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Posted: July 23, 2025 (176 days ago)

Added to FreshGovJobs: December 5, 2025 (41 days ago)

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General Auto Mechanic - GSD

City of Detroit

General Services

Stale

Location

Salary

$46,604 - $48,057

per year

Closes

February 3, 2026

Job Description

Summary

This job involves repairing and maintaining a wide range of vehicles and equipment for the City of Detroit, from cars and trucks to buses, construction machinery, and specialized tools like snow plows and pumps.

Workers diagnose issues, fix mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, and pneumatic parts, and sometimes weld or perform bodywork.

It's a good fit for experienced mechanics who enjoy hands-on work with diverse vehicles and have a background in automotive or diesel repair.

Key Requirements

  • Education equivalent to two years of trade or vocational high school in general shop and automotive repair, preferably four years
  • Three years of experience repairing and rebuilding gasoline and/or diesel-powered vehicles, or completion of a four-year automotive repair apprenticeship
  • Ability to inspect, diagnose, and plan repairs for vehicles and equipment
  • Skills in dismantling, replacing, and rebuilding mechanical components, including engines, transmissions, and auxiliary systems
  • Experience with welding, bodywork, and servicing special purpose equipment like construction vehicles and public transit coaches
  • Ability to maintain records, instruct apprentices, and operate tow trucks or drive vehicles on premises
  • Preferred: Two years of experience with construction, maintenance, or special purpose vehicles

Full Job Description

Under general supervision, performs the full range of automotive and mechanical repair and maintenance tasks to a variety of gasoline and/or diesel fuel powered vehicles including automobiles, trucks, busses, motorcycles and special purpose construction, maintenance, or recreational vehicles. Repairs, maintains, services or alters special purpose equipment mounted on or associated with such vehicles

Requirements

Perform all automotive or mechanical repair or maintenance tasks to the types of mobile equipment employed by the department to which assigned.Inspect equipment to locate and determine nature of defects or repairs needed.Plan sequence of repair operations.Dismantle and remove defective components.Substitute new or rebuilt components, and rebuild automotive components or assemblies.Repair, adjust, alter and service automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, packers, street sweepers, flushers, bulldozers, backhoes, loaders, graders, trenchers, farm tractors, cranes, asphalt pavers, asphalt rollers, small boats, firefighting apparatus and other special purpose vehicles.Repair, adjust, alter and service all mechanically, hydraulically, electrically or pneumatically operated auxiliary equipment mounted on or associated with such vehicles including material moving or lift assemblies, loading mechanisms, broom assemblies, snow plows, salt spreaders, aerial platforms, pumps, compressors, and ladder assemblies.Repair, adjust, alter and service public transportation coaches and a limited variety of support equipment.Perform major and minor repairs to heavy-duty diesel engines, pneumatic suspension systems, heavy-duty automatic transmissions, fuel injectors, buffer screws, mechanical engine governors and other specialized coach components.Repair, service and maintain air conditioning and heating units, door controls, interior lighting and other mechanically, hydraulically, electrically or pneumatically operated coach systems.Use electric arc or acetylene welding outfits and/or machine shop equipment to cut, heat, braze, weld or fashion equipment parts, brackets or braces which may be required to complete a repair.Perform minor body work to vehicle bodies and replaces glass, windows and lights.Maintain simple records of work performed and materials used.Instructs and oversees the work of apprentices and other workers assigned as helpers.Repair, adjust, alter and service a variety of related mobile or portable equipment and tools such as plows, mowers, harrows, golf ball collectors, rotary brooms, stumpers, chippers, rodding machines, post hole augers, concrete mixers, chain-saws, roto-tillers, compressors, pumps, hoists and generators.Perform a variety of repair and service tasks to stationary equipment such as compressors, pumps, hoists, generators and other machinery, where such tasks involve the same type and level of skills employed in repairing and servicing vehicular equipment.Operate tow trucks to service, repair, and retrieve disabled vehicles in the field.Shift and drive vehicles on department premises.

Qualifications Qualifications (required):Education equivalent to completion of two years in and preferably graduation from a four-year trade or vocational high school with courses in general shop and automotive repair.Three (3) years’ of experience in repairing and rebuilding a variety of gasoline and/or diesel fuel powered vehicles or completion of an approved four-year apprenticeship in automotive repair or its equivalent.Qualifications (preferred):Preferably two (2) years’ of experience repairing a variety of construction, maintenance or other special purpose vehicles.

Additional Information Evaluation PlanInterview: P/FEvaluation of Training, Experience & Personal Qualifications: 100%Total of Interview and Evaluation T.E.P: 100%Additional points may be awarded for:Veteran Points: 0 – 15 pointsDetroit Residency Credit: 15 pointsLRD: 02/10/2023

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Posted on NEOGOV: 7/23/2025 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 12/5/2025

Source: NEOGOV | ID: neogov-detroit-5018085