Construction & Maintenance Tech/Sr. Construction & Maintenance Tech
Albuquerque, NMJob$43–61K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Job overview
The Construction & Maintenance Technician provides labor support for construction, maintenance, installation, and emergency response on gas distribution and transmission lines. The role includes paid training and varied daily work settings. Senior-level technicians perform entry-level duties plus additional responsibilities. Candidates must live within 30 minutes of the Albuquerque Gas Service Center; previous construction experience is preferred.
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Full job description
This position will be open to internal and external applicants and will close on Monday, November 16, 2026.
The Construction & Maintenance Technician position pays between $46,483 to $58,104, and the Senior Construction & Maintenance Technician position pays between $53,592 to $66,990. Placement is based on skills,experience and education of the successful candidate. This pay range is composed of a current base pay range of $43,040 to $53,800 and $48,720 to $60,900 with an 8% supplemental pay for the entry level, and a 10% for the Senior level. Supplemental pay is administered in accordance with NMGC’s Supplemental Pay Policy.
The successful candidate must live within 30 minutes of Albuquerque Gas Service Center.
About This Opportunity
Are you searching for a company you can grow and develop in? Look no further, the Construction and Maintenance Technician role is your introduction to a long career with us. We offer paid training and varied settings daily. You will find the workday interesting as you provide labor support for construction, maintenance, installation and emergency response on our gas distribution/transmission lines.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
This list does not reflect the job duties in their entirety.
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Prepare job sites for safe operation
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Frequent work around live gas mains and services performing taps, stop-offs, or tie-ins.
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Excavate site using manual tools, excavating machinery, and shoring following all safety procedures
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Installation and maintenance of steel pipe or non-steel systems Polyethylene (PE) plastic pipe utilizing heat fusion/electrofusion.
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Perform various safety tests, including pressure tests, on gas pipelines.
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Operate and perform preventative and corrective inspections on company vehicles and equipment.
*Senior Level: Entry Level Duties Plus Additional Responsibilities
Successful Candidate Must Have:
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A high school diploma or GED
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A valid driver's license with an acceptable driving record
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Construction & Maintenance Tech: 0 years of experience and the ability to obtain and maintain a New Mexico Commercial Driver's License (CDL) within 1 year of hire through company-provided paid training
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Sr. Construction & Maintenance Tech: 3 years of experience, a CDL, and Journeyman Gas Fitter’s License (JGL) dependent on location
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Preference: Previous construction experience
Working Conditions
Construction and/or field environment. May be required to work overtime and/or be on-call. Will be exposed year-round to outside weather conditions. Personal protective equipment required. Regularly required to stand and walk with the ability to bend, twist, balance, and climb frequently. Occasionally sit to drive vehicles and operate heavy equipment. Manual dexterity is required to lift, carry and/or maneuver up to 80 pounds by reaching, handling, kneeling, and/or crouching.
Nearest Major Market: Albuquerque
How this job compares
Set against the 6,606 open Maintenance Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$43–61K/yr
- US median$58–81K/yr310 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $52K, is 26% below the US median midpoint ($70K) — in the lowest quarter of Maintenance Technician salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 22 open Maintenance Technician jobs in New Mexico and 6,606 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New Mexico
- Intel4 open
- CBRE2 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for no prior experience — less than three in four Maintenance Technician postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 3,777 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 3,124 of the 6,606 open Maintenance Technician jobs (47%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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