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City of Durham Maintenance Technician in Durham, North Carolina
Maintenance Technician
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Maintenance Technician
Salary
$43,348.00 - $67,226.00 Annually
Location
320 Muldee Street, NC
Job Type
Full time with benefits
Job Number
24-05179
Department
Transportation
Opening Date
11/18/2024
Closing Date
Continuous
Description
Benefits
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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.
The Transportation Department (https://durhamnc.gov/1002/transportation) plans, builds, and maintains a safe and vibrant multi-modal transportation network that supports safety, mobility, and environmental sustainability to provide a superior quality of life for our residents, businesses, and visitors. If you're interested in helping bring innovative, community-focused transportation solutions to our community while growing in your career, come to Durham!
Hiring Range: $43,348.00 - $47,778.00
Workdays/Hours: Monday - Thursday /6:00 am. - 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday - Friday / 6:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.Position devoted to maintaining and repairing City property, vehicles, roads and traffic systems, equipment and facilities 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; 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.
Minimum Qualifications & Experience
High School Diploma or equivalent (GED, HiSet, TASC).
Two years of maintenance experience related to assignment.
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.
This position is critical to emergency operations and will report to work in spite of or because of an emergency or disaster event.
The City of Durham Encouraged Diversity in the Workplace
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?
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If you listed "other" above please give specific web site, organization, or publication.
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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
PhD or Juris Doctorate
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Do you have a valid, unrestricted, North Carolina driver's license? (If you have a 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.
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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 5 years
5 or more years
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I . . (check all that apply):
experience performing maintenance work.
can frequently lift 50-pound objects on a regular basis.
understand the role of safety (for yourself and others) in the workplace.
No item above applies to me.
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Do you have or are you willing to obtain the IMSA Signs and Markings Level I Certification within one year if hire?
I have the IMSA Signs and Markings Level I Certification.
I do not have the IMSA Signs and Markings Level I Certification but willing to obtain within one (1) year if hired.
I do not have the IMSA Signs and Markings Level I Certification and not willing to obtain.
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This position is critical to emergency operations and will report to work in spite of or because of an emergency or disaster event. Do you understand this statement?
Yes
No
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