Maintenance Technician (Landscaping / Athletics)

City of Durham, NC; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 43,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the City of Durham's Parks and Recreation team as a dedicated maintenance worker. You'll be responsible for maintaining city property, performing repairs, and providing excellent customer service. This full-time role offers a competitive salary and benefits, including paid holidays, vacation, and health insurance. Ideal candidates will have a high school diploma and two years of relevant maintenance experience.

Benefits

12-13 paid holidays per year

13 standard work days of vacation per year

Medical, dental, vision insurance

State and City retirement plans

Employee Assistance Program

Qualifications

• Two years of maintenance experience related to assignment.
• Valid North Carolina Class C Driver's License.

Responsibilities

• Cleans and maintains assigned facilities and grounds.
• Performs basic repairs under supervision.
• Provides customer service and responds to inquiries.

Skills

Maintenance

Customer Service

Communication

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent (GED, HiSet, TASC)

Job description

Salary : $43,348.00 - $67,226.00 Annually

Job Type : Full time with benefits

Job Number : 25-05333

Department : Parks and Recreation

Opening Date : 05 / 05 / 2025

Closing Date : 5 / 19 / 2025 11 : 59 PM Eastern

Position Description

Work. Serve. Thrive. With the City of Durham

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

A nationally accredited team of passionate professionals devoted to building better lives and a better community through the power of parks and recreation. Our talented team at is devoted to community service and provides a diverse range of programs, services, opportunities, and experiences while being united through our core pillars of creating equitable economic impacts; advancing conservation; rejuvenating health and wellness; enhancing quality of life and sustaining social equity.

Hiring Range : $43,348.00 - $47,778.00

Hours : 6 : 30am - 3 : 00pm Monday-Friday with some evenings and weekends required

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, cleans and maintains assigned facilities including cleaning and maintaining floors, as assigned; cleans bathrooms; collects solid waste and related materials; maintains grounds including maintaining trees and shrubs, mowing grass, trimming weeds, and applying fertilizers and chemicals; sets up and tears down equipment for special events; and performs seasonal duties including snow and ice removal and picking up leaves and other trash.

As assigned, performs basic repairs under the supervision of higher-level staff; performs manual and semi-skilled construction duties; performs basic plumbing, electrical, carpentry, painting, HVAC, and welding duties; inspects facilities and equipment for maintenance-related issues; reports issues to higher-level staff; and operates light equipment and vehicles, as assigned.

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.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

• High School Diploma or equivalent (GED, HiSet, TASC)

Two years of maintenance experience related to assignment.

A valid North Carolina Class C Driver's License with a satisfactory driving record.

Additional Preferred Skills

• Commercial landscaping or athletic field maintenance experience.

Experience using a smart phone.

Available to work some nights, holidays, rotating or flex schedules, and during inclement weather.

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)

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

Where did you first hear about this opportunity?

• City of Durham Website
• Walk in
• Job fair
• Employee referral
• Professional organization
• Please list the organization in "other" box below
• Internet posting
• Please list the specific web site in the "other" box below
• Craig's List
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• GlassDoor
• governmentjobs.com
• Employment Security Commission
• Other

If you listed "other" above please give specific web site, organization, or publication.

Please select your highest level of COMPLETED education.

• Less than a High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED, HiSET, TASC)
• High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED, HiSET, TASC)
• Associates Degree
• Bachelor's Degree
• Master's Degree
• Doctoral Degree (PhD, Juris Doctorate)

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).

• I have a valid, unrestricted NC driver's license.
• I have a valid license from another State and I am willing to obtain a valid, unrestricted NC driver's license within 60 days.
• I do not have a valid, unrestricted driver's license.

How many years of maintenance experience related to assignment do you have?

• No related experience
• Less than 1 year of related experience
• 1 year but less than 2 years
• 2 years but less than 6 years
• 6 or more years

Do you have commercial landscaping or athletic field maintenance experience?

Do you have experience using a smart phone?

Are you available to work some nights, holidays, rotating or flex schedules, and during inclement weather?

Do you have experience operating a commercial zero turn riding mower?

Please indicate which level of valid, unrestricted, CDL (Commercial Driver's License) license you currently possess?