Bus Technician II

Gregory Poole Equipment Company in; Mebane (NC); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Gregory Poole Equipment Company in Mebane, NC, is seeking a skilled bus maintenance technician to inspect, repair, and maintain school and activity buses. The role requires hands-on experience and the ability to follow factory service bulletins.

You will perform preventive maintenance, inspections, and repairs on engines, brakes, transmissions, electrical systems, and hydraulics, using manuals and repair data. On-call rotations and flexible hours are required; equal opportunity employer.

Qualifications

• Hands-on mechanical experience with buses or similar heavy vehicles.
• Ability to read and follow repair manuals and service bulletins.
• Familiarity with engines, hydraulics, electrical systems, and transmissions.

Responsibilities

• Review work schedule and prepare parts and PPE for duties.
• Troubleshoot using manuals and diagrams for engines and fuel systems.
• Disassemble/assemble parts with hand and power tools; test repaired components.
• Operate lift equipment to move heavy parts and use meters to verify calibration.
• Perform preventive maintenance, fluid changes, and component inspections on buses.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Troubleshooting

Team collaboration

Safety conscious

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Lift trucks

Overhead cranes

Meters and measuring devices

Job description

The primary function of this position is to determine the status of and provide support for school and activity buses within the school bus industry. This includes planned preventive maintenance services, pre-delivery inspections, and recalls and service bulletins, as well as routine shop and field level repairs.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Review the work schedule, check the equipment and supplies required to perform the work scheduled, comply with PPE requirements, and otherwise prepare for duties.


• Use manuals, repair manuals, parts manuals, parts diagrams to troubleshoot, engines, engine fuel systems, & transmissions.


• Use lift trucks, overhead cranes, & other aides to lift or move parts into position to be repaired.


• Use hand & power tools to remove, install, replace, re-build, repair, & test.


• Use miscellaneous resources & computers to reference parts, get information about parts & enter data into record systems.


• Use hand & power tools to disassemble/re assemble parts or equipment, drains fluids into tubs, cleans parts with rags, cleaners, power washer.


• Climb up onto, under, & into vehicle engine compartment, uses hand & power tools to disassemble/assemble sheet metal, engines, transmissions, fuel systems, & other parts or equipment.


• Use overhead hoists on service truck to move parts that need to be moved off of vehicle & onto service truck & to move items back to vehicle to be reassembled.


• Use various types of meters, measuring devices, & computers to test & recalibrate equipment.


• Perform inspections, do preventative maintenance, change oil, replace filters, belts, coolants, hoses, drain/clean/refill fuel systems.


• Perform routine maintenance and repairs associated with the following engines: Cummins ISB and Ford engines.


• Perform routine maintenance and repairs associated with air brakes, air conditioning, basic electricity with experience and understanding of wiring and hydraulic schematics.


• Perform routine maintenance and repairs associated with air bags, kingpins, foundation brakes, differentials, clutches and transmissions.


• Ability to work with multiple management groups and staff to help provide the best possible customer service.


• Ability to work flexible hours which would include being part of an on-call rotation with other technicians.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education

Must have a high school education or GED.

Work Experience

Four years of mechanical experience, to include hands‑on experience working on school and activity buses. Must possess a fundamental understanding of equipment systems (i.e. engines, hydraulics, electrical, sub‑electrical, transmissions, etc.).

Gregory Poole Equipment Company is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.