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Maintenance Technician

City of Durham

United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 20 Aug 2026

💰 $69,975/yr($52,222/yr – $69,975/yr)

About the role

Posting number: 26-06093

Department: Transportation

Job classification: Maintenance Technician ***

Posting type: Open

Categories: Building & Safety, Building Maintenance, Facility Management, Transportation, Maintenance, Transit, Construction Maintenance, Automotive

Summary

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

Hiring Range: $52,222.00 - $69,975.00/ Annual
Hours: Monday-Thursday or Tuesday-Friday 6:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.

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. Perform standardized work following prescribed procedures and instructions, while completing tasks independently. There is an established and specified routine to be followed and decision-making is limited with minimal consequence on overall operations.
Responsible for cleaning and maintenance of facilities and grounds; performing basic repairs under the supervision of higher level staff; solid waste collection, including serving as backup driver; traffic control; or traffic count data gathering.

Examples of duties

As assigned, performs traffic control duties, including locating identified positions; installing signs; painting and maintaining pavement markings; loading, unloading, and setting up barricades; and directing traffic during special events.
As assigned, assists with gathering traffic count and other data; sets up and operates a computerized count board; installs traffic counters and related equipment at assigned locations; and prepares field data for processing.
Maintains reports, records, logs, and other documents; picks up and delivers mail, as assigned; provides shop assistance; and maintains inventories by stocking, monitoring, and/or ordering supplies.
Provides customer service, including responding to customer questions and concerns; and provides information on policies and procedures.
Traveling to work sites to install signs and pavement markings.
Locating the identified positions.
Maintaining intersection lines, crosswalks, stop bars, and edge lines.
Painting new symbols.
Preparing for special events by loading, unloading, and setting up barricades and directing traffic.
Collecting, organizing and reporting traffic data in support of traffic engineering.
Setting up and operating a computerized count board.
Installing traffic counters and related equipment at various locations.
Maintaining traffic count files, records, and reports.
Preparing field data for processing.
Stocking and maintaining related supplies and equipment.

This position is critical to emergency operations and will report to work in spite of or because of an emergency or disaster event.

Qualifications

High School Diploma or equivalent (GED, HiSet, TASC)
Two years of maintenance experience related to assignment.

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSES:

Must have a valid, unrestricted, North Carolina driver's license "or" if you currently have another state driver's license, must be willing and able to obtain a valid NC driver's license within 60 days of hire.
IMSA Signs and Markings Level I Certification must be obtained within one year of hire.