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Automotive Mechanic
Federal Bureau of Investigation · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
The Equipment Specialist - Automotive (Mechanic) is responsible for all different phases of vehicle maintenance, from initial inspection and diagnosis, to coordinating and administering different types of repairs. An associate or bachelor's degree can be used for this position; however, candidates must have experience in the automotive repair/maintenance field and comprehensive knowledge of automotive diagnostics.
What You'll Do
- →As an Automotive Specialist you will: Responsible for maintaining the operational readiness of the automotive fleet and related equipment.
- →Inspects, tests, and performs corrective actions, and prepares new vehicles for assimilation into the Fleet.
- →Conducts technical research, obtains additional facts, determines past equipment performance and previous corrective actions; determines if the current problem warrants immediate corrective actions; and evaluates the actions for cost effectiveness and technical efficiency.
- →Ensures assigned vehicles are operational in accordance with manufacturer's specifications.
- →Ensures appropriate registration to include tags, titles, and any necessary State inspections are completed.
Requirements
- ✓Must be a U.S. citizen.
- ✓Must have (or be able to obtain) a valid driver's license.
- ✓Some travel may be required.
- ✓PHYSICAL DEMANDS Frequently exposed to the possibility of cuts, bruises, shocks, burns, and stains.
- ✓Frequently makes repairs and may assist other workers in making repairs while vehicles are overhead, and where parts worked on are often in hard-to-reach places.
- ✓Required to stand, stoop, bend, stretch, and work in tiring and uncomfortable positions for extended periods of time.
- ✓Frequently lifts parts and equipment that weight up to 20 pounds and occasionally lifts and carries items that weigh 50 pounds or more.
- ✓Exposure to vehicle fluids such as battery acid and hydraulic fluids that may cause burns or irritate the skin or be otherwise hazardous to health.
- ✓All degrees must be from an accredited college or university.
- ✓Education may be substituted for specialized experience as follows: GS-7: Applicant must have a bachelor's degree with superior academic achievement or one (1) full year of graduate level education.
- ✓Superior academic achievement is the completion of all the requirements of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, which is based on (1) class standing, (2) grade-point average of 3.0 or higher as recorded on an official transcript, or as based on courses completed during the final two years of the curriculum, or (3) honor society membership.
- ✓GS-9: Applicant must have a master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related.
- ✓Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements provided you can show foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States.
- ✓Undergraduate Education: Major study -- fields related to the position to be filled in an accredited college or university Graduate Education: Major study -- fields related to the position to be filled
Personality Fit
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