Facilities Maintenance Technician

Description

The Durango Public Library is a place where information abounds, ideas flow, and imagination thrives. We believe that libraries are essential for a healthy, vibrant community—and we’re looking for a Facilities Maintenance Technician to help keep ours at its best. In this role, you’ll support the Library Facility Maintenance Supervisor and take on avariety of building and maintenance duties. Your work will keep the library safe, clean, and fully functional so that everyone in our community can enjoy it.

City of Durango’s Trail to Excellence

The City of Durango is a purpose-driven organization with more than 400 full-time and 300 part-time and seasonal employees across 15 departments, all working together to provide a wide range of services that keep our community running every day. From public safety and utilities to parks and recreation, our team is dedicated to delivering high-quality services that enhance the lives of all who live, work, and visit here.

At the city, we focus on continually improving how we work and serve the community. This effort is called the Trail to Excellence (T2E), and every employee plays a part in it. Whether you work outdoors, in an office, or lead a team, your daily efforts connect to the city’s mission of providing excellent service and reaching the city’s vision of being a multigenerational community that is authentic, diverse, engaged, thriving, and environmentally responsible. The full details of this vision are outlined in the city’s strategic plan .

As a member of our team, your work will be meaningful because:

• Your ideas help shape citywide improvements.
• The work you do ties directly into measurable goals.
• You'll be part of a system that values collaboration, innovation, and results.
  
  

We're looking for team members who share our core values of teamwork, dependability, professionalism, service, respect, innovation, and wellbeing — and who are excited to make a difference in the community we serve.

Essential Job Duties

What You’ll Do in This Role:

• Troubleshoot, repair, and perform preventative maintenance on building systems, including HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and irrigation equipment.
• Ensure the overall cleanliness and functionality of the library facility through painting, cleaning, groundskeeping, and managing inventory of supplies.
• Clean and dust offices, vacuum floors, and wash windows.
• Maintain the library grounds through landscaping tasks, including mowing, trimming, weeding, and pest control.
• Perform minor repairs and carpentry work on furniture and facilities.
• Interact with patrons in a friendly manner.
• Set up meeting room arrangements according to customer needs.
• Assist in the coordination of building activities and schedules in the absence of the Library Facility Maintenance Supervisor.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

You Have:

• A high school diploma or GED equivalent.
• One to two years of experience in building and grounds maintenance.
  
  

You Will Succeed in This Role if You:

• Are skilled in building trades and comfortable using tools, materials, and safety practices to maintain and repair facilities.
• Have basic knowledge of plumbing, electrical, and landscaping tasks, and can operate the necessary equipment.
• Take pride in keeping spaces clean, safe, and welcoming for patrons and the community.
• Follow instructions, safety protocols, and operational procedures accurately.
  
  

Supplemental Information

What We Can Offer You

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Ample personal time off (PTO) and 11 paid holidays.
• 401(a) retirement plan and optional deferred compensation plan.
• Basic life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) coverage.
• Long-term disability coverage.
• Paid Family and Medical Leave (FMLA).
• Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Free access to the Durango Community Recreation Center and Chapman Hill Ice Rink & Ski Area.
• Holistic Employee Wellness Program, addressing physical, mental, financial, and professional well-being.
• Free transit pass and family member discounts.
• Reimbursement for job-related classes to foster continuous learning.
• Sixteen hours of volunteer time off per year to support local non-profit organizations.
  
  

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Belong At The City Of Durango

We believe in creating an inclusive workforce that welcomes diversity of thoughts, viewpoints, and experiences.

The City of Durango is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis age 40 and over, color, disability, gender identity, genetic information, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or any other applicable status protected by state or local law. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions are based on job-related factors.

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