Senior Fleet Technician

Senior Fleet Technician

Salary

$21.99 Hourly

Location

18000 Paulson Drive, Port Charlotte, 33948, FL

Job Type

Full-time

Job Number

2026-00310

Department

BAS - FLEET

Opening Date

10/20/2026

Closing Date

11/3/2026 11:59 PM Eastern

FLSA

Non-Exempt

Bargaining Unit

IUPAT

• Description
• Benefits

How You Can Help Us Make a Difference

Join our team as a Senior Fleet Technician and put your advanced mechanical skills to work keeping County vehicles and essential equipment safe, reliable, and ready for the job. In this hands-on role, you'll perform advanced diagnostics, preventive maintenance, and complex, bumper-to-bumper repairs on a diverse fleet of gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles and equipment. From cars, trucks, and UTVs to trailers, generators, and pumps, you'll troubleshoot and repair a wide range of systems, including engines, transmissions, brakes, suspension, steering, cooling, fuel, emissions, HVAC, and electrical and electronic components. Using modern diagnostic equipment, you'll work with 12- to 48-volt electrical systems, perform inspections and post-repair testing, and complete welding, fabrication, and minor modifications as needed.

As a senior member of the team, you'll play an important role in keeping fleet operations running smoothly by providing technical expertise, solving challenging mechanical problems, and helping ensure repairs are completed safely and efficiently. You'll maintain accurate service records, coordinate parts and supplies, deliver professional customer service, and assist with resolving equipment concerns. This position is ideal for an experienced technician who enjoys variety, takes pride in quality workmanship, and thrives on tackling complex repairs while supporting the community through dependable fleet service. You'll also participate in a rotating after-hours on-call schedule, helping ensure critical vehicles and equipment remain ready when they're needed most.

Your Purpose & Day-To-Day Journey

Education and Experience:

An equivalent combination of relevant training, education and experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Five (5) years of experience in performing routine to moderately complex mechanical repairs on vehicles and equipment.

Licenses and/or Certificates:

• Must maintain a valid Commercial class "A" Driver's License (CDL)
• Preferred:
• Possession of Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) certification or equivalent Manufacturer's certification.

Education & Credentials That Power This Role

• Knowledge of departmental policies, plans, and procedures.
• Knowledge of modern office practices, plans, and procedures.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other job-related computer programs and software applications.
• Knowledge of the methods, materials, tools, and techniques used in the repair, maintenance, and reconditioning of a wide variety of maintenance equipment.
• Knowledge of the operation and repair of internal combustion gasoline and diesel engines and chassis parts.
• Knowledge of electronic diagnostic and troubleshooting methods, including operation of tools for vehicles and equipment.
• Knowledge of hydraulics, lighting, diesel exhaust fluid, compressed air, vacuum and electrical controls, systems, and components.
• Knowledge of the occupational hazards and safety precautions of the trade.
• Skill in the proper use and operation of tools and machinery used in automotive repair work.
• Skill in effective communication, both orally and in writing.
• Skill in prioritizing and organizing work.
• Skill in the use of office equipment such as a computer, multi-line telephone system, scanner, fax machine, and copier.
• Ability to evaluate the mechanical condition and performance of vehicles and related equipment before and after repair work.
• Ability to detect and locate improper operating practices and malfunctions in mechanical equipment and recommend effective solutions.
• Ability to interpret and work from electrical schematic sketches and repair diagrams.
• Ability to make recommendations and to use resourcefulness and tact in solving new problems.
• Ability to maintain records of mechanical maintenance activities.
• Ability to ascertain priorities and meet deadlines and objectives.
• Ability to make recommendations and to use resourcefulness and tact in solving new problems.
• Ability to maintain accurate records and reports.
• Ability to operate a motor vehicle.
• Ability to provide internal and external guidance and customer assistance via all forms of communication.
• Ability to use computers for data entry, word processing, and/or accounting purposes.
• Ability to author reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with managers, service providers, other employees, and the general public.

Extra Details You Should Know

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Stooping, crouching, walking, pulling, lifting, grasping, hearing, seeing up close, seeing far away, kneeling, reaching, pushing, talking, standing, climbing, finger movement, repetitive motions, depth perception. Frequent lifting of 10-25 pounds; occasional lifting up to 50 pounds.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Work is performed in a relatively safe, and secure work environment. Work typically requires moderate exposure to one or more disagreeable conditions (i.e., irate customers, outdoors weather conditions, excessive noise, extreme heat, odors, or dust).

RISK/SAFETY CONDITIONS

The position requires moderate exposure or risk to physical health and/or physical safety (e.g., exposure to environmentally hazardous material, heavy equipment, assault and battery, communicable disease, etc.).

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were actually written out in this job description.

Charlotte County is an Affirmative Action/ADA/Veterans' Preference and Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, Minorities, and Persons

with Disabilities are Encouraged to Apply.

EMERGENCY RESPONSE/RECOVERY ACTIVITIES:

All County employees are required to work before, during, or after an emergency as needed. This may include temporarily being assigned to work and performing duties outside of the normal scope of their position, location and work schedule to fit the needs of the County and its citizens.

Charlotte County is an Affirmative Action, ADA and Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. As a veterans preference employer, certain service members and veterans, and the spouses and family members of such service members and veterans, who claim and meet eligibility requirements of veterans' preference, receive preference and priority in employment and are encouraged to apply. In addition, certain servicemembers may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements.

All positions with Charlotte County may be subject to drug testing in accordance with the Drug-Free Workplace Program and/or County policy.

Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners offers a comprehensive benefits package to regular full-time employees.

Charlotte County Benefits & Total Rewards

Employer Charlotte, County of (FL)

Address 18500 Murdock Circle

Room 130

Port Charlotte, Florida, 33948

Phone 941-743-1260

Website https://www.CharlotteCountyFL.gov