HEAVY EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN I

**Open to All Qualified Candidates** The Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) owns, operates, and maintains eight major toll facilities comprised of four bridges, two tunnels, and two turnpikes across the State of Maryland.
For over 50 years, the MDTA has provided Maryland's citizens and visitors with safe, secure, and convenient transportation facilities.
We are committed to quality and excellence in customer service, and we rely on our organization's values, traditions, and – most importantly – our employees to achieve these goals.
Nature of Work: This is the experienced level of repair and maintenance work on motor vehicles, diesel-powered equipment and/or construction/maintenance equipment.
Employees are responsible for performing routine repair work, standard preventive maintenance services, and assisting with major automotive repairs.
Employees are responsible for performing major mechanical repairs, diagnosing various system malfunctions, and extensive overhauls of all types of major automotive and equipment components, assemblies, and sub-assemblies.
Employees in this classification are considered essential employees and are subject to being on call 24 hours a day, as may be required to maintain the continuous operation of a facility.
Employees must provide the agency with a telephone number where they can be reached.
In the event of hazardous weather or highway conditions, employees will be called to duty during off-hours to maintain and repair equipment.
This is maintenance work requiring physical exertion that is performed either outdoors under all weather conditions or inside a building.
On some assignments, employees may be required to move objects weighing over 50 pounds.
Employees in this classification receive moderate supervision from a Heavy Equipment Maintenance Supervisor or other designated official.
The current vacancy is located in Baltimore, MD.
MDTA employees are offered a generous benefits package including a minimum of 11 paid holidays, a minimum of 27* days of leave annually (personal, vacation, and sick), access to the State Pension System, deferred compensation plans, excellent health, dental, and vision plans, and more! *May be prorated based upon start date.
Qualifications MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Education: Graduation from a standard high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.
Experience: One and one-half years of experience servicing, maintaining, and repairing motor vehicles, gasoline and/or diesel engines, or heavy-duty construction equipment.
Your placement on an eligible list may be based solely on the contents of your application; therefore, it is essential that you provide complete and accurate information.
Please include all relevant experience on your application.
This includes but is not limited to full or part-time, volunteer, military, acting capacity, or any other experience that is relevant to the position you are applying for.
If you have held more than one (1) position at the same employer, please list each position that you held and the length of time that you held each position.
Notes: 1.
Applicants may substitute documented and relevant experience repairing, servicing and maintaining automobiles, trucks, buses or comparable equipment on a year-for-year basis for the required education.
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Completion of an accredited training program for Heavy Equipment or Diesel Repair may be substituted for one and one-half years of the experience.
The accrediting body for the training program must be listed on the U.
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Department of Education's Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs.
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U.
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Armed Forces military service experience as described under the Minimum Qualifications may be substituted on a year-for-year basis for the required education.
4.
Certification as a Technician by the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) can be substituted for two years of the required education.
(The two years of experience used to qualify for ASE testing is considered an integral part of this substitution and cannot also be considered separately to meet Education Minimum Qualifications.
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Certification as a Master Technician by the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) can be substituted for the required education.
Licenses & Certifications 1.
Employees are assigned duties that require the operation of motor vehicles.
Employees will be required to possess and maintain a motor vehicle operator's license valid in the State of Maryland as a condition of employment.
Applicants must list the license number and date of expiration on the application.
2.
Employees are required to possess and maintain a Class A or B Commercial Driver's License (CDL) valid in the State of Maryland during the probationary period, depending on the type of equipment operated.
3.
Employees in this class may be required to obtain Special Commercial Driver's License Endorsements for Hazardous Materials and Tank Vehicles depending on the type of equipment operated.
4.
Employees must have satisfied the second level of the employing administration's certification program prior to application.
Employees wishing to be transferred or promoted to another administration must pass the administration's specific certification for Heavy Equipment Maintenance Technician III.
5.
Employees may be required to obtain their certification in Air Conditioning Recycling and Recovery during their probationary period.
6.
Employees who are required to function in the capacity of Commercial Vehicle Inspector may be required to obtain and maintain their Commercial Vehicle Inspector's License