Maintenance Specialist, Sr. - Storm Water Maintenance Section

Salary : $48,436.00 - $74,581.00 Annually
Location : Durham, NC
Job Type: Full time with benefits
Job Number: 23-04628
Department: Public Works
Opening Date: 12/15/2023
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: $48,436 - 74,581
Hours: 7:00 am - 3:30 pm
Top-notch management, highly qualified, competent staff and opportunities for career advancement and professional success make the City of Durham's a great place to work. Our consistent and steady work environment sets us apart from traditional construction-related worksites, and our exceptional benefits and retirement plans support your long-term success. We create the foundation on which Durham is built, using innovative methods that support the City's growth and enhance our quality of life. We need innovative, highly qualified talent to do that. If growing professionally while serving your community is for you, bring your skills to Durham!
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. 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; implement policies and procedures and provide technical assistance to higher level staff. Decision-making is limited to organizing tasks in more complex operational processes that include coordination of logistics and handling of unanticipated factors within standard policies and procedures to meet established goals. Perform 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.
Duties/Responsibilities

• Direct and oversee a crew of 3-4 equipment operators and laborers cleaning and inspecting sanitary sewer and storm sewer pipes.
  
• Fully understand the goals and objectives of each project including scope of work, schedule and client expectations.
  
• Direct crew members operating pipe inspection camera systems, jetter-vaccum trucks and other equipment needed to clean and inspect underground pipes, tanks and vaults.
  
• Ensure that all required administrative paperwork (e.g., time sheets, truck driver logs, production logs, schedules, etc.) is completed accurately, and submitted within the specified timelines.
  
• Ensure that all equipment is properly maintained in good operating condition by performing preventative maintenance and minor repairs. Coordinate with Field Superintendent regarding equipment issues requiring major repairs.
  
• Maintain excellent communication with company management regarding project requirements, schedules, safety, and employee issues.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

• High School Diploma or equivalent (GED, HiSet, TASC).
• Four years of equipment operation/driving experience or technical maintenance experience related to assignment.
• One year of additional technical training in the area of assignment.
• Incumbents 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.

Additional Preferred Skills

• Experience with managing crews operating heavy equipment/machinery is required, in addition to having the ability to plan, schedule, and undertake safely, independently, and professionally.
  
• Valid CDL - B with Tanker Endorsement.
  
• Ability to communicate effectively, both written and orally.
  
• Punctual and reliable.
  
• Ability to read and understand Cityworks Maps.
  
• First Aid and Confined Space certifications.
  
• NASSCO PACP/LACP/MACP Certification
  
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.

Benefits - General Full-Time Employees

• 11-12 paid holidays per year
• 12 standard work days of vacation per year
• 12 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 10.15% 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
• Health Insurance

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
• Doctoral Degree (PhD, Juris Doctorate)

04
How many years of equipment operation/driving experience or technical maintenance experience do you have?

• No related experience
• Less than 1 year of related experience
• 1 year but less than 2 years related experience
• 2 years but less than 4 years related experience
• 4 or more years related experience

05
How many years of additional technical training in the area of assignment do you have?

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

06
Please indicate which level of valid, unrestricted, CDL (Commercial Driver's License) license you currently possess?

• CDL A license
• CDL B license
• CDL permit
• No CDL license

07
Do you have a tanker endorsement?

• Yes
• No

Required Question