Maintenance Assistant (Custodial Services)

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Maintenance Assistant (Custodial Services)

Salary

$40,727.00 - $63,191.00 Annually

Location

Durham, NC

Job Type

Full time with benefits

Job Number

25-05353

Department

Parks and Recreation

Opening Date

03/14/2025

Closing Date

3/28/2025 11:59 PM Eastern

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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 Durham Parks and Recreation (https://www.dprplaymore.org/27/ABOUT-US) 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: $40,727.00 - $47,154.00

Workdays/Hours: 6:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Monday - Friday (some evenings/weekends required)

Position performs standardized work following prescribed procedures and instructions, requiring minimal prior training or experience. There is an established and specified routine to be followed and limited decision-making, restricted to choosing and safely using the proper work tools. Responsible for cleaning facilities and/or equipment; performing basic maintenance of equipment, grounds, and facilities; performing manual labor; assisting with projects that require semi-skilled labor; providing customer service; and keeping records and reporting maintenance needs to higher authority that fall outside of the scope of the work assigned.

Primary responsibilities for incumbents assigned to indoor recreation facilities will include performing janitorial, housekeeping, and custodial duties; cleaning and maintaining floors and other indoor and outdoor areas; emptying trash, dusting, sanitizing bathrooms, cleaning mirrors and windows, replenishing sanitation items, pressure washing assigned areas; setting up and tearing down equipment for rentals, special events; and opening/closing facilities, as assigned. Completes special projects as assigned including vegetation management, storm cleanup, and athletic field maintenance.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Performs janitorial, housekeeping, and custodial duties, as assigned to adopted maintenance standards.

• Cleans, and maintains floors and other indoor and outdoor areas.

• Empties trash, dusts, sanitizes bathrooms, cleans mirrors and windows, replenishes sanitation items, and conducts custodial inspections.

• Strips and waxes floors, cleans carpets, pressure washes assigned areas,

• Sets up and tears down equipment for rentals and special events, and opens/closes facilities, as assigned.

• Occasional special assignments may include blowing and clearing walkways as well as mowing and trimming grass/weeds.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

• High School Diploma or equivalent (GED, HiSet, TASC).

• One year of maintenance or customer service experience related to assignment.

• A valid North Carolina Class C Driver’s License with a satisfactory driving record.

Additional Preferred Skills

• Experience in cleaning, stripping, and waxing commercial floors.

• Available to work Monday-Friday from 6:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. along with some weekends and evenings.

• Ability to read and understand written instructions, understand simple processes, and understand the routine operation of machines.

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

  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

• PhD or Juris Doctorate

  04

  Do you have a valid, unrestricted, North Carolina driver's license? (If you have a 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

  How many years of maintenance or customer service experience related to assignment do you have?

• No related experience

• Less than 1 year of related experience

• 1 year but less than 3 years related experience

• 3 years but less than 5 years related experience

• 5 or more years related experience

  06

  Do you have experience in cleaning, stripping, and waxing commercial floors?

• No

• Yes

  07

  Are you available to work Monday-Friday from 6:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. along with some weekends and evenings?

• No

• Yes

  08

  Do you have the ability to read and understand written instructions, understand simple processes, and understand the routine operation of machines?

• No

• Yes

  Required Question