Sr, Maintenance Specialist

Salary : $52,903.00 - $82,086.00 Annually
Location : 1100 Martin Luther King Jr Pkwy., Durham, NC
Job Type: Full time with benefits
Job Number: 25-05777
Department: Water Management
Opening Date: 03/07/2025
Closing Date: Continuous


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: $52,146 - $63,399
Hours: 7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.


The City of Durham's Departmen52,146 t of Water Management (DWM) provides critical water and sewer services to the 309,000 plus residents of Durham. In order to deliver these services, more than 375 talented, dedicated employees work to keep safe drinking water flowing throughout the City and manage wastewater effectively. We lead long-term water and wastewater planning and infrastructure development, regularly treat and test systems for environmental compliance, and engage the public in water conservation to ensure all of our customers have clean, safe water every time they turn on the tap. If you share our passion for managing vital water resources, bring your skills and talent to Durham!

Devoted to maintaining and repairing City property, vehicles, and roads. Provide specialized paraprofessional and skilled technical maintenance work that requires sufficient subject-matter knowledge and expertise in an assigned field to reconcile and verify the work of others; train others; serve as an escalation point for problem-solving; coordinate processes. Performs highly technical maintenance work or lead work crews performing basic and complex labor, equipment operation, construction, maintenance, and/or repair tasks. Responsible for ensuring daily activity logs and reports are correctly completed; assigning work; inspecting work; ensuring quality control; operating complex equipment; and performing the most complex of tasks related to the work assignment.

You can expect to cross train in the various workgroups within Water & Sewer Maintenance ( listed below ) in order to serve SBRD:

• Meter Services: OSHA Competent Person, OSHA Trenching/Shoring, NC Grade A Water Distribution certification, NC Grade II Wastewater Collection, and AWWA Meter Technician certifications are preferred.
• Excavation : OSHA Competent Person, OSHA Trenching/Shoring, NC Grade C Water Distribution, and NC Grade II Wastewater Collections certifications may be preferred.
• Distribution Systems Maintenance: OSHA Competent Person, OSHA Trenching/Shoring, NC Grade B Water Distribution certification, and NC Grade II Wastewater Collections certifications may be preferred.

Duties/Responsibilities

• May perform lead duties including assigning and inspecting work, coordinating safety training, and ensuring quality control and compliance with applicable operations, policies, and procedures.
• Performs the most complex of tasks related to the work assignment; plans, designs, installs, modifies, and/or maintains radio communications network, traffic signal, and other electrical, plumbing, and related systems, equipment, and devices; coordinates tree removal, planting, and pruning operations, and debris loading, hauling, and disposal operations; performs or coordinates carpentry, electrical, HVAC, plumbing, painting, concrete work, welding, masonry and other trades work.
• Operates complex equipment, as assigned, including (but not limited to) aerial lift truck, knuckle boom loader, chipper, chainsaw, crane (boom), and stump grinder.
• Ensures that daily activity logs and reports are correctly completed; monitors inventory; proof work and reviews of the work of others to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Provides customer service; responds customer questions, concerns, and trouble calls; troubleshoots complex issues; and provides information on policies and procedures.
• As assigned, may serve as a lead worker, assigning work and monitoring work completion.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

• High School Diploma or equivalent (GED, HiSet, TASC).
• One year of additional technical training in the area of assignment.
• Four years of equipment operation/driving experience or technical maintenance experience related to assignment.
• Must complete job related and/or safety training based on assignment, such as (but not limited to) lock out/tag out, confined space entry, ladder safety, CPR, respirator and emergency evacuation training.
• Willingness and ability to obtain a Commercial Driver's License (CDL) within 1 year (department provided training)
• OSHA Competent Person, Confined Space Entry, & Trenching/Shoring certifications or obtained within 1 year of hire
• Requires week-long rotations of Stand-by/Recall Duty (SBRD) which means overtime and call-back for emergencies that can occur outside of normal business hours
• Requires being willing and able to work during all types of weather.
• Willingness to cross-train in the various workgroups.

Additional Preferred Skills

• 1+ years of supervisory experience in a field position leading a crew
• NC Grade C, B, or A Water Distribution
• NC Grade I, II, III, or IV Wastewater Collections

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

01


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
• PhD or Juris Doctorate

04


How many years of experience do you have in equipment operation/driving experience or technical maintenance experience related to assignment?

• No related experience
• Less than 1 year of related experience
• 1 year but less than 4 years related experience
• 4 years but less than 8 years related experience
• 8 or more years related experience

05


How many years of experience do you have of supervisory experience in a field position leading a crew?

• No supervisory experience
• Some supervisory experience but less than 1 year
• 1 year experience but less than 3 years
• 3 years experience but less than 5 years
• 5 or more years supervisory experience

06


Please indicate if you have a North Carolina Water Distribution certification, and what Grade/Level:

• I do NOT have a North Carolina Water Distribution certification
• Grade A North Carolina Water Distribution certification
• Grade B North Carolina Water Distribution certification
• Grade C North Carolina Water Distribution certification

07


Do you have a North Carolina Waste Water Collections certification, and if so what Grade/Level:

• I do NOT have a North Carolina Waste Water Collections certification
• Grade 1 North Carolina Waste Water Collections certification
• Grade 2 North Carolina Waste Water Collections certification
• Grade 3 North Carolina Waste Water Collections certification

08


Please list any/all training or education you have had in a specific vocational, administrative, or technical area:(Such as OSHA, CDL, equipment, or other trades area training)
09


Are you willing and able to complete job related and/or safety training based on assignment? (such as (but not limited to) lock out/tag out, confined space entry, ladder safety, CPR, respirator and emergency evacuation training)

• Yes
• No

10


Do you have an OSHA Competent Person Certification?

• Yes, i have this certification
• No, but I AM willing and able to obtain it within 1 year of my start date
• No, and I am NOT willing or able to obtain it within 1 year of my start date

11


Do you have an OSHA Confined Space Training/Certification?

• Yes, I have this certification
• No, but I AM willing and able to obtain it within 1 year of my start date
• No, and I am NOT willing or able to obtain it within 1 year of my start date

12


Do you have an OSHA Trenching/Shoring certification?

• Yes, I have this certification
• No but I AM willing and able to obtain it within 1 year of my start date
• No, and I am NOT willing or able to obtain it within 1 year of my start date

13


Do you have a current and valid North Carolina Commercial Driver's License (CDL)?

• Yes, I have a current and valid CDL
• No, and I am NOT willing or able to obtain within 1 year of my start date
• No, but I AM willing and able to obtain within 1 year of my start date

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