GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF WORK: 

Responsible for effectively and efficiently diagnosing and repairing mechanical failures of plant facilities, related equipment, and public transportation related structures and associated equipment both on and off VIA property. Responsible for performing preventive maintenance inspections of VIA owned equipment and facilities to ensure a satisfactory level of mechanical integrity. 

Responsible for the design and fabrication of structures and equipment related to vehicle repair or services required of a public transportation entity.  

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: 

Shop Repairman - Plant Repairman: Performs skilled work in one or more areas of facilities and equipment repair. 

Shop Repairman Leader: Performs the same skilled work as Facility Repairman and is responsible for assisting the Foreman. Performs duties of the Foreman during his absence. 

Shop Helper: Performs same skilled work as Facility Repairman but works under close supervision. 

Must maintain good work attendance. 

This skilled hourly paid maintenance employee job description excludes marginal functions that are incidental to performing the job. Other duties may exist. 

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: 

Must read and write English effectively. Must have the training and experience which provides the required knowledge, abilities, and skills to perform the jobs listed in the general description of work. 

Facility Repairman and Repairman Leaders must possess the experience required in performing assigned work in specialized field. 

Shop Helpers require less knowledge and experience than the Facility Repairman but must have at least two (2) years of full-time verifiable work experience as a mechanic in any field or have a Certificate of Completion from an approved Trade School or College in facility maintenance or have successfully completed VIA's Targeted Maintenance Training Program. A Shop Helper is an experienced person in a specialized field when hired but is required to progress to Repairman as skill increases to required level. 

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: 

Must furnish own hand tools. 

Must have ability to acquire knowledge of job and occupational hazards and safety precautions required in the shops.  

Must have the ability to safely operate and drive cars, trucks, tugs, and forklifts. 

Must have ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees. 

Must have the ability to read, understand, maintain, and prepare records on jobs performed. 

Must have the ability to perform job assignments while wearing mandatory safety equipment such as respirators, safety glasses/goggles/face-shields, gloves, and back protection belts. 

Must have ability to follow oral and written instructions. 

Must be able to maintain good work attendance. 

Visual acuity (corrected) must be 20/40 single eye, 20/40 both eyes; 70 degrees field of vision; red/yellow/green color vision. Standards apply to both day and night vision. 

Must have a Valid Texas Driver’s License.  

Must have the ability to read, understand, maintain, and prepare records on jobs performed.  

Safety Accountability Statement: 

• Employees must consider safety in all tasks performed, as well as demonstrate safe judgment and decisions that not only maintain their own safety; but that of fellow employees and customers. 

• Demonstrate a professional commitment to assure compliance with all organizational policies, practices, and programs; related to safety, health, and system security. 

• Employees have a responsibility to identify and report hazards, as well as potentially unsafe conditions, to your immediate supervisor or Safety Department. 

• Employees are responsible, and required, to stop a job/task to prevent an unsafe incident or act from occurring. This acknowledges the threat of potential injury, property damage and the opportunity for better judgment to be used. 

Must comply with and support VIA’s EEO policies and the Diversity Program.  

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: 

Must have physical ability to occasionally sit, crawl and be on unprotected heights. Must have physical ability to continuously kneel, bend, stoop, twist, squat, reach, climb up and down stairs, walk, stand, and use foot controls; perform fine manipulation, medium dexterity, forearm rotational movement, and simple to hard grasping, be around moving machinery; work in environments of extremes in temperature/humidity, with constant exposure to dust, fumes, gases, noise, and welding arc flash (mandatory safety equipment must be utilized when exposed to hazardous conditions.) 

Must have physical ability to occasionally lift/carry 100 lbs., push/pull 110 lbs. Ability to frequently lift/carry 35 lbs., push/pull 50 lbs. Ability to continuously lift/carry 25 lbs., push/pull 35 lbs. 

Must have physical ability to perform repetitive motions simultaneously or singly throughout the workday which involve continuous body movement, and force exertion. This includes force exertion: with arms extended overhead and forward, head tilted forward or backward, squatting, kneeling, lifting, pushing, pulling, twisting, and balancing. Examples of these types of force exertion positions include: lifting typical equipment parts, lifting piping, lifting electrical motors, lifting and carrying large ladders, climbing up and down steps, removing and installing equipment panels, removing and replacing wheel assemblies, stooping to access limited space areas, climbing ladders at least 10 ft. high and performing duties at unprotected heights, operating a one (1) inch air impact wrench while in a bending position or in limited spaces areas. 

Must have sufficient color vision to identify colors of electrical wires used in the repair and maintenance of facilities and related equipment. These colors primarily include red, blue, yellow, orange, green, purple, black, white, brown, gray, tan and pink. 

Job requires use of both hands either simultaneously or singly and both feet are required for foot controls either simultaneously or singly. 

Job cannot be performed by alternating sitting or standing. 

Must be able to hear safety and emergency horns. 

Visual acuity (corrected) must be 20/40 single eye, 20/40 both eyes; 70 degrees field of vision; red/yellow/green color vision. Standards apply to both day and night vision. 

WORK ENVIRONMENT: 

Work involves exposure to dust, fumes, gases, noise, and unfavorable weather conditions.