Maintenance Specialist

Salary : $49,737.00 - $77,169.00 Annually

Location : Durham, NC

Job Type : Full time with benefits

Job Number : 25-05277

Department : General Services

Opening Date : 01 / 28 / 2025

Closing Date : Continuous

Position Description

Work. Serve. Thrive. With the City of Durham Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.

The General Services Department's innovative, highly qualified, service-oriented individuals support the City we love. Building and maintaining city facilities and public spaces is what we do. Promoting our enviable quality of life and serving as a foundation of a healthy economy is why we do it. If you're interested in applying your unique skills to meaningful work while growing in your career, our team is for you!

Work Hours / Days : Monday - Friday

6 : 30 am to 3 : 00 pm

Devoted to maintaining and repairing equipment and facilities, through the performance of semi-skilled and skilled labor and technical work. Perform a broad range of work ranging from routine to specialized skilled labor, technical repairs or operation of heavy equipment. Incumbents may assist in training staff and serve as a lead worker over other staff. Decision-making includes how and when tasks are carried out within an operational process, limited by the selection of the process and establishment of deadlines and outcomes.

Responsible for performing and / or leading skilled maintenance operations for assigned facilities or sites; receiving and processing work orders and service requests; inspecting facility, equipment; preparing and maintaining reports and records; addressing safety issues; and performing related duties.

Duties / Responsibilities

• Performs and / or assists with coordinating maintenance operations; installs, operates, and / or repairs vehicles, signs, networks, cameras, pumps, pipes, water lines, radio systems, and other devices and equipment at assigned facilities or sites; performs skilled plumbing, carpentry, concrete work, masonry, painting, and welding duties; and / or performs preventative maintenance on HVAC equipment, tools, and small engines. Assisting with HVAC cleaning and preventative maintenance. Performing preventative maintenance on tools and small engine equipment.
• Prepares and maintains reports and records, performs data entry, receives and processes work orders and service requests, and updates work order systems and related databases, to document and facilitate maintenance operations, and ensure compliance with applicable policies and procedures.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

The City of Durham Encouraged Diversity in the Workplace.

Additional Preferred Skills

Benefits - General Full-Time Employees

13 standard work days of vacation per year

13 standard work days of sick leave per year, which accumulates indefinitely; sick leave may be used toward early retirement

2 weeks paid military leave per year

Medical, dental, vision, and supplemental life insurance plans

State and City retirement plans

Short and long term disability plans

Paid temporary disability leave for specified conditions

City contribution of 13.6% into the N.C. State Retirement System

Paid funeral leave

Employee Assistance Program - personal and family counseling

Paid life insurance equal to annual salary

48 hours for volunteer work each year

4 hours parental leave each year

Workman's Compensation Insurance

457 Deferred Compensation Plans

Benefits - Part-Time (1,000 hours or more per year)

State retirement plan

Benefits Part-Time (Average 30 hours per week over 12 month period)

State retirement plan effective first day of the month following date of hire

Health insurance effective first day of the month following date of hire

Dental and life insurance, after one year of service

Pro-rated vacation, pro-rated sick, pro-rated floating holiday, parttime holiday pay (based on scheduled hours for that day) after one year of service

Where did you first hear about this opportunity?

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Please select your highest level of COMPLETED education.

Do you have a valid, unrestricted, North Carolina driver's license? (If you have a valid license from a State other than North Carolina, you must be willing and able to obtain a valid, unrestricted NC driver's license within 60 days of hire).

How many years of equipment operation, or technical repair experience in areas related to assignment do you have?

What is your level of experience maintaining and repairing commercial properties including carpentry, electrical, HVAC, plumbing, painting, concrete work, welding, masonry or related trades work?

How many years of experience do you have in making repairs in a commercial building?

How would you rate your experience level with work order systems, and the use of mobile applications; for documenting and recording work?

This position is critical to emergency operations and will report to work in spite of or because of an emergency or disaster event. Do you understand this statement?

If hired, you must complete job related and / or safety training based on assignment, such as (but not limited to) lock out / tag out, confined space entry, ladder safety, respirator and emergency evacuation training. Do you understand this question?

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