Maintenance Engineer

Salary: $30.89 - $39.23 Hourly
Location : 730 Wisconsin Avenue, Racine, WI 53403, WI
Job Type: FULL TIME
Job Number: 2026-075
Department: Public Works and Development Services
Division: Facilities Management
Opening Date: 07/14/2026
Closing Date: 7/28/2026 11:59 PM Central
Division: Facilities Management


Job Summary
To properly maintain the facility in a safe, efficiently operating, and attractive manner. To install, maintain and repair more complex electrical, plumbing, heating, air conditioning and ventilation systems, and to perform skilled work in the repair and maintenance of buildings, equipment and/or utilities. To discern the physical needs of the facility daily to insure a safe, efficiently operating, and attractive environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Repair heating, ventilation, plumbing, air conditioning equipment, and other equipment/tools.
• Perform preventive maintenance of heating, ventilation, air conditioning equipment, plumbing, pumps and other equipment.
• Respond to service requests for needed repairs, investigate, trouble shoot problems and implement a corrective action plan and repair.
• Conduct specialty type security door and device repairs associated within a Correctional facility.
• Conduct daily and/or as required chemical tests of boiler water and air conditioning water treatment systems.
• Conduct/Participate in weekly fire equipment inspections, monthly fire alarm test, and annual water flow tests of the sprinkler system.
• Monitor cleanliness of the facility through daily inspections. Take all necessary measures to insure corrective action is taken on any noted deficiencies.
• Assist staff in furniture and/or package deliveries as needed.
• Monitor and participate as needed with snow, salt and ice removal and control.
• On a rotating basis, carry a cell phone off duty and respond to after hour emergencies.
• Work holidays on a rotating basis.

Supervision Received : Receives general supervision from the Assistant Superintendent FM and Superintendent of Facilities Management.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Two (2) - Five (5) years of experience involving the operation of machinery, tools, and equipment used in the building maintenance operation, and in the maintenance and skilled repair of mechanical systems used in institutional and office buildings.
• Have at time of hire or obtain within 90 days of hire, a Second-Class Association of Power Engineers License issued by the American Society of Power Engineers, Inc., and a City of Racine Second Class Stationary Engineer License.
• Prompt and regular attendance.

Knowledge Skills & Abilities

• Ability to read and interpret all aspects of building blue prints.
• Ability to read, interpret and follow written directions.
• Ability to effectively interact with outside vendor services, up to and including cleaning staff, HVAC contractors, etc.
• Ability to properly identify potential building related problems and operational conditions, and effectively communicate that information to supervisors and vendors.
• Ability to discern the physical needs of the facility to insure a safe and attractive working environment for the general public and staff that use and work in the facility on a daily basis.
• Knowledge of OSHA/DCOM rules and regulations pertaining to building maintenance.
• Ability to use measuring instruments such as thermometers, tape measures, electrical current meters, pressure gauges, and scales.
• Knowledge of boilers, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, pumps, and electricity related to the maintenance field.
• Able to work independently.

Physical Requirements

• Continuous (67-100% of workday) standing, light handling and fingering.
• Frequent (34-66% of workday) walking, reaching, feeling, hearing, lifting and carrying objects weighing 1-10 pounds, medium handling and medium fingering.
• Occasional (1-33% of workday) sitting, stooping, kneeling, climbing, ascending/descending ladders while carrying objects, balancing, feeling, talking, hearing, use of far and near vision, lifting objects weighing 11-50 pounds, carrying objects weighing 11-20 pounds, pushing/pulling objects weighing 1-80 pounds on wheels, and high fingering.

Working Conditions

• Continuous (67-100% of workday) inside work, exposure to mechanical, electrical, chemical and burn hazards.
• Frequent (34-66% of workday) exposure to dust.
• Occasional (1-33% of workday) hazards from heights above 12 feet, exposure to fumes, odors, poor ventilation, and physically confined workspace.

Equipment Used

Measuring devices, hand tools such as hammers, wrenches, screwdrivers, power tools, saws, sanders, chainsaws, shovels, brooms, automobile and truck, air hammer, breathing apparatus, mops and hearing and eye protection.

This description has been prepared to assist in properly evaluating various classes of responsibilities, skills, working conditions, etc., present in the classification. It is intended to indicate the kinds of tasks and characteristic levels of work difficulty that will be required of positions that will be given this title. It is not intended as a complete list of specific duties and responsibilities. Nor is it intended to limit or in any way modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under his/her supervision. The use of an expression or illustration describing duties shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned that are of a similar kind and level of difficulty.
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
NON-EXEMPT COUNTY EMPLOYEES
(For a complete list of benefits, refer to the Human Resources Policy Manual)

Full Time, Regular Employees - (40 hours per week)
Health Insurance Coverage

• Racine County is self-insured. The Third-Party Administrator is UnitedHealthcare. Coverage is effective the first of the month following thirty days of employment.
• Premium sharing: Racine County pays 85%, employee pays 15%.
  • 2020 monthly premiums $98.55/single, $284.85/family
• IN NETWORK : Individual deductible $1000, family deductible $2000 per calendar year. After the deductible is met, the plan pays 80% of allowable charges. Out-of-pocket maximum per calendar year is $2500 for individual and $5000 for family.
• OUT OF NETWORK : Individual deductible is $2000, family deductible is $4000 per calendar year. After the deductible is met, the plan pays 60% of allowable charges. Out-of-pocket maximum per calendar year is $4000 for individual and $8000 for family.
• Prescription drug, vision, and mail order maintenance drug benefits are included

Dental Insurance Coverage
Coverage is effective the first of the month following thirty days of employment. Choose either basic coverage or premium coverage.
Basic coverage - Racine County is self-insured. The Third-Party Administrator for basic dental coverage is UnitedHealthcare.

• Individual yearly deductible $25, family yearly deductible $75
• Fully paid insurance premium by Racine County.
  • 2020 monthly premiums $0/single, $0/family
• No deductible for diagnostic or preventative services.
• Co?Insurance??80% of usual and customary charges of covered services paid. Maximum of $1200/year per person.
• No orthodontic coverage.

Premium dental coverage - (Anthem/Essential Choice)

• No deductibles
• 100% coverage if provider is in network
• Premium sharing ? Employee pays difference between basic coverage and Anthem/Essential Choice.
  • 2020 monthly premiums $26/single, $64/family
• Orthodontic coverage - Employee pays 50% of the fee up to a maximum payment by the employee of $695.

Racine Employee Health and Wellness Center
Racine County has partnered with the City of Racine and with Racine Unified to create a health center for:

• Racine County full-time employees, who are covered under the county health plan;
• Dependents of Racine County employees who are covered under the county health plan; and
• Racine County retirees and their dependents that are covered under the county health plan.

Visits are by appointment only. Available services include primary care, chronic disease management, wellness consultations, immunizations, physicals (including school and sports physicals), diagnosis and treatment of urgent care needs (e.g., ear or sinus infections, strep throat), and lab work. There is no fee or co-pay for visits to the center, but there may be costs for services referred outside of the health center (radiology, some lab services, etc.). County health coverage may be applied to any of those costs. Some medications are dispensed for free at the Wellness Center.


Flexible Spending Accounts
Optional - Regular full-time employees are eligible to contribute to two flexible spending accounts: Health Care Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account. Newly hired employees may enroll by submitting an enrollment form to Human Resources within thirty (30) calendar days from their date of hire.


Wisconsin Retirement Fund
Effective from date of hire. The County contributes the employer's share to the Wisconsin Retirement fund. The employee contributes the employee's share, through automatic payroll deduction, to the Wisconsin Retirement fund, as required by State statute.


Deferred Compensation
Optional - Automatic payroll deduction from salary prior to tax deductions into a tax deferred savings program. Employees may enroll at the time of hire or during the designated open enrollment periods.


Holidays
The following holidays are observed by Racine County and shall be granted with pay to covered employees:

• New Year's Day
• Friday before Easter
• Memorial Day
• Independence Day
• Labor Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• Friday following Thanksgiving Day
• Day before Christmas Day
• Christmas Day
• Day before New Year's Day

Employees Who Work on a Holiday
Except for corrections officers, detention workers, and dispatch technicians who work 5-2/5-3 or similar schedules, a covered non-exempt employee who is required to work on a holiday is paid straight time for the holiday hours worked and is given banked holiday time to be used in the future. A full-time employee will receive eight (8) banked holiday hours, and a part-time employee will receive banked holiday hours pro-rated to his/her position hours. Banked holiday hours shall be used with the approval of the department head.


Vacations
Anniversary date of employment Weeks of Vacation
1st through 4th 2 weeks
5th through 7th 2 weeks, 3 days
8th through 12th 3 weeks, 3 days
13th through 17th 4 weeks
18th through 22nd 4 weeks, 3 days
23rd and beyond 5 weeks


Casual Days
Employees accrue five casual days per calendar year. Upon completion of introductory period, newly hired employees will receive pro-rated casual time at the rate of one half day for every full month remaining in the calendar year, not to exceed five (5) full days.


Employee Assistance Program
Racine County offers all employees an Employee Assistance Program. EAP is a resource for emotional, financial, and legal support, and other life stressors. EAP is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.


Other Benefits:

• Life Insurance
• Short-Term Disability
• Long Term Disability