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Job Description
Metro’s mission is to provide a world-class transportation system that enhances the quality of life for all who live, work, and play within LA County.
Description
Basic Function
Under moderate supervision, performs a variety of skilled and semi-skilled facilities maintenance duties.
Examples of Duties- Performs preventive and remedial maintenance of shop and bus or rail servicing equipment including bus washer systems and fueling stations
- Lays out and constructs structural framing, including walls, roofs, and stairs
- Installs, repairs, and replaces door jambs and doors, drop ceilings, drywall and partitions, builds concrete block fence foundations
- Repairs and replaces fence posts and chain link fences
- Performs design, fabrication and welding of a variety of parts and equipment
- Installs and maintains bus stop signs and paints and maintains bus zones
- Operates non-revenue Metro vehicles, weighing 26,001 or more pounds requiring a Class A license, for positions assigned to Bus Property Maintenance in order to transport heavy equipment such as dozer, loader/backhoe, and articulating loader, to various divisions, terminals and layover zones
- Contributes to ensuring that the EEO policies and programs of Metro are carried out
Minimum Qualifications- 1 year full-time experience performing carpentry, facilities construction and maintenance work or mechanical and hydraulic equipment maintenance; AND
- 2 years' full-time training or education at a recognized trade school or approved apprenticeship program in a directly related area
- Valid California Class C driver's license
- Valid California Class A driver's license for positions assigned to Bus Property Maintenance
- Experience may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis
Essential Knowledge
Knowledge- Methods, equipment, materials, and safety procedures of applicable crafts
- Shop math
- Vehicle operations and safety
Abilites- Perform skilled and semi-skilled facilities maintenance duties in the applicable crafts
- Read blueprints and schematics
- Safely operate a variety of hand tools and power equipment
- Safely operate non-revenue Metro vehicles
- Follow oral and written instructions
- Work at heights up to 40 feet
- Lift and move objects weighing up to 75 pounds
- Travel to offsite locations within a reasonable timeframe
- Read, write, speak, and understand English
Special Conditions- Must possess required standard tools of specified trade
- Must comply with all California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal/OSHA) regulations and utilize approved safety equipment and personal protective gear including, but not limited to, respirators, eye and hearing protective devices (HPD), if and when required
Metro is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, religion, age, veteran status, or disability. Learn more about Metro’s Equal Employment Opportunity Program . Metro does not deny participation in the application process to anyone with prior justice system involvement, in line with Fair Chance hiring practices.
Selection Procedure
Applicants who best meet job-related qualifications will be invited to participate in the examination process that may consist of any combination of written, performance, or oral appraisal to further evaluate job-related experience, knowledge, skills and abilities.
Application Procedure
To apply, visit Metro's website at www.metro.net and complete an online Employment Application.
Computers are available to complete online Employment Applications at the following Metro location:
METRO Headquarters, Employment Office
One Gateway Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Telephone: (213) 922-6217 or persons with hearing or speech impairments can use California Relay Service 711 to contact Metro.
All completed online Employment Applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. on the closing date. Late applications will not be considered.
*Open to the public and all Metro employees
This job bulletin is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. Employees may be required to perform other related job duties.
Closing Date/Time: 3/13/2025 5:00 PM Pacific -
ABOUT THE COMPANY
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Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority - LA Metro
Show moreLos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) is unique among the nation’s transportation agencies. It serves as transportation planner and coordinator, designer, builder and operator for one of the country’s largest, most populous counties. More than 9.6 million people – nearly one-third of California’s residents – live, work, and play within its 1,433-square-mile service area. Our goal is to provide safe, clean, reliable, on-time, courteous service dedicated to providing Los Angeles County with a world class transportation system.
Metro moves Los Angeles County. Our team operates one of the country’s largest transportation systems – and is planning, designing and constructing its expansion. We are a comprehensive transportation agency, with programs in transit, highways, active transportation and more. The agency’s internationally recognized sustainability programs are based on visionary environmental policies and are part of everything we do.
Come Aboard!
Join Metro’s team of dedicated transportation professionals and help provide the people of Los Angeles County with one of the most effective and efficiently operated mass transit systems in the entire country. Metro offers a variety of employment opportunities that present exciting challenges and growth opportunities in an outstanding work environment.
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