General Maintenance - Mechanic/Track Services

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Company Overview

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the sanctioning body for the No. 1 form of motorsports in the United States and owner of 16 of the nation’s major motorsports entertainment facilities. NASCAR consists of three national series (NASCAR Cup Series™, NASCAR Xfinity Series™, and NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series™), four regional series (ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East & West and the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour), one local grassroots series and three international series. The International Motor Sports Association™ (IMSA®) governs the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship™, the premier U.S. sports car series. NASCAR also owns Motor Racing Network, Racing Electronics, Americrown Service and ONE DAYTONA. Based in Daytona Beach, Florida, with offices in eight cities across North America, NASCAR sanctions more than 1,200 races in more than 30 U.S. states, Canada, Mexico and Europe. For more information visit www.NASCAR.com and www.IMSA.com, and follow NASCAR on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat (‘NASCAR’)

Job Description

NASCAR seeks a talented professional to join in the position of a General Maintenance – Mechanic/Track Services based at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, FL.

This position is responsible for the routine preventative maintenance, repairs and track services duties. Operating a variety of equipment.  Basic office systems knowledge including but not limited to computer systems and programs, and cellular phone.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Visually inspects, operates and listens to equipment to diagnose malfunctions.
  • Dismantles and reassembles trucks, machines and equipment to gain access to problem areas and make repairs.
  • Examines part for damage or excessive wear and determines re-usability.
  • Changes fluids and lubricates equipment and related components.
  • Performs all preventive maintenance functions.
  • Welds, cuts and fabricates.
  • Tests repaired equipment to ensure operating efficiency.
  • Requisitions parts and equipment with Supervisors approval.
  • Keeps records and reports.
  • Provides general housekeeping to maintain a clean and safe facility.
  • Operate equipment as needed.
  • Employee will be responsible for track preparation, maintenance, and restoration.
  • Track cleaning (sweeping, blowing, applying and picking up absorbent, washing/scrubbing fluids off of the track, etc.).
  • Reconfiguring the track between oval, full road course, modified road course, short road course, and drag strip.
  • General maintenance around the facility, including painting.
  • Ability to operate many different pieces of equipment including vehicles, lifts, and other heavy machinery.
  • Installing and storing signage throughout the property.
  • Assist with fleet management and inventory.
  • Physical demands include the following:
    1. Regularly required to stand and walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
    2. Frequently required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
    3. Occasionally required to sit; and taste or smell. The employee will occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
  • Hours will vary but will include all hours of operation, evenings, weekends and holidays as necessary to work events and to fulfill job responsibilities. Acceptance of work hours customary in the field of sport/entertainment is necessary.
  • High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or two to four years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • Valid Florida driver’s license required.
  • The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to outdoor weather conditions, vibration and moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The employee would occasionally work in high, precarious places or be exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of electric shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud but can be very loud at times.
  • Other duties as assigned

Learn more about this role and our team by applying at www.careers.nascar.com for consideration. 

We are a company unlike any other. At NASCAR, you will find a community of passionate individuals who care about the sport and are united in seeing it grow. We want you to bring your experience, skills and passion to our close-knit, high-energy environment in which our employees thrive and where you can prosper. We know the key to our success is our employees and we offer highly competitive salaries, a solid benefits package focused on wellness, and opportunities for you to grow and develop both personally and professionally. It won’t take you long to find out that you are on the right track here at NASCAR!

NASCAR is committed to fostering a diverse work environment where all employees feel valued and empowered. NASCAR is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO). We seek to attract and retain the best qualified people available. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, disability, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any basis that is protected by applicable law except where a bona fide occupational qualification exists.