Maintenance Technician

City of Durham; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid holidays

Vacation leave

Retirement plans

Life insurance

Job summary

City of Durham seeks a semi-skilled/ skilled labor worker to maintain City property, vehicles, roads, traffic systems and facilities. This role supports emergency operations and performs standardized work with supervision and limited decision-making.

The position requires performing traffic control, sign installation, pavement markings, data gathering, and delivering customer service. Applicants must have a NC driver's license and IMSA Level I certification within one year of hire, with

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent (GED, HiSet, TASC).
• Two years of maintenance experience related to assignment.
• Valid, unrestricted NC driver's license; able to obtain NC license within 60 days of hire.
• IMSA Signs and Markings Level I Certification within one year of hire.

Responsibilities

• Perform traffic control duties, install signs, paint pavement markings, and direct traffic during events.
• Set up and operate a computerized count board; install counters and collect field data.
• Maintain reports and inventories; stock supplies and deliver mail as assigned.

Skills

Maintenance experience

Traffic control

Safety awareness

Customer service

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Traffic counters

Pavement markings

Sign installation equipment

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: $52,222.00 - $69,975.00/ Annual

Hours: Monday-Thursday or Tuesday-Friday 6:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.

Devoted to maintaining and repairing City property, vehicles, roads and traffic systems, equipment and facilities, providing custodial services, and collecting, transporting and disposing municipal solid and yard waste through the performance of semi-skilled and skilled labor and technical work. Perform standardized work following prescribed procedures and instructions, while completing tasks independently. There is an established and specified routine to be followed and decision-making is limited with minimal consequence on overall operations.

Responsible for cleaning and maintenance of facilities and grounds; performing basic repairs under the supervision of higher level staff; solid waste collection, including serving as backup driver; traffic control; or traffic count data gathering.

Duties/Responsibilities

• As assigned, performs traffic control duties, including locating identified positions; installing signs; painting and maintaining pavement markings; loading, unloading, and setting up barricades; and directing traffic during special events.
• As assigned, assists with gathering traffic count and other data; sets up and operates a computerized count board; installs traffic counters and related equipment at assigned locations; and prepares field data for processing.
• Maintains reports, records, logs, and other documents; picks up and delivers mail, as assigned; provides shop assistance; and maintains inventories by stocking, monitoring, and/or ordering supplies.
• Provides customer service, including responding to customer questions and concerns; and provides information on policies and procedures.
• Traveling to work sites to install signs and pavement markings.
• Locating the identified positions.
• Maintaining intersection lines, crosswalks, stop bars, and edge lines.
• Painting new symbols.
• Preparing for special events by loading, unloading, and setting up barricades and directing traffic.
• Collecting, organizing and reporting traffic data in support of traffic engineering.
• Setting up and operating a computerized count board.
• Installing traffic counters and related equipment at various locations.
• Maintaining traffic count files, records, and reports.
• Preparing field data for processing.
• Stocking and maintaining related supplies and equipment.

This position is critical to emergency operations and will report to work in spite of or because of an emergency or disaster event.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

• High School Diploma or equivalent (GED, HiSet, TASC)
• Two years of maintenance experience related to assignment.

Certifications/Licenses

• Must have a valid, unrestricted, North Carolina driver's license "or" if you currently have another state driver's license, must be willing and able to obtain a valid NC driver's license within 60 days of hire.
• IMSA Signs and Markings Level I Certification must be obtained within one year of hire.

Additional Preferred Skills

• Experience performing maintenance work.
• Able to frequently lift 50-pound objects on a regular basis.
• Understand the role of safety (for yourself and others) in the workplace.

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