Mecanico/Mechanic

CHIHUAHUA TIRE SHOP; Elgin (IL); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A family-owned tire repair shop in Elgin is seeking an auto mechanic to assess vehicles and work with the Senior Auto Mechanic. Key responsibilities include testing vehicle systems, performing repairs, and maintaining customer communication. Ideal candidates will demonstrate critical thinking and service orientation to ensure high-quality service. Experience in automotive repair is a plus.

Qualifications

• Ability to operate and repair mechanical equipment.
• Experience with vehicle inspections and assessments.
• Strong communication skills for customer interactions.

Responsibilities

• Test drive vehicles and test components and systems.
• Repair and maintain mechanical equipment.
• Examine vehicles to determine the extent of damage.

Skills

Critical Thinking

Active Learning

Service Orientation

Job description

Base pay range

Organization Name: Chihuahua Tire Shop
Website: https://chihuahuatireshop.com
About Our Organization: A family-owned business with over 20 years of experience, Chihuahua Tire understands the importance of safety and vehicle reliability. Our mechanics treat every vehicle and budget as if it was our own. We pride ourselves on integrity, determination, and consistency. We offer a variety of quality services at affordable costs. Originally focused on tires and auto repair, we now have multiple locations throughout the Chicago area. Join our family to help grow a service that truly impacts the community.
Job Location: 533 North State St., Elgin, IL 60123

Job Summary

Your responsibility is to assess vehicles in need of repair and work closely with the Senior Auto Mechanic to gain independence in your role.

Job Responsibilities

• Test drive vehicles and test components and systems.
• Repair, reline, replace, and adjust brakes.
• Review work orders and discuss work with supervisors.
• Confer with customers to obtain descriptions of vehicle problems and discuss work to be performed and future repair requirements.
• Examine vehicles to determine the extent of damage or malfunctions.
• Align vehicles' front ends.
• Tear down, repair, and rebuild faulty assemblies such as power, steering, 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: belts, hoses, steering, spark plugs, brakes, fuel systems, wheel bearings, and other potentially troublesome areas.
• Maintain cleanliness of the work area.
• Disassemble units and inspect parts for wear.
• Perform other relevant duties as they arise.

Work Activities

• Operate vehicles, mechanical devices, and equipment.
• Repair and maintain mechanical equipment.
• Inspect equipment, structures, or materials.
• Evaluate information to determine compliance with standards.
• Adjust equipment to ensure optimal performance.
• Align equipment or machinery.
• Clean work areas.
• Confer with customers or users to assess problems.
• Disassemble equipment for maintenance or repair.
• Inspect vehicles to determine overall condition.
• Read work orders or descriptions of problems to determine required repairs or modifications.
• Repair, replace worn, damaged, or defective mechanical parts.
• Service vehicles to maintain functionality.

Basic Skills

• Critical Thinking: using logic and reasoning to identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Active Learning: understanding the implications of new information for current and future problem solving and decision making.

Social Skills

• Service Orientation: actively looking for ways to help people.

System Skills

• Judgment and Decision Making: considering relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Systems Analysis: determining how a system should work and how changes will affect outcomes.
• Systems Evaluation: identifying performance indicators and actions needed to improve performance.

Physical Demands

• Walk; Sit; Use hands to finger, handle or feel; Reach with hands and arms; Climb or balance; Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

Weight or Force Work Environment

• Up to 50 pounds; Up to 100 pounds.