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OPEN HOUSE: Come see the facility and learn about our Trades positions at Metro! This is not a prerequisite to applying for the position, but you're encouraged to attend an open house session. The application period will remain open beyond the open house dates, so you have an opportunity to check us out first if you like. Contact Robin St. James at Robin.StJames@kingcounty.gov or 206.477.0270 to reserve your space. Group times are being scheduled now for September 21, 22 and 23 at 6:30 pm.

About the Heavy Equipment and Auto Body Repair Worker (Transit Sheet Metal Worker)

Bring your safe work practice, your collaborative work style, your desire to work in a diverse work environment and your excitement to make a difference to Metro! Come be part of an award winning and forward-thinking organization. Metro is looking for candidates with heavy equipment experience. Expand your skills while you learn to work in a large mass transit environment. The responsibilities of a Transit Sheet Metal Worker include performing body repair and structural maintenance work on transit coaches and equipment, such as buses, trolleys, transit vans, trucks, cars, cleaners, forklifts, and streetcars.

Per the union contract, those hired into this position enter at 90% of the top pay scale. Additionally, shift differential is paid to those working second and third shifts. Shift pay is 5% for second shift and 7.5% for third shift, on top of hourly pay. Current hourly rates are:

• $37.59 - first shift
• $39.47 - second shift
• $40.41 - third shift

About Metro Transit Vehicle Maintenance

The Mission of Vehicle Maintenance is to provide customers safe, dependable, clean transportation in a timely, cost effective, environmentally sensitive manner, with a work force that values teamwork, communication, and diversity.

Safety Sensitive Position

Applying equity and social justice principles is a daily responsibility and a foundational expectation for all King County employees. In this role you will apply equity and social justice principles that exemplify shared values, behaviors, and practices to all aspects of the work. As the Transit Sheet Metal Worker, you will:

• Perform body repair, frame straightening and structural maintenance work on transit coaches and equipment, such as buses, trolleys, trucks, cars, cleaners, forklifts, streetcars, line hoisters, and ventilation systems.
• Perform sheet metal body repair on vehicles involving sheet metal layout, template making and fabricating, and repairing metal and fiberglass body sections.
• Cut, form, weld, rivet and braze metals in repairing and fabricating body and equipment sections working from blueprints, sketches, and instructions.
• Repair and replace various vehicle parts of non-metal materials including glass, cloth, wood, plastic, rubber, and fiberglass.
• Make minor repairs to electrical wiring when removing or replacing marker lights, headlights, taillights, and interior lights.
• Repair body sections and parts of damaged transit coaches involving sheet metal and other related structural work.
• Prime sheet metal surfaces and structures to prevent corrosion and contamination as required.
• Perform sheet metal repair work on equipment and facilities such as cyclone cleaners, ventilation systems, garage doors, passenger shelters and other components and equipment.
• Setup and operate metal, glass and wood working equipment, such as shears, brakes, rollers, grinders, saws, jacks, punches, folders, drills, sanders, gas and electric welders and frame-straightening equipment.
• Assist other repair units in performing repair and mechanical work.
• Entering and extracting data using a computer terminal.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

This position requires journey-level knowledge of sheet metal repairs and structural maintenance work and knowledge of all related specialized equipment. Candidates without the necessary skills will be screened out of the process prior to any testing.

At a minimum, to qualify for this position applicants must meet one of the following qualifications:

In addition, the most competitive candidates will also have:

Necessary Special Requirements:

• All applicants must be 21 years old at time of application.
• Must pass drug and alcohol testing provision for safety-sensitive positions as required by the U.S. Department of Transportation, 49 CFR Parts 40 and 655.
• A valid Washington State driver license and acceptable driving record.
  1. Once a candidate receives a conditional offer of employment, they must obtain a Washington State Class B Commercial Learner’s Permit (CLP) with the Air Brake restriction removed and a Passenger endorsement, prior to receiving a formal offer of employment. A candidate holding a valid commercial driver license (CDL) must meet Class B definitions and have the Air Brake restriction removed and a Passenger endorsement or pass the necessary permit tests prior to receiving a formal offer.
     • Please Note: to obtain a CLP in Washington State, you must be able to provide your current license, Social Security number and proof of U.S. Citizenship or Lawful Permanent Residency. For more information visit http://www.dol.wa.gov/friverslicense /cdlcdip.html.

Who May Apply
This position is open to the general public and current King County employees that have passed their initial King County probation period.

Application and Selection Process

An online employment application and completion of the supplemental questionnaire is required. Your completed application must show all jobs in the last 10 years if you have 10 years of employment. (If you have less than ten years of employment history, list information for all years you have.) It is highly recommended that you also include an entry for every relevant job you have had before then, with correct dates and complete description of duties and reasons for leaving.

Please note: The "duties" section in the Work Experience area of the application is free text and should be used to detail how you specifically meet the experience we are seeking. You should list all information you feel is important for the team reviewing your application to take into consideration. You may also leave nontransferable skills off your previous duties. For example, if you worked as a chef in the last ten years you would list that employment, but you don't need to list job duties that aren’t applicable, such as, "cooked food to order". You should, however, list any transferrable skills that the job taught you, such as specific teamwork skills. Finally, you should always list detailed information. As an example, rather than listing, "Able to use a variety of specialized equipment", you should list, in detail, the actual equipment and how you used it.
 
Applicants will be screened for completeness and competitiveness. No attachments will be referenced during the screening process. The most competitive candidates will be invited to participate in a testing process. Those passing the test will be invited to participate in one or more panel interviews.

Testing Information
There will be a written and hands-on test. Testing dates are currently scheduled for October 25 through October 27, 2021. If selected, you will be scheduled for testing on one of these dates between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Testing typically takes up to three hours. You must take the test onsite in King County, WA. Testing dates subject to change.

Candidates are tested the ability to write in answers and explanations to typical job questions, and to perform practical testing in the areas of layout, welding, body filler, fiber glass, and basic pulling and chaining down. You are only permitted to test once every six months. Interviews will be offered to candidates with satisfactory test scores.
 
Interview Information
Interviews are scheduled to take place between the dates of November 9 and November 11, 2021. All interviews will be conducted in person. Interview dates subject to change. 

Once a conditional offer of employment has been made, being hired will be contingent on passing all requirements outlined for King County safety-sensitive positions. Those requirements include: an acceptable five-year driving record, satisfactory reference checks, checks for any drug testing administered by your last two years' employers, and passing a pre-employment drug screen and physical.

Vacancy Information

This recruitment will be used to fill three career service positions.

Applications received may be used to establish a list or pool of eligible candidates to fill future TLT, SDA, or career service vacancies in the same classification that might occur over the following 12 months, at the discretion of the hiring authority.

Work Schedule

Employees in this non-exempt classification work a 40 hour per week schedule. Work schedules and locations are based on a seniority system and schedules are bid on three times a year. Employees must be able and willing to work any shift, including any combination of days off, at any location. These positions are FLSA non-exempt and therefore eligible for overtime pay, when scheduled.
 
Physical Requirements
Work requires the ability to meet peak and prolonged physical effort on a regular basis. Frequent lifting or carrying of welding and cutting tools weighing up to 50 pounds is required. Occasionally carrying, with assistance, metal, wood, equipment, and other objects weighing up to 100 pounds, is also required.

Union Representation
Positions in this classification are represented by Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 587.

Classification Code

8445100

For more information regarding this recruitment, please contact:
Robin St. James (she/her)
Human Resources Talent Advisor
Robin.StJames@kingcounty.gov
 
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Covid-19 Vaccination Requirement

As of October 18, 2021, most* King County employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. If hired, you will be required to submit proof of vaccination by October 18th. People are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after their second dose in a two-dose series or two weeks after a single-dose vaccine. Employees may make requests for a reasonable accommodation based on a medical disability or for sincerely held religious beliefs. Philosophical, political, scientific, or sociological objections to vaccination will not be considered for an exemption or accommodation. This directive applies to employees in the Executive branch*, the Assessor’s Office, Elections, the King County Sheriff’s Office, and the Executive Office.