Lead Automotive Technician

United States Postal Service; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The United States Postal Service seeks a working group leader for vehicle maintenance, supervising technicians and mechanics, and personally performing the most complex repairs on fleet vehicles. You will guide staff, schedule work, conduct road tests, diagnose electronic and emissions systems, and maintain maintenance records to ensure safety and regulatory compliance.

You will also train personnel on diagnostics and repairs while ensuring adherence to USPS safety practices and environmental

Qualifications

• Diagnoses operating difficulties on a variety of vehicles and performs operational checks.
• Performs computerized and electronic diagnostic tests using specialized equipment.
• Conducts road tests before and after maintenance and repairs.
• Maintains vehicle maintenance records and annotations.

Responsibilities

• Leads a working group of technicians and mechanics in vehicle maintenance facilities.
• Schedules and assigns work, oversees complex repairs, and ensures safety practices.
• Provides technical guidance and training on use of diagnostic equipment and repairs.

Job description

Serves as a working group leader for lower level technicians and mechanics in a vehicle maintenance facility or an auxiliary garage; personally performs the most complex repairs and maintenance on all types of motor vehicles used in the postal fleet; provides work guidance and direction to lower level employees.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• 1. Diagnoses operating difficulties on a variety of vehicles and performs operational checks on engines; its major supporting systems, parts, components, assemblies; including emissions systems, electrical, computer and electronic controlled components.
• 2. Performs various computerized and electronic diagnostic tests using specialized equipment; interprets trouble codes and other information from electronic scanners and test analyzers; uses reference materials such as service manuals and wiring schematics to determine operational difficulties, drivability problems and evaluates performance efficiency.
• 3. Conducts road tests before and after maintenance and repairs; annotates vehicle problems on work orders.
• 4. Troubleshoots malfunctioning vehicles resulting from road calls and identifies improperly functioning part(s).
• 5. Conducts vehicle inspections, determines necessary repairs, annotates established estimated repair time (ERT); assigns and schedules work for individual employees or a group of employees engaged in vehicle maintenance.
• 6. Performs maintenance and repairs resulting from normal preventive maintenance inspections.
• 7. Provides technical guidance and instructions to mechanics and technicians on more difficult repairs and in the use of specialized computer-aided diagnostic equipment.
• 8. Maintains, prepares and updates vehicle maintenance records, annotates repairs, labor hours and other relevant data.
• 9. Assists in training personnel in the repair of vehicles and the use of specialized computer-aided diagnostic equipment.
• 10. Personally, observes and monitors compliance of established safety practices and procedures of vehicle maintenance activities; complies with all postal, local, state, and federal environmental regulations and policies.