What are the responsibilities and job description for the Transit Maintenance Supervisor position at City of Wausau?
The Transit Maintenance Supervisor manages and supervises all aspects of vehicle, building, and grounds maintenance for the City of Wausau Metro Ride Department. This position is responsible for maintaining Metro Ride's related equipment, supplies, and records.
ADDITIONAL POSITION INFORMATION:
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Physical and Working Environment
Limited exposure to disagreeable elements such as dirt, temperature fluctuations, and/or limited exposure to weather conditions. Limited travel within the City of Wausau area. Close mental and visual attention is continuously required. Moderate physical demands typically found in trades work with moderate exposure to workplace hazards. Requires regular lifting, bending, twisting, turning, and use of power equipment.
ADDITIONAL POSITION INFORMATION:
- Non-union position.
- Starting annual salary of $62,108.80 or higher DOQ.
- Position core schedule is 6:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
- Excellent benefits, including enrollment in the Wisconsin Retirement System.
- Manages and supervises vehicle, building and grounds maintenance.
- Plans mechanic’s work schedule and assigns work. Supervises and inspects vehicle, building and grounds maintenance tasks.
- Develops and maintains safety procedures in compliance with Federal and State requirements. Conducts meetings with maintenance personnel dealing with a variety of topics such as shop procedures, safety programs, hazardous waste, etc.
- Advises Transit Director regarding maintenance matters.
- Performs supervisory tasks in the absence of Operations Supervisors.
- Prepares maintenance staff performance evaluations. Issues discipline. Reviews times sheets and other employee records.
- Runs errands for shop and operations.
- Posts mileage, fuel use, work orders, parts and materials used in computer database. Prints daily, monthly and annual activity reports regarding vehicle performance and expense from compiled data.
- Prepares fuel reorder and parts inventory reports. Estimates future fuel and parts use. Orders fuel, parts or schedules vehicle service based on reports.
- Requests bids and issues purchase orders for parts, fuel, equipment and services. Records purchase. Contacts vendors regarding parts prices and availability. Approves parts invoices, reviews packing slips and posts to parts to inventory lists.
- Charts fuel tank levels.
- Investigates accidents involving transit vehicles and estimates damage.
- Maintains knowledge of bus maintenance and repair techniques, tools, materials and principles; and safety policies and practices regarding bus transportation.
- Researches and evaluates vehicles, equipment and services. Writes technical specifications for same.
- Other duties as required and assigned.
- Picks-up supplies and places in storage.
- Road tests vehicles.
- Sweeps/cleans, plows/sands/salts Metro Ride Facilities.
- Maintains communication with various on-duty personnel.
- Fuels vehicles as needed.
- High School diploma or equivalent, and
- Vocational/technical training in heavy equipment repair, and
- Minimum of three (3) years vehicle/equipment repair supervisory experience, and
- Ability to obtain and maintain Class B CDL w/Air Brake and Passenger endorsements.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Basic Level – MS Word and Excel
- Proficient user of Fleet & Facility Software specific to Transit departmental functions. (mileage based)
- Ability to analyze data and information using established criteria, in order to determine consequences and to identify and select alternatives. Ability to compare, count, differentiates, measure and /or sort, as well as assemble, copy, record and transcribe data and information. Ability to classify, computes, tabulates, and categorizes data.
- Ability to counsel, mediate and/or provide first line supervision. Ability to persuade, convince, and train others. Ability to advise and provide interpretation regarding the application of policies, procedures and standards to specific situations.
- Ability to utilize a variety of advisory data and information such as vehicle maintenance records, invoices, purchases, time sheets, electrical diagrams, blueprints, maintenance reports, billing statements, maintenance and repair manuals, parts manuals, computer software operating manuals, procedures, guidelines and non-routine correspondence.
- Ability to communicate effectively with Transit personnel, vendor representatives and customers.
- Ability to add and subtract, multiply and divide, and calculate percentages, fractions, and decimals.
- Ability to use functional reasoning in performing influence functions such as supervising, managing, leading, teaching, directing and controlling.
- Ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving the evaluation of information against sensory and/or judgmental criteria.
- Ability to operate equipment and machinery with some requiring complex and rapid adjustments, such as transit vehicles, mechanic’s hand and power tools, cleaning equipment and computer terminal.
- Ability to coordinate eyes, hands, feet and limbs in performing skilled movements such as keyboard use.
- Ability to exert moderate physical effort in sedentary to light work, typically involving some combination of climbing and balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling.
- Ability to recognize and identify degrees of similarities or differences between characteristics of sounds and orders associated with job related objects, materials and tasks.
Physical and Working Environment
Limited exposure to disagreeable elements such as dirt, temperature fluctuations, and/or limited exposure to weather conditions. Limited travel within the City of Wausau area. Close mental and visual attention is continuously required. Moderate physical demands typically found in trades work with moderate exposure to workplace hazards. Requires regular lifting, bending, twisting, turning, and use of power equipment.
IMPORTANT! All applications must completely filled out and have a Resume attached in the "Attachments" section of the application. Applications that are not complete and do not have the required attachment will not be considered.
When completing References section, include 3 professional references with current and valid email addresses. References will not be contacted unless a conditional offer of employment is extended and accepted.
SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS:
The City of Wausau will make arrangements to furnish appropriate auxiliary aids and services where necessary and reasonable to afford an individual with a disability the opportunity to participate in the recruitment process. Please notify the Human Resources Department or phone (715) 261-6630 to request special accommodations prior to the application deadline.
NOTICE TO APPLICANTS:
Wisconsin Statutes, Sections 19.36 (7), 64.09 (5), and 64.11 (7) require public employers to treat the following items as a public record: Each applicant’s application, records, recommendations and qualifications except as provided in Section 19.36 (7), Wis. Stats. that allows the identity of an applicant to remain confidential if the applicant requests in writing that the City not provide access to this information.
If you choose not to have this information become a public record, you must make such a request in writing to the Human Resources Department. If you become a finalist for the position, your identity may be disclosed as required by law.
ADDITIONAL NOTICES:
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/posters
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/posters/fmla
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/posters/employee-polygraph-protection-act
The City of Wausau is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
When completing References section, include 3 professional references with current and valid email addresses. References will not be contacted unless a conditional offer of employment is extended and accepted.
SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS:
The City of Wausau will make arrangements to furnish appropriate auxiliary aids and services where necessary and reasonable to afford an individual with a disability the opportunity to participate in the recruitment process. Please notify the Human Resources Department or phone (715) 261-6630 to request special accommodations prior to the application deadline.
NOTICE TO APPLICANTS:
Wisconsin Statutes, Sections 19.36 (7), 64.09 (5), and 64.11 (7) require public employers to treat the following items as a public record: Each applicant’s application, records, recommendations and qualifications except as provided in Section 19.36 (7), Wis. Stats. that allows the identity of an applicant to remain confidential if the applicant requests in writing that the City not provide access to this information.
If you choose not to have this information become a public record, you must make such a request in writing to the Human Resources Department. If you become a finalist for the position, your identity may be disclosed as required by law.
ADDITIONAL NOTICES:
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/posters
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/posters/fmla
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/posters/employee-polygraph-protection-act
The City of Wausau is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Salary : $62,109 - $81,952
