Cultural Facilities Chief Maintenance Mechanic

Date Opened: Thursday, November 13, 2025 12:00 AM

Close Date: Saturday, November 29, 2025 12:00 AM

Department: General Services Department

Salary: $35.23 - $44.04 Commensurate with Experience

Welcome to the City of Charlotte

Charlotte is America’s Queen City, opening her arms to a diverse and inclusive community of residents, businesses and visitors alike. Here you will find a safe, family-oriented city where people work together to help everyone thrive. The mission of the City of Charlotte is to deliver quality public services and promote the safety, health, and quality of life for all residents.

Our guiding principles include:

• Attracting and retaining a skilled and diverse workforce

• Valuing teamwork, openness, accountability, productivity, and employee development

• Providing all customers with courteous, responsive, accessible, and seamless quality services

• Taking initiative to identify, analyze, and solve problems

• Collaborating with stakeholders to make informed decisions

SUMMARY

Seeking an HVAC/Plumbing/Electrical Chief Maintenance Mechanic in the Facilities Operations Division of the General Services Department. This position will be responsible for managing maintenance, repairs, and planned projects across multiple trades and cultural venues. These cultural venues include, but are not limited to, the Mint Museum Uptown, Knight Theater, and the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center. This position will also serve as the Cultural Team’s on-call Chief Maintenance Mechanic for after-hours and holiday emergencies.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage schedules and budgets for various preventive maintenance, repair, and capital replacement services for City facilities and assets related to HVAC, plumbing, electrical systems, and site work.

• Be available 24/7/365 (all weekends and holidays) for emergency repair needs across all cultural facilities.

• Review, update, and complete Work Orders using the Cityworks intake system.

• Liaise with cultural facilities staff to plan upcoming maintenance and inspections, and to communicate the progress of various repairs.

• Interface with vendors to coordinate repairs.

• Attend bi-monthly Facilities Operations staff meetings.

• Represent Facilities Operations as a subject matter expert in various meetings with City and community stakeholders.

• Process P-Card transactions in Workday while ensuring compliance with the Procurement Card Policy.

• Navigate invoice discrepancies with finance staff.

• Maintain all licenses.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Knowledge of the construction and maintenance of commercial and governmental facilities.

• At least six (6) years of experience working out of HVAC/plumbing/electrical trucks and/or equivalent on a facility maintenance crew.

• Ability to exercise independent thinking and judgement.

• Ability to read blueprints and detailed system diagrams.

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written with the ability to work well with others.

• Excellent organization and time management skills.

• Build appropriate rapport and constructive, effective relationships with all stakeholders.

• Use diplomacy and tact to diffuse conflicts.

• Possess good problem-solving skills using logic and reasoning based on critical thinking with the ability to make decisions on a timely basis.

• Ability to identify effective approaches for choosing a course of action and/or developing appropriate solutions within a team atmosphere.

• Preferred proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite products (Outlook, Word, Excel).

Preferred Qualifications:

Minimum of ten (10) years of experience in HVAC/Plumbing/Electrical systems, operations, and/or maintenance industry with a minimum of three (3) years supervisory work experience. Experience working with government facilities and assets is a plus.

Minimum Qualifications:

High School diploma with three (3) years of relevant work experience, or an Associate’s Degree and one (1) year of experience or the equivalent combination of background, ex