This position is OPEN UNTIL FILLED. To ensure your application is given priority,please submit your materials by the first review date, July 31, 2024.
Exciting opportunity for one (1) Solid Waste (SW) Preventive Maintenance Specialist, also known as an Oiler, performs essential maintenance tasks for Solid Waste vehicles and equipment. These include oil and filter changes, pressure washing of vehicles and equipment, vehicle and equipment inspections, greasing and lubrications, tire changes, mounting and demounting and road calls for flats on the road and transfer stations, plus using the Faster database for information input and extraction. Scheduled maintenance is crucial to minimize breakdowns and keep equipment performing optimally.

Shop personnel play an essential role in daily operations. They provide critical maintenance for vehicles and equipment, ensuring smooth functioning. Assigned tasks include vehicle and equipment services to maintain preventative maintenance schedules. Each maintenance task is significant due to its impact on the Cedar Hills Landfill and Transfer Stations' daily operations.
 
In addition to filling one (1) Career Service SW Preventive Maintenance Specialist position, we may use this recruitment to create a list of candidates for any potential vacancies in similar positions within the next 12 months.
 
About the Role:
This is a great opportunity for someone currently or formerly working in a shop environment interested in expanding their knowledge in light automotive vehicles, medium, heavy-duty truck, and construction equipment. You will work with very knowledgeable personnel in the industry of solid waste while learning and experiencing the level of dedication and commitment maintenance employees provide keeping our facilities operational.
 
About the Team:
This is a very dynamic working environment that demands high energy and diversified experience with an emphasis on "TEAM". You'll join experts committed to excellence, guided by a supportive supervisor to advance your career. At times you'll work independently and as a team member with other crafts to accomplish job assignments.
 
Commitment to Equity Racial and Social Justice: 
King County, named after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is a diverse and vibrant community that represents cultures from around the world. Our True North is to create a welcoming community where everyone can thrive.  We prioritize equity, racial and social justice, making it a foundational and daily expectation for all employees. As a SW Preventive Maintenance Specialist, you will actively apply these principles in all aspects of your work. Learn more about our commitment at http://www.kingcounty.gov/equity.
   
Apply now for a rewarding career at the Solid Waste Division of the King County Department of Natural Resources & Parks. Join our talented workforce in protecting and restoring the natural environment and promoting more resilient, sustainable, and equitable communities.  Enjoy training, comprehensive benefits, and growth opportunities.
   

What You Will Be Doing:  

• Perform preventative maintenance and safety inspections on vehicles, equipment, and machinery.
• Perform lubrication duties, select appropriate lubricants for machinery, including oil servicing, greasing, oil changes, filter changes and oil flow rate adjustment.
• Research and document differences in machinery lubrication and filtration systems, recommend improvements and modifications, develop procedures for lubrication functions.
• Fuel, pressure wash, hand wash, steam clean vehicles, trailers, and equipment.
• Perform light-duty mechanical maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment which may include:
  • install and service batteries 
  • adjust brakes
  • replace air cleaners and light bulbs
  • check air pressure and adjust as needed
  • repair tubes and other mechanical parts in vehicles and equipment
  • replace wiper blades
• Other duties as assigned. 

Qualifications You Bring:

• Minimum of two (2) years of recent work experience in an automotive or heavy equipment service or repair shop.
• Working knowledge on a variety of motorized vehicles (e.g. Light vehicles, Heavy Duty vehicles, and construction type equipment).
• Knowledge and demonstrated experience of general lubrication requirements.
• Knowledge and demonstrated experience in the use of basic hand and air tools.
• Demonstrated ability to follow and provide written and oral instructions.
• Skill in distinguishing different types of oils and lubricants

• Ensures Accountability - Hold self and others accountable to meet commitments.
• Action Oriented - Take on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
• Communicates Effectively - Develop and deliver multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Customer Focus - Build strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
• Values Differences - Recognize the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

• Possess valid Commercial Driver's License Class A or Class B upon hire with valid medical card
• Ability to obtain Automotive Service Excellence T8 Preventative Maintenance and Inspections Certificate.
• Ability to obtain Tire Industry Association Certification in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Working Conditions:

• Work Location: The work associated with this position will be located: Cedar Hills Landfill, 16645 228th Avenue SE, Maple Valley, WA and FarWest Maintenance Location, 201 SW 34th St, Renton, WA.
• Work Schedule: These positions work a 40-hour workweek and are overtime eligible with prior Supervisor approval. These positions may be required to work alternate work schedules to support core service hours. Service hours are weekdays 6a.m.-11 p.m. Shifts are M-F 6 - 2:30 p.m. or M-F 2:30 to 11 and weekends W - Sat or Sun - Wed 6 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Shifts are bid by seniority. The Solid Waste Division is only closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day. In this position, you are considered an essential employee and will be expected to work during weather, health and other emergency events.
• Union Representation: This position will be represented by International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 302.
• Physical Environment: This position requires the ability to stand for extended periods of time, climb on equipment or use a Versa Lift and pressure wash for extended periods of time with pressures up to 5000 PSI. Requires the ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds of equipment and tools. Requires the ability to work on uneven grades, slopes, surfaces, and terrain in inclement weather and other adverse conditions such as dust, odor, high volume noise and heavy traffic. There may be periods of sustained physical effort.

• Complete Application
• Optional Resume (will be reviewed if submitted)
• Optional Cover Letter (will be reviewed if submitted)

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Together, with leadership and our employees, we're changing the way government delivers service and winning national recognition as a model of excellence. Are you ready to make a difference? Come join the team dedicated to serving one of the nation's best places to live, work and play.

Guided by our "True North", we are making King County a welcoming community where every person can thrive. We value diversity, inclusion and belonging in our workplace and workforce. To reach this goal we are committed to workforce equity. Equitable recruiting, support, and retention is how we will obtain the highest quality workforce in our region; a workforce that shares and will help advance our guiding principles - we are one team; we solve problems; we focus on the customer; we drive for results; we are racially just; we respect all people; we lead the way; and we are responsible stewards. We encourage people of all backgrounds and identities to apply, including Native American and people of color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ+, people living with disabilities, and veterans.

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No person is unlawfully excluded from employment opportunities based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or other protected class. Our EEO policy applies to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, selection for training, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation.

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