Maintenance Technician

Maintenance Technician

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Maintenance Technician

Salary

$52,222.00 - $69,975.00 Annually

Location

320 Muldee Street, Durham, NC

Job Type

Full time with benefits

Job Number

26-06093

Department

Transportation

Opening Date

08/20/2026

Closing Date

Continuous

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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

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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

• Monster.com

• Indeed.com

• Employment Security Commission

• Magazine/Newspaper

• Other

02

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

03

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)

04

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.

05

How many years of maintenance experience 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 4 years

• 4 or more years

06

Do you have any experience performing maintenance work?

• Yes

• No

07

How would you rate your experience level with performing maintenance work?

• No experience

• Beginner level

• Intermediate level

• Advanced level

• Expert level

08

Please briefly describe your experience performing maintenance work.

09

Are you able to frequently lift 50-pound objects on a regular basis?

• Yes

• No

10

Do you understand the role of safety (for yourself and others) in the workplace?

• Yes

• No

11

How would you rate your understanding of safety (for yourself and others) in the workplace?

• No experience

• Beginner level

• Intermediate level

• Advanced level

• Expert level

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