Senior Automotive Specialist Heavy Duty

Position Type :

Maintenance / Senior Automotive Specialist Heavy Duty

Date Posted : 9 / 24 / 2025

Location : MAINTENANCE / CP&C

Bargaining Unit : Maintenance

Work Year : 12 months

Work Day : 10 hours per day / 4 days per week

FTE : Full time, 1.0 FTE

Salary : M-9, $30.67 to $35.06 per hour, DOE

Job Summary

The Senior Automotive Specialist Heavy Duty is responsible for diagnosing, repairing, and maintaining a wide range of heavy equipment and fleet vehicles that support facility operations across the Anchorage School District. Maintenance employees work a 4 / 10 schedule with weekends and holidays off. The Anchorage School District offers paid leave and a very competitive benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA and life insurance. This position has a retirement association with the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS).

Job Requirements

The following are required :

• A high school diploma or equivalent, or current enrollment in a GED program.
• A minimum of four years of experience within the last six in the repair and maintenance of heavy equipment, fleet vehicles, or related support equipment.
• Ability to read and interpret technical manuals, OEM service bulletins, diagnostic software outputs, schematics, and work orders related to fleet vehicles and heavy equipment.
• Working knowledge of vehicle safety standards and preventive maintenance practices for fleet vehicles and heavy equipment, including applicable OSHA, DOT, and EPA regulations.
• The Anchorage School District requires that the selected applicant for this position be given a conditional offer of employment contingent upon successfully passing a post offer / pre-employment physical capacities assessment. Click here to view the physical capacities assessment requirements for this position.

The following are preferred :

Essential Job Functions

Physical / Mental Demands

The physical demands of this job require frequent standing, walking, sitting, speaking, and hearing. Specific visual abilities are also required. The employee is regularly required to reach with his / her hands and arms and occasionally lift items weighing less than 40 lbs. Additionally, the employee must be able to communicate by oral and written means in an appropriate business manner and have cognitive skills to understand instructions, readily recall facts and details, handle conflict, and make effective decisions under pressure. The employee must have the ability to effectively manage the stress of working with students, parents, and other employees representing diverse cultures, personalities, and work styles in a dynamic work environment.

The Anchorage School District is committed to providing reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all individuals with qualified physical or mental disabilities.

Work Environment

Work is performed in a professional, clean, and organized environment with a wide variety of individuals having differing functions, personalities and abilities, including working with diverse groups of people in a variety of different settings.

While performing the duties of this job the employee may be regularly exposed to a video display. The employee may be exposed to outdoor weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Additional Job Information

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties as requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

Anchorage School District employees must possess the ability to read and write in English. This includes the ability to communicate in English with school staff, coworkers, and the public. Employees must also have the ability to comprehend and carry out oral and written directions and understand and follow English instructions and written documents.

Offers of employment are contingent upon completion of a satisfactory criminal background check.

This position may be required to work in ASD facilities on the military installations (JBER). Please visit the government REAL ID website for additional information.

The Anchorage School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.