Keep Charlotte Moving!

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Senior Heavy Diesel Technician

Open until filled
$55,000-$59,800 commensurate with experience

City of Charlotte Fleet Management is currently seeking a Senior Heavy Diesel Technician to join our award-winning Fleet Management Division. The Diesel Technician will be a key member of a dedicated team of ASE Medium and Heavy certified technicians, supporting the City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. Our garages offer modern column lifts and state-of-the-art factory diagnostics software and tooling. The City of Charlotte has a diverse and modern fleet of more than 7,000 assets. First and second shift positions are available. 
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Got experience working on fire trucks? The Fire Team has openings too. Learn more.

 

Our Benefits

  •  Competitive salary
  • A $2,000 sign-on bonus for Diesel Technicians
  • 2.5% pay incentive for technicians who have a commercial driver's license/CDL
  • 2.5% shift differential
  • Competitive benefit package includes pension, 401(k), health/dental/vision insurance, employee assistance program and more
  • Paid tuition for associates degree at CPCC
  • Annual tool reimbursement
  • Paid premium ASE master certification
  • Seven clean, modern garages with more than 7,000 fleet assets
  • Work where safety is a priority
  • All PPE provided by the city (gloves, boots, vests, goggles, etc.)
  • Diverse workforce
  • Consistently ranked among the top government fleets in the country

 

Join Our Team and Help Us Keep Charlotte Moving!

Travis Johnson and Rodney Lee are part of our award-winning team of ASE-certified medium and heavy technicians who support the City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. Great benefits, growth opportunities and lots of incentives await. Keep Charlotte Moving! 

Transcript: Keep Charlotte Moving promo

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Join the City of Charlotte's
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Fleet Management Team
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Heavy diesel technician positions offer
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$2,000 signing bonus
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Competitive pay
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Pension, 401 (K) and health insurance
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Paid tuition for associates degrees
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2.5% CDL premium
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Career growth opportunities
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Learn more and apply today
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Live. Grow. Thrive.
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With the City of Charlotte
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City of Charlotte logo

 

 

 

Meet Rodney Lee, Heavy Master Diesel Technician

Rodney keeps Charlotte's fleet of fire trucks maintained and on the move. He's an unsung hero whose job even inspired his daughter to become a City of Charlotte firefighter. Learn more about Rodney and his job.

Transcript: Behind the Crown Featuring Rodney Lee

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[Music]
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there's no
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room for we can't fix a fire truck it
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can't happen
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you have to fix it there's no backing
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down from at all we'll get to it later
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no
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you have to be there you have to get
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this done now no matter what this
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truck's got to go
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[Music]
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my name is rodney lee
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my title is heavy duty technician
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for the city of charlotte here
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maintaining fire trucks for the city of
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charlotte
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[Music]
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we have to go out and do panic stops to
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make sure nothing's
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uh when you hit the brakes like that the
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steering wheel ain't trying to jerk out
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of your hand or it's actually coming to
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a smooth stop in that panic stop right
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now
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[Music]
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a typical day of work is
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trucks constantly breaking the city is
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growing and it's growing fast these fire
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trucks are breaking they're breaking
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fast because they have the response
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and there's a lot of
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behind the scenes a lot of people don't
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know about it it takes a lot to run one
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of these five
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there's probably 120 fire trucks
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equipment wise there's probably up to uh
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seven 800 pieces of equipment that we
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have to maintain yearly and each truck
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has to come in at least twice a year
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my family loves what i do
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my grandkids my wife they all think it's
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special and what i do and it is special
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i've always seen fire truck as every
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little kid does a lot of kids they love
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fire trucks they love them and
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it makes me excited that sometimes we
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leave out here we have to test drive
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them and my youngest girl i used to do
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that to her and uh
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and she sit in the back of truck and we
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rolled around the parking lot and she
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was just laughing like to no end
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so now she's actually a charlotte
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firefighter causing me
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she just became a charlotte firefighter
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i look at each one of the firefighters
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as my kid
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if one of those get hurt and it's due to
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something i've done i feel just as
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responsible as anyone else every life is
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very important to me that gets in that
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truck
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and that's the way all the guys that i
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work with feel
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again it takes a special person to be a
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firefighter technician
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you can ask any of them anything you
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want to they're going to give you the
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same answer
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we're we're we're sort of weird but we
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love our job and we do our job well the
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firemen's that drive these trucks
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are just as important but
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it takes us for them to be them who they
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are so
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that's the bottom line

 

 

 

 

 

 

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