Maintenance Technician

Work. Serve. Thrive. With the City of DurhamAdvance 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/ResponsibilitiesAs 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 & ExperienceHigh 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 SkillsExperience 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.BenefitsBenefits – General Full-Time Employees12-13 paid holidays per year13 standard work days of vacation per year13 standard work days of sick leave per year, which accumulates indefinitely; sick leave may be used toward early retirement2 weeks paid military leave per yearMedical, dental, vision, and supplemental life insurance plansState and City retirement plansShort and long term disability plansPaid temporary disability leave for specified conditionsCity contribution of 13.6% into the N.C. State Retirement SystemPaid funeral leaveEmployee Assistance Program - personal and family counselingPaid life insurance equal to annual salary48 hours for volunteer work each year*4 hours parental leave each yearWorkman's Compensation Insurance457 Deferred Compensation PlansBenefits - 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 hireHealth insurance effective first day of the month following date of hireDental and life insurance, after one year of servicePro-rated vacation, pro-rated sick, pro-rated floating holiday, parttime holiday pay (based on scheduled hours for that day) after one year of service