Transit Vehicle Mechanic Job at Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), Oakland, CA

  • Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)
  • Oakland, CA

Job Description

The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) is seeking a skilled and motivated maintenance professional to join the Rolling Stock & Shops (RS&S) Department as a Transit Vehicle Mechanic (TVM). Under general supervision, the Transit Vehicle Mechanic performs a wide range of diagnostic, repair, inspection, and preventive maintenance duties to support the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of BART’s transit vehicle fleet. This role plays a critical part in maintaining system safety, service reliability, and operational excellence while performing additional related duties as assigned.

The most qualified candidates for this position will have highly developed competencies in the following areas, which will be reinforced with related work experience and will be clearly articulated during the selection process:

  • Preventive Maintenance – Demonstrates the ability to perform preventive maintenance, inspections, troubleshooting, and diagnostics to identify issues and support the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of transit vehicles.
  • Technical Systems Repair & Maintenance  – Demonstrates technical expertise in the repair, modification, and maintenance of mechanical, electro-mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic transit vehicle systems and components. 

Minimum Qualifications

Education:
Possession of a high school diploma, GED, or recognized equivalent.


Experience:
Equivalent to completion of an apprenticeship in a mechanical trade and one (1) year of full-time verifiable journey level experience in the installation, maintenance, diagnosis or repair of mechanical systems and components similar to those found in the District's revenue vehicles; experience with electro-mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic systems is desirable.

Substitutions:

Three (3) additional years of full-time verifiable journey-level experience as described above may be substituted for the completion of an apprenticeship in a mechanical trade.

 

Other Requirements:
Must be physically capable of working in confining work-spaces and lifting equipment weighing up to 70 pounds. 
Must be willing to work weekends, holidays, off hours shifts and occasional emergency overtime.
Must be able to climb ladders to perform railcar maintenance work.

Employment Type: Full Time
Years Experience: 1 - 3 years
Salary: $90,632 - $118,473 Annual
Bonus/Commission: No

Job Tags

Full time, Apprenticeship, Work experience placement, Shift work

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