Mecanico/Mechanic

Chihuahua Tire Shop and Car Accessories; Elgin (IL); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a family-owned business with over 20 years of experience in the automotive industry! As a vital member of the team, you will play a key role in assessing and repairing vehicles, ensuring safety and reliability for customers. This position offers a unique opportunity to work closely with experienced mechanics, allowing you to grow your skills in a supportive environment. If you are passionate about cars and take pride in your work, this is the perfect opportunity for you to make a meaningful impact in your community while advancing your career in a dynamic and friendly workplace.

Qualifications

• Experience in assessing vehicles and performing repairs is essential.
• Strong critical thinking and service orientation skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Test drive vehicles and perform necessary repairs and maintenance.
• Examine vehicles to determine issues and discuss repairs with customers.
• Maintain cleanliness of the work area and ensure optimal equipment performance.

Skills

Critical Thinking

Active Learning

Service Orientation

Job description

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 intentionally treat every vehicle and budget as if it was our own. We pride ourselves on integrity, determination, and consistency. Being committed to offering a variety of quality services at affordable costs is how we stand by every job completed. What initially started off as tires and basic auto repair has aggressively grown into multiple locations throughout the Chicago area. Do you take pride in your work? Are you an avid car enthusiast? Ever had the desire to be part of a respectable team? If so, come join our family and help become a part of growing something that truly impacts the community!

Job Location:

1. 533 North State St. Elgin, IL 60123
2. 375 Fenton Lane, West Chicago, IL 60185
3. 1201 Aurora Avenue, Aurora, IL 60505
4. 120 East Indian Trail, Aurora, IL 60505

5th location coming soon!

FLSA Status: Hourly, Non-Exempt

Job Summary

Your responsibility is to be vigilant in assessing vehicles in need of repair. You will work closely with the Senior Auto Mechanic to become well-versed and independent 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 to 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 systems, steering systems, 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, including belts, hoses, steering systems, spark plugs, brake and 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 to the role as they arise.

Work Activities:

• Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment.
• Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment.
• Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials.
• Evaluating 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 repairs or modifications needed.
• Repair worn, damaged, or defective mechanical parts.
• Replace worn, damaged, or defective mechanical parts.
• Service vehicles to maintain functionality.

Education and Experience:

Years of Experience: Unspecified

Education: Unspecified

Basic Skills:

• Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both 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 the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
• Systems Evaluation: Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.

Physical Demands:

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

Lifts Weight or Exerts Force Work Environment:

• Up to 50 pounds; Up to 100 pounds.