Senior Maintenance Technician (Grounds Maintenance)

Salary : $46,762.00 - $54,147.00 Annually
Location : 301 Archdale Dr., Durham, NC
Job Type: Full time with benefits
Job Number: 26-05967
Department: Parks and Recreation
Opening Date: 06/17/2026
Closing Date: 7/1/2026 11:59 PM Eastern


Position Description
Work, Serve, Thrive. With the City of Durham
Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.

A nationally accredited team of passionate professionals devoted to building better lives and a better community through the power of parks and recreation. Our talented team at is devoted to community service and provides a diverse range of programs, services, opportunities, and experiences while being united through our core pillars of creating equitable economic impacts; advancing conservation; rejuvenating health and wellness; enhancing quality of life and sustaining social equity.

Hiring Range: $46,762.00 - $54,147.00/Annual
Hours: 6:30am - 3:00pm Monday-Friday; some evenings and weekends required

Provide professional level grounds keeping services for City of Durham parks including removal of all trash and debris from parks; blowing cleaning of hard surfaces, shelters, and courts; and cleaning of park restrooms. Provide park and grounds cleanup and event setup services on weekends and as needed. Perform seasonal projects as assigned, including winter leaf pickup, brush clearing, snow and ice removal, storm cleanup, and athletic field maintenance. Employee will be required to use a City issued smart phone and asset management software (Cityworks) to document work completion. Employee will be required to operate special park cleanup (packer) trucks. Employee must be reliable and punctual (ability to work assigned schedule).

Duties/Responsibilities

• Coordinates and/or performs custodial and collection operations including assigning, inspecting, and/or performing cleaning operations; as assigned, picks up residential trash, cleans and maintains floors, maintains grounds, cleans and sanitizes bathrooms, and sets up and tears down events.
• Performs technical work, service checks, and preventative maintenance on electronic and other applicable equipment, systems, and vehicles; administers and schedules repairs; tracks equipment recalls; replaces defective equipment or parts; and operates light-duty equipment, power tools.
• Maintains supply inventory; stocks equipment; gathers and compiles information, prepares routine reports; maintains records and databases; and proofs work for accuracy and completeness.
• Provides customer service; responds to customer questions and concerns; resolves or escalates issues; and provides information on policies and procedures.

Positions assigned to custodial services may be responsible for:

• Leading a custodial crew and perform cleaning services, including maintaining facility cleanliness.
• Maintaining custodial supplies.
• Assigning and inspecting work.

• Leading a crew, including assigning and inspecting work, with park landscaping responsibilities along with those relating to turf care, mowing, athletic field and/or ballfield maintenance,
• Performs technical work, service checks, and preventative maintenance on landscaping, turf care, and other applicable equipment, systems, and vehicles; administers and schedules repairs; tracks equipment recalls; replaces defective equipment or parts; and operates light-duty equipment, power tools.
• Coordinates work maintaining grounds. Will be assigned to clean and sanitize bathrooms and set ups and tear downs for special events.
• Maintains supply inventory; stocks equipment; gathers and compiles information, prepares routine reports; maintains records and databases; and proofs work for accuracy and completeness.
• Provides customer service; responds to customer questions and concerns; resolves or escalates issues; and provides information on policies and procedures.
• Performs other duties of a similar nature and level as assigned.

Positions assigned to Landscape Services, Downtown Maintenance (Senior Landscape Technicians) and Horticulture teams (Senior Horticulture Technicians) may be responsible for:

• Operating light-duty equipment and power tools such as, but not limited to, mowers, trimmers, brush cutter, edger, sod cutter, aerator, seeder, and chain saw.
• Using tablets computers to manage autonomous mowing systems.
• Driving a truck with a trailer between work sites.
• Using sprayers or injectors to apply fertilizer, herbicide, plant growth regulators (PGR)
• Using and maintaining a pump and tank to apply irrigation, or using and maintaining existing irrigation systems

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

• High School Diploma or equivalent (GED, HiSet, TASC)
• Three years of equipment operation/driving or specialized maintenance experience based on assignment.

• A valid North Carolina Class C Driver's License with a satisfactory driving record is required for radio installation, custodial services, cemetery services, landscape services (ROW, Interchange, Downtown and Horticulture) and traffic systems assignments that include driving between multiple facilities and/or locations to perform work or transfer equipment.

Additional Preferred Skills

• Willing to work a flex schedule (evenings, weekends, and/or holidays.
• Experience using a smart phone.
• Willing to work in inclement weather (rainy, snowy, ice, hot/cold, etc..)
• NC Pesticide license.

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


Are you willing to work in inclement weather (rainy, snowy, ice, hot/cold, etc.)?

• Yes
• No

06


Do you have experience using a smartphone?

• Yes
• No

07


Are you willing to work a flex schedule (evenings, weekends, and/or holidays)?

• Yes
• No

08


How would you rate your experience level with winter leaf pick up, brush clearing, snow and ice removal, storm cleanup, and athletic field maintenance?

• No experience
• Beginner level
• Intermediate level
• Advanced level
• Expert level

09


How many years of grounds maintenance experience do you have?

• No related experience
• Less than 1 year of related experience
• 1 year but less than 3 years of related experience
• 3 years but less than 5 years of related experience
• 5 or more years of related experience

10


Do you have a NC Pesticide license?

• Yes
• No

Required Question