair computer system as needed and maintain clear parts orders, work orders and other records.
• Maintain clean and safe work bays; some of the physical activities performed by Auto Mechanics and environmental conditions experienced are working in a non-temperature-controlled environment; climbing ladders; moving heavy automotive parts; carrying heavy toolboxes; crawling and working in narrow spaces; working in the vicinity of hazardous, flammable materials and solvents and engine exhaust fumes.
• Responsible for expediting repairs by promptly inspecting and triaging vehicles to be sent to vendors as well as inspecting vehicles that have been repaired so that they can be put back into service promptly. In addition, inspect vehicles that have been sent to vendors for repair to determine if the repairs proposed by the vendors are necessary.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Five years of full-time satisfactory experience as an auto mechanic; or
• Not less than two and one-half years of full-time satisfactory experience as specified in "1" above plus sufficient helper or apprentice experience or relevant full-time education acquired in a college, university,technical school, trade school or vocational high school approved by a State's Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization, to make up the equivalent of five years of acceptable experience. Six months of acceptable experience will be credited for each year of helper or apprentice experience or relevant education.

License Requirements

At the time of appointment candidates must possess a New York State Class B Commercial Driver License ("CDL") or a Motor Vehicle Driver License valid in the State of New York and a Learner's Permit for a Class B Commercial Driver License. Appointees hired with a Learner's Permit must obtain the Class B CDL within six months of appointment. The CDL, with no restrictions that would preclude the performance of Auto Mechanic work, must be maintained for the duration of employment.