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Trades Specialist, Senior

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Trades Specialist, Senior

Salary

$56,410.00 - $87,506.00 Annually

Location

Durham, NC

Job Type

Full time with benefits

Job Number

25-05421

Department

General Services

Opening Date

05/26/2025

Closing Date

6/24/2025 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.

The General Services Department's (http://durhamnc.gov/733/General-Services) innovative, highly qualified, service-oriented individuals support the City we love. Building and maintaining city facilities and public spaces is what we do. Promoting our enviable quality of life and serving as a foundation of a healthy economy is why we do it. If you're interested in applying your unique skills to meaningful work while growing in your career, our team is for you!

Workdays/Hours: Monday-Friday/6:30 A.M. to 3:00 P.M

This position is devoted to providing journey electrical, HVAC and emergency power repairs and maintenance. Performs specialized electrical repair, overseeing projects and other electrician staff. Decision-making includes how and when tasks are carried out within an operational process, limited by the selection of the process and establishment of deadlines and outcomes. Responsible for serving as an escalation point for complex problems; providing support to the supervisor with routine reporting, making work assignments; mentoring and training; performing the work of an electrician; managing emergency calls; and overseeing projects. As assigned, may serve as a lead worker, assigning work and monitoring work completion.

Duties/Responsibilities

+ Performs preventative and general maintenance on electrical, HVAC, safety, utility, and related systems, equipment, and devices; diagnoses and troubleshooting issues, to include using computer-controlled and specialized programs, systems, and software; serves as an escalation point for resolving complex problems; and ensures compliance with applicable safety and operational requirements, policies, and procedures.

+ Assists the supervisor by preparing work assignments; schedules repairs; mentors and trains staff; tracks job changes and customer concerns; monitors contractor operations; documents and reports operations; and ensures compliance with applicable safety and operational policies and procedures.

+ Assists with coordinating project operations, to include providing technical assistance, and coordinating with vendors and other staff, City departments, and agencies to ensure adequate and appropriate project material availability; ensures compliance with applicable contract, safety, and other project requirements, standards, and procedures.

+ Responds to emergency requests and performs emergency repairs and coordinates repairs with vendors and other staff.

+ Performs office support duties to include answering phones, providing information to internal and external parties, performing data entry, researching information, filing and retrieving documents, maintaining databases, and performing related.

+ Installing, repairing, and maintaining electrical systems and equipment.

+ Serving as an escalation point to facilitate complex issue resolution.

+ Assisting the supervisor by preparing routine reports, preparing work assignments, and mentoring and training other staff.

+ Performing and coordinating preventative maintenance operations for HVAC and building control equipment, systems, and devices.

+ Providing technical and administrative support to the HVAC supervisor.

+ Monitoring contractor operations.

+ Maintaining online systems and databases.

+ Coordinating with internal and external parties to facilitate operations.

+ Working with or trouble shooting relay controls, motor control centers, soft-starts, variable frequency drives, and industrial switchgear powered by single or three phase power.

+ Making minor repairs to emergency back-up generators

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

+ High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED, HiSET, TASC)

+ One year of additional technical training

+ Five years of related trades experience.

+ Valid, unrestricted, North Carolina driver's license "or" if you currently have another states driver's license, must be willing and able to obtain a valid NC driver's license within 60 days of hire.

+ CFC Universal Refrigerant Certification.

+ North Carolina Electrical Limited License.

+ Color vision.

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

Additional Preferred Skills

+ Experience working in an industrial, manufacturing, or water utility.

+ Two years’ experience working with a CMMS program.

+ Familiarity with using an Infrared thermography camera, Ultrasound probe equipment, and other handheld electrical meters.

+ Experience with work order systems, and the use of mobile applications for documenting and recording work.

+ Experience in making repairs in a commercial building.

+ Experience maintaining plumbing, HVAC and/or electrical systems.

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

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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

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

How many additional years of trades training do you have (electrical, plumbing, HVAC)?

+ No related experience

+ Less than 1 year of related experience

+ 1 year but less than 3 years of related experience

+ 3 years but less than 6 years

+ 6 or more years

07

What is your rate level of experience with work order systems, and the use of mobile applications for documenting and recording work?

+ No experience

+ Beginner level

+ Intermediate level

+ Advanced level

+ Expert level

08

This position is critical to emergency operations and will report to work in spite of or because of an emergency or disaster event. Do you understand this statement?

+ Yes

+ No

09

How many years of experience in making repairs in a commercial building do you have?

+ No related experience

+ Less than 1 year of experience

+ 1 year but less than 4 years

+ 4 years but less than 7 years

+ 7 or more years

10

How many years of experience do you have maintaining plumbing, HVAC and/or electrical systems?

+ No related experience

+ Less than 1 year of related experience

+ 1 year but less than 4 years

+ 4 years but less than 6 years

+ 6 years but less than 10 years

+ 10 or more years

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