Maintenance Specialist

City of Durham; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 53,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid holidays

Vacation leave

Sick leave

Job summary

The City of Durham is seeking a Maintenance Worker to maintain and repair City facilities, equipment, and infrastructure. The role involves skilled labor across plumbing, electrical, and HVAC tasks, and may require responding to emergencies.

Responsibilities include receiving work orders, inspecting conditions, operating equipment, and documenting activities. On-call duties and after-hours work are possible, with a focus on safety and compliance.

Qualifications

• Four years of equipment operation or technical repair experience.
• High school diploma or equivalent is required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate maintenance operations and inspections of facilities and sites.
• Install, operate, and repair generators, signs, pumps, pipes, and HVAC-related equipment.
• Prepare and maintain reports and records; update work order systems.

Skills

Equipment operation

Technical repair

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Position Description

Work, Serve, Thrive. With the City of Durham

Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.

Hiring Range: $53,272.00-$60,486.00

Hours: Monday-Friday 6:30am-3:00pm

Position devoted to maintaining and repairing City property, to include facilities, equipment and infrastructure systems through the performance of semi-skilled and skilled labor and technical work. Incumbents perform a broad range of technical work, ranging from routine to specialized skilled labor, technical repairs of primarily plumbing, electrical, and HVAC equipment. Incumbents may be required to respond to emergencies and/or natural disasters or weather events. 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. Incumbent will be required to be on call several times each year.

An incumbent is 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, and/or vehicle conditions; installing, operating, and/or maintaining devices, vehicles, and other equipment; preparing and maintaining reports and records; addressing safety issues; and performing related duties.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Performs and/or assists with coordinating maintenance operations; facility and grounds inspections. Installs, operates, and/or repairs to generators, signs, network wiring, pumps, pipes, water lines, communication 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.
• Inspects conditions of equipment, vehicles, signs, networks, cameras, devices, and other materials at assigned facilities or sites; sets up safe work zones and detour routes; directs traffic; and addresses safety issues to detect and troubleshoot maintenance-related issues; and ensures compliance with established safety and operational policies and practices.
• Operates light to heavy equipment, to include backhoes, excavators, bucket trucks, forklift, and scissor lifts.
• 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.
• Performs other duties of a similar nature and level as assigned.

Position is critical to emergency operations and will report to work despite or because of an emergency or disaster event.

This position is subject to on-call, recall, and after-hours work and work during inclement weather.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

• High School Diploma or equivalent (GED, HiSet, TASC)
• Four years of equipment operation, or technical repair experience in areas related to assignment.

Certifications/Licenses

• A valid North Carolina Class C Driver’s License with a satisfactory driving record is required for: facilities maintenance, traffic control, traffic systems, urban forestry, radio systems, and police maintenance assignments that include driving between multiple facilities and/or locations to perform work or transfer equipment.
• Incumbents 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.

Additional Preferred Skills

ADA and Other Requirements

Positions in this class typically require, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, fingering, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions.

Heavy Work

Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of forces constantly to move objects.

Working Conditions

Work is performed in indoor and/or outdoor environments.

Incumbents may be exposed to hazardous physical conditions, such as, mechanical parts, electrical currents, and vibrations; atmospheric conditions, such as fumes, odors, gases, and poor ventilation; hazardous materials, such as chemicals, blood, and other bodily fluids; extreme temperatures; inadequate lighting; work space-related movement restrictions; intense noise; and other environmental conditions, such as, challenging behaviors, imminent danger, and threatening environments; incumbents may also be expected to travel to external locations.

Benefits – General Full-Time Employees

• 12-13 paid holidays per year
• 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)

• 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary)
• State retirement plan

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

• 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary)
• 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