Overview
Automotive Technician Jobs in Edison, NJ at United States Postal Service
Title: Automotive Technician
Company: United States Postal Service
Location: Edison, NJ
Job Requirements
- DRIVING REQUIRED: Applicants must have a valid state drivers license, a safe driving record, and at least two years of
unsupervised experience driving passenger cars or larger. The driving must have taken place in the U.S. or its possessions
or territories or in U.S. military installations worldwide.
- Must be able to communicate in and understand the English language with or without a reasonable disability accommodation
under the Rehabilitation Act.
- Postal Service employment is conditional upon your meeting medical suitability, general eligibility and suitability, and
background check requirements. Therefore, if you receive a job offer, note that it will be conditional upon you meeting these
requirements, even if you are allowed to begin working first.
- For this vacancy announcement, the Postal Service will be referring a set number of the highest-ranked eligible candidates
for selection consideration.
SALARY RANGE: Starting annual salary $66,836 paid bi-weekly
Qualified applicants must successfully pass a pre-employment drug screening to meet the U.S. Postal Service’s requirement to be drug free. Applicants must also be a U.S. citizen or have permanent resident alien status.
Duties And Responsibilities
- Diagnoses operating difficulties on a variety of vehicles and performs operational checks on engines; its major supporting
systems, parts, components, assemblies; including emissions systems, electrical, computer and electronic controlled
components.
- Performs various computerized and electronic diagnostic tests using specialized equipment; interprets trouble codes and
other information from electronic scanners and test analyzers; uses reference materials such as service manuals and wiring
schematics to determine operational difficulties, drivability problems and evaluates performance efficiency.
- Conducts visual and auditory vehicle inspections, road calls and road tests before and after maintenance and repairs;
annotates vehicle problems on work orders.
- Provides technical guidance and instructions to mechanics and technicians on more difficult repairs and in the use of
specialized computer-aided diagnostic equipment.
- Performs maintenance and repairs resulting from normal preventive maintenance inspections.
- Prepares and updates vehicle records, maintains vehicle records; annotates labor time, parts and/or equipment and other
pertinent data on work orders.
- Performs engine tune-ups; removes, replaces, adjusts, cleans parts, components, assemblies and accessories; uses a
variety of specialized test equipment to adjust systems and components to prescribed operating tolerances.
- Troubleshoots malfunctioning vehicles resulting from road calls and identifies improperly functioning part(s) and repairs or
replaces.
- Repairs and replaces major components including transmissions, differentials, brake systems, power assist units, steering
and suspension assemblies.
- Performs other job related duties and responsibilities in support of primary duties.
- Follows all established safety practices and procedures; complies with all postal, local, state and federal environmental
regulations and policies.
