Mecanico/Mechanic - #1334740

Organization Name: Chihuahua Tire Shop

Job Location: 533 North State St. Elgin, IL 60123

375 Fenton Lane, West Chicago, IL 60185

1201 Aurora Avenue, Aurora, IL 60505

120 East Indian Trail, Aurora, IL 60505

5th location coming soon!

FLSA Status: Hourly, Non-Exempt

• Test drive vehicles and test components and systems.
• Repair, reline, replace, and adjust brakes.
• Review work orders and discuss work with supervisors.
• Confer with customers to obtain descriptions of vehicle problems and to discuss work to be performed and future repair requirements.
• Examine vehicles to determine the extent of damage or malfunctions.
• Align vehicles' front ends.
• Tear down, repair, and rebuild faulty assemblies, such as power systems, steering systems, and linkages.
• Perform routine and scheduled maintenance services, such as oil changes, lubrications, and tune-ups.
• Follow checklists to ensure all important parts are examined, including belts, hoses, steering systems, spark plugs, brake and fuel systems, wheel bearings, and other potentially troublesome areas.
• Maintain cleanliness of the work area.
• Disassemble units and inspect parts for wear.
• Perform other relevant duties to the role as they arise.

Work Activities:

• Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment.
• Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment.
• Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials.
• Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards.
• Adjust equipment to ensure optimal performance.
• Align equipment or machinery.
• Clean work areas.
• Confer with customers or users to assess problems.
• Disassemble equipment for maintenance or repair.
• Inspect vehicles to determine overall condition.
• Read work orders or descriptions of problems to determine repairs or modifications needed.
• Repair worn, damaged, or defective mechanical parts.
• Replace worn, damaged, or defective mechanical parts.
• Service vehicles to maintain functionality.

Education and Experience:

Years of Experience
Education: Unspecified

Basic Skills:

• Critical Thinking
  Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Active Learning
  Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

Social Skills:

• Service Orientation.
  Actively looking for ways to help people.

System Skills:

• Judgment and Decision Making
  Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Systems Analysis
  Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
• Systems Evaluation
  Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.

Physical Demands:

• Walk; Sit; Use hands to finger, handle, or feel; Reach with hands and arms; Climb or balance; Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

Lifts Weight or Exerts Force Work Environment:

• Up to 50 pounds; Up to 100 pounds.

About Chihuahua Tire Shop:

We are family owned and operated for nearly 20 years.Initially we started as just used tires and auto repair, we’ve grown into four locations and offer a wide array of auto services. Not only do we specialize in auto repair and maintenance, but we also offer a variety of tires for every price point, customization capabilities, audio work, stereos, window tinting, and much more. And we’ve also become the go-to in the Chicago area for aftermarket parts. We are so happy to say that we really enjoy what we do.!