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Crew Leader

Salary

$52,903.00 - $82,086.00 Annually

Location

Durham, NC

Job Type

Full time with benefits

Job Number

25-05674

Department

Water Management

Opening Date

10/27/2025

Closing Date

Continuous

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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.

Hiring Range: $52,903.00 - $64,319.00

Hours: 7:00 am - 3:30 pm

The City of Durham has vacancies for SR Maintenance Specialist; within the Collection Maintenance Division of Water Management. The City of Durham’s Department of Water Management (DWM) provides critical water and sewer services to the 309,000 plus residents of Durham. In order to deliver these services, more than 375 talented, dedicated employees work to keep safe drinking water flowing throughout the city and manage wastewater effectively. We lead long-term water and wastewater planning and infrastructure development, regularly treat and test systems for environmental compliance, and engage the public in water conservation to ensure all of our customers have clean, safe water every time they turn on the tap. If you share our passion for managing vital water resources, bring your skills and talent to Durham!

Devoted to maintaining and repairing City property, vehicles, and roads. 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. Performs 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.

You can expect to cross train in the various workgroups within Collection System Maintenance (listed below) in order to serve SBRD:

+ Outfall: Clears easements and assists with manhole repairs and inspections also respond to sanitary sewer system overflows

+ Collection Systems: Assists with closed circuit television inspections, flush truck operations and sanitary sewer overflow response

Duties/Responsibilities

+ May perform lead duties including assigning and inspecting work, coordinating safety training, and ensuring quality control and compliance with applicable operations, policies, and procedures.

+ Performs the most complex of tasks related to the work assignment; plans, designs, installs, modifies, and/or maintains radio communications network, traffic signal, and other electrical, plumbing, and related systems, equipment, and devices; coordinates tree removal, planting, and pruning operations, and debris loading, hauling, and disposal operations.

+ Operates complex equipment, as assigned, including (but not limited to) dump truck, combo truck, front loader, skid steer, chipper, chainsaw, crane (boom), and stump grinder.

+ Ensures that daily activity logs and reports are correctly completed; monitors inventory; proof work and reviews of the work of others to ensure accuracy and completeness.

+ Provides customer service; responds customer questions, concerns, and trouble calls; troubleshoots complex issues; and provides information on policies and procedures.

+ As assigned, may serve as a lead worker, assigning work and monitoring work completion.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

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

+ One year of additional technical training in the area of assignment.

+ Four years of equipment operation/driving experience or technical maintenance experience related to assignment.

+ 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.

+ A valid North Carolina Class A Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) w/Tanker Endorsment, is required within 1 year of hire

+ OSHA Competent Person, Confined Space Entry, & Trenching/Shoring certifications or obtained within 1 year of hire

+ Collections I must be obtained within 1 year of hire

Additional Preferred Skills

+ 1+ years of supervisory experience in a field position leading a crew

+ NC Grade I, II, III, or IV Wastewater Collections

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

Please list any/all training or education you have had in a specific vocational, administrative, or technical area: (Such as OSHA, CDL, equipment, or other trades area training)

05

How many years of related 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 4 years of related experience

+ 4 years but less than 8 years of related experience

+ 8 or more years of related experience

06

How many years of experience do you have in a manager/supervisory field position leading a crew?

+ No supervisory experience

+ Some supervisory experience but less than 1 year

+ 1 year experience but less than 2 years

+ 2 years experience but less than 6 years

+ 6 or more years supervisory experience

07

Are you willing and able to obtain a valid North Carolina Commercial Driver's License (CDL) level A with a Tanker endorsement within 1 year of your start date?

+ Yes, I have a current and valid CDL level A with Tanker endorsement

+ No, but I AM willing and able to obtain a CDL level A with Tanker endorsement within 1 year of my start date

+ No, and I am NOT willing or able to obtain a CDL level A with Tanker endorsement within 1 year of my start date

08

Are you willing and able to 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).

+ Yes

+ No

09

Are you willing and able to obtain a Collections 1 certification? Or willing and able to obtain it within 1 year of hire?

+ Yes, I currently have a Collections 1 certification

+ No, I do not have a Collections 1 certification, BUT I AM willing and able to obtain one within 1 year of my start date

+ No, I do not have a Collections 1 certification, and I am NOT willing or able to obtain one within 1 year of my start date

10

Please list if you have a NC Grade I, II, III, or IV Wastewater Collections certification and which one you currently have: If no certification, Please put N/A

11

Do you have an OSHA Competent Person Certification?

+ Yes

+ No, I do not have this certification, but I AM willing and able to obtain it within 1 year of hire

+ No, I do not have this certification, but I am NOT willing or able to obtain it within 1 year of hire

12

Do you have an OSHA Confined Space Training/Certification?

+ Yes

+ No, I do not have this certification, but I AM willing and able to obtain it within 1 year of hire

+ No, I do not have this certification, but I am NOT willing or able to obtain it within 1 year of hire

13

Do you have an OSHA Lock-out/Tag-out training/certification?

+ Yes

+ No, I do not have this certification, but I AM willing and able to obtain it within 1 year of hire

+ No, I do not have this certification, but I am NOT willing or able to obtain it within 1 year of hire

14

Do you have an OSHA Trenching/Shoring certification?

+ Yes

+ No, I do not have this certification, but I AM willing and able to obtain it within 1 year of hire

+ No, I do not have this certification, but I am NOT willing or able to obtain it within 1 year of hire

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