Seasonal Technician - BCycle Truckee at Bicycle Transit Systems Inc – Truckee, California

Location: Truckee, CA

Job Type: Full-time, Seasonal position, Non-exempt, 32 hours per week, Wednesday-Saturday 8:30 am - 5:00 p.m.

Founded in 2014, Bicycle Transit Systems (Bike Transit) is a woman-owned business with a mission to operate bike share systems that create connections in our communities and protect our planet. We operate and manage a portfolio of bike share systems across the United States, as well as a nation-wide customer service call center. We are currently looking for a dedicated Technician to join our team!

Truckee BCycle is looking for energetic, self-motivated Technician. This role is the public face of BCycle in the field; therefore, a positive and friendly attitude is an absolute necessity!

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Electric bike battery swapping
• Balancing the system (moving e-bikes around)
• Customer service/interaction (questions on the street)
• Drives a Ford Transit or equivalent extended wheelbase van to complete daily tasks.
• Works alone or under the guidance of the Lead Technician.
• Operating/maintaining sprinter van (clean and running)
• Bikes maintenance (two-week inspections, basic repairs, annual overhauls)
• Scouts and recovers abandoned bikes in the field.
• Maintaining stations (some troubleshooting, replacing parts, winterizing, cleaning and batteries)
• Installation and removal of stations
• Collects and enters data as required
• Works with Lead Technician to ensure timely and productive workflows.
• Events (prepping e-bikes, set up, tabling, tear down)
• Ability to adapt to changing roles

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

• Requires High school diploma or GED
• Clean driving record is a must
• Positive attitude and self-motivation are a requirement
• Small team skills and a willingness to have fun while completing the goals are a must!
• Impressive attention to detail
• Bike share experience a plus
• Schedule will vary depending on the season

Physical Requirements and Special Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Hours of work are dependent upon the shift, 32 hours per week, with evening and weekend hours required.
• Job requires working outdoors in various temperatures including rain, and both extreme cold and heat conditions. Also requires warehouse work and some office work when necessary.
• Will require bending, stooping, and lifting materials that weigh up to 65 pounds.
• Safely operate gas vehicles in heavy traffic in an urban environment.
• Will occasionally require working on short ladders.
• This job operates in a warehouse environment, remotely in a company vehicle, and outdoors in all weather conditions.
• This role requires the ability to speak clearly so listeners can understand, understand the speech of another person, see details of objects that are less than a few feet away, stand or sit for several hours straight at a time.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/V/D