ELEVATOR MECHANIC

Elevator Mechanic

Performs journey-level elevator and escalator maintenance and repair work. Essential job functions include testing and adjusting operating and safety features of elevators, dumbwaiters, and escalators; maintaining and repairing electronic control panels, switches, relays, signal devices, electric motors, generators, and related equipment; inspecting, adjusting, maintaining, and repairing hoist motors and machinery, governors, door mechanisms, cables, hydraulic buffers, pumps, brakes, rails, and guides; and determining the need for and performing major overhaul or replacement of defective equipment. Maintains work records and drives automotive equipment to work sites. Supervises trainees and helpers.

Minimum requirements include either completion of a recognized elevator mechanic training program of at least four years or five years of experience in the maintenance and repair of elevators or escalators, one year of which must have been at the journey-level. A Los Angeles City Certificate of Registration as a Journey Elevator Mechanic, a California Department of Industrial Relations Division of Occupational Safety and Health certification as a Certified Competent Conveyance Mechanic, a City of Los Angeles Regulation 4 Certificate for testing life / safety systems, and a valid California Class C Driver License are required. Physical Class III Moderate : includes standing or walking most of the time, with bending, stooping, squatting, twisting, and reaching; includes working on irregular surfaces, occasionally lifting objects weighing over 25 pounds, and frequent lifting of 10-25 pounds. Keen color perception is required.

Applications must be filed online only and must be received by 5 : 00 p.m., PST, on the last day of filing. All information is subject to verification. We may reject your application at any time during the examination and hiring process, including after appointment has been made. Falsification of any information may result in disqualification or rescission of appointment. Utilizing verbiage from the class specification and minimum requirements serving as your description of duties will not be sufficient to demonstrate that you met the requirements. Doing so may result in an incomplete application and you may be disqualified. Fill out your application completely. The acceptance of your application depends on whether you have clearly shown that you meet the minimum requirements. Provide any relevant education, training, and experience in the spaces provided so we can evaluate your qualifications for the job. For each job held, give the name and address of your employer, your job title, beginning and ending dates, number of hours worked per week, description of work performed, and salary earned. If your application is incomplete, it will be rejected. You must attach a legible photocopy of the completion of a recognized elevator mechanic training program and required license / certificate(s) to your application at the time of filing. If you are unable to attach required documents, you may e-mail the documents to the exam analyst, within fifteen (15) calendar days of filing online or your application will be rejected. Please include the exam number and the exam title. All applicants must enter a valid social security number at the time of filing. Entering anything other than a valid social security number (i.e. 000-00-000, 111-11-111. etc.) will result in an automatic rejection of your application.