Garage Supervisor - Ottawa, Canada - City of Ottawa

City of Ottawa

Verified Company

Ottawa, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Requisition ID: 13036

Department:
Transit Services Department

Service:
Transit Bus Operations & Maintenance Service

Branch:
Transit Fleet Maintenance Branch

Employment Type: 3 Full-time Permanent

Work Hours: 40.00 hours per week (Subject to shift work at all locations)

Affiliation:
CUPE 5500

Salary Information:
$ $44.638 per hour (2024 rates of pay)

Location: 1500 St.
Laurent

City:
Ottawa, ON

Job Category:
Maintenance and Trades

Application Close: 28/06/2024

Must be able to work shifts, weekends and statutory holidays at a variety of locations.

JOB SUMMARY:

The Transit Fleet and Facilities Maintenance branch provides safe, reliable, efficient, timely and cost-effective transit vehicle maintenance services to support federally regulated transit services within the City.

The work involves planning, developing, managing, implementing, coordinating and monitoring transit vehicle maintenance activities; materials management and warranty activities; and engineering and technical support activities for vehicle maintenance, including reliability and quality process analysis.

You are responsible for production planning, scheduling and logistics for the maintenance and service work for Transit Fleet vehicles. Within established procedures and guidelines, you authorize overtime, direct and supervise staff including Working Supervisors.

You provide direction in order to solve technical problems and identify diagnostic procedures for complex issues and coordinates maintenance responses to reported-in service defects.

You are responsible for general safety, hoist inspections, problem solving and overall quality and timeliness of the repair, maintenance, cleaning and servicing operations in Transit Fleet garages, including:

daily cleaning and servicing, preventive maintenance, unplanned work, general and specialized repairs to provide clean, well-maintained, safe and reliable vehicles

- monitoring safety recertification various equipment in the non-revenue department
- transit vehicle body maintenance, structural repair, and modification, painting and components (i.e. seats, destination signs, mirrors, and fare box) maintenance and repair
- accident investigation as required.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Completion of Truck and Coach Technician apprenticeship program of 6720 hours and Automotive Service Technician apprenticeship program of 7220 hours

Minimum of 5 years of experience as a journeyperson tradesperson, following attainment of trade certification, exposed to the full range of activities in a bus maintenance operation, with increasingly responsible work with all critical bus systems.

For at least 2 of the 5 years, must have increasingly responsible work and supervisory experience, and demonstrated the capability for supervising other employees.

CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENCES:

Must obtain Standard First Aid, CPR and/or AED certificates within the time frame determined by the employer
Valid Ontario unrestricted CZ class driver's licence (or provincial equivalent) is an asset
Valid Ontario Certificate of Qualification as Truck and Coach Technician 310T and Automotive Service Technician 310S

KNOWLEDGE:

City, Department and Branch policies and procedures affecting shop and repair operations
Collective agreement covering ATU279 employees and the principles of supervision in a unionized environment
Extensive technical knowledge of all bus models in use in the Transit fleet
Extensive technical knowledge of critical systems, such as: engine and transmission, axles and suspension, air conditioning, electrical systems, air brake systems, body and frame
Knowledge of weight classification for snow plow equipment, weight restrictions
Knowledge of Generators, Fork lift, Genie lift legislation to maintain and operate equipment
Extensive knowledge of the standard methods, tools, and equipment used in the automotive repair trades
Working knowledge of building support systems
Technical knowledge of diagnostics and equipment
Enhanced level of knowledge of the Highway Traffic Act
Knowledge to use, operate and maintain hand tools and power tools, diagnostic and test equipment
Knowledge of computerized Maintenance Management Information Systems and MS Office
Knowledge of job planning and parts/materials requisitioning/ warranty processing
Safe work practices of the trades
Must be familiar with all applicable health and safety legislation, have knowledge of any potential or actual danger to health or safety in the work place, and have knowledge of appropriate actions to be taken in order to ensure the health and safety of staff in accordance with applicable legislation and City policies and procedures.