Maintenance Repair Worker II

Maintenance Repair Worker II

Salary

$30.09 - $36.38 Hourly

Location

Lincoln, NE

Job Type

Full time/probationary or status

Job Number

202600522-2

Department

Parks and Recreation Department

Division

Parks

Opening Date

10/29/2026

Closing Date

11/15/2026 11:59 PM Central

• Description
• Benefits
• Questions

Job Posting Information

The City of Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department is seeking a skilled and motivated Maintenance Repair Worker II to help keep our parks, trails, and recreational facilities in top condition for the community. This position performs a wide variety of skilled maintenance, repair, and construction tasks that support safe, attractive, and functional public spaces across Lincoln.

If you take pride in your craftsmanship, enjoy working outdoors, and value making a visible difference in your community, this is a great opportunity to join our dedicated Parks & Recreation team.

What Youll Do

• Maintain, repair, and build park facilities, hard surfaces, walking paths, bench and shelter pads, trails, pools, and recreation areas.
• Perform skilled work in carpentry, plumbing, electrical, HVAC, and welding.
• Install and maintain playgrounds, shelters, fountains, and park amenities.
• Operate heavy equipment and vehicles for construction, maintenance, and snow removal.
• Inspect facilities, ensure safety, and provide excellent service to the community.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; 7 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Minimum Qualifications

• Graduation from high school or equivalent
• Two years of experience in a variety of maintenance, repair, and construction activities in any one or more of the craft disciplines including carpentry, masonry, plumbing, electrical repair and related disciplines

Any equivalent combination of training and experience that provides the desirable knowledge, abilities and skills may be considered.

Necessary Special Requirements

• Possession of a valid Drivers License
• When operating equipment that falls under the Nebraska Commercial Drivers License (CDL) status, the employee is required to possess and maintain the proper license and endorsement.

We value each City of Lincoln employee and one way we demonstrate this is by providing an attractive and competitive total compensation package that adds value to our employees professional and personal lives. The following benefits are available for this position:

• Pay increases are available upon completion of the 6-month new employee probationary period, and annually thereafter based on performance.
• We encourage a healthy work-life balance by offering 10 days of vacation leave, over 12 days of sick leave, 11 paid holidays, and 2 personal convenience days annually that you begin accruing upon hire.
• All medical, dental, and vision benefits for you and your family begin the first of the month following hire, no need to wait!
• 30 days of Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Programs offering work/life services, wellness coaching, short-term counseling, legal assistance, and financial coaching.
• 5 days of Funeral and Bereavement Leave
• $71,000 of Life Insurance
• $1,213 of Tuition Reimbursement
• 401(a) Retirement Plan. If you make a 7% contribution, the City will contribute 9%
• Employer provided Post Employment Health Plan for eligible medical expenses for after you leave City employment.
• Optional benefits include:
• Medical and/or Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Allstate Voluntary Plans
• Supplemental Term Life
• Deferred Compensation Plans

01

APPLICATION COMPLETION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT To successfully complete your application, please make sure you read each statement below and check ALL boxes prior to submission.

• 1. This application is hand scored.
• 2. ALL questions must be fully answered to receive full credit.
• 3. "See Resume", or answers such as "See ___" are not acceptable responses and will not receive full credit.
• 4. Copied/Pasted answers will not receive full credit.
• 5. ALL employers and education referred to in answers must be listed in the Work History and Education sections of the application for verification and to receive full credit.
• 6. I understand I am responsible for the accuracy and completeness of my application.
• 7. I Acknowledge that I have read and understand each of the above statements.

02

Do you currently work for the City of Lincoln?

• Yes
• No

03

Please list the department and division in which you work, your title, and your date of hire.

04

Do you have experience in general carpentry work?

• No experience
• Yes, less than 6 months
• Yes, 6 months to 2 years
• Yes, 2 to 4 years
• Yes, more than 4 years

05

If yes, please list the employers from your application where you acquired this experience. If no, enter N/A.

06

If yes, please describe types of general carpentry duties and/or work. If no, enter N/A.

07

Do you have experience in welding and minor metal fabrication work?

• No experience
• Yes, less than 6 months
• Yes, 6 months to 2 years
• Yes, 2 to 4 years
• Yes, more than 4 years

08

If yes, please list the employers from your application where you acquired this experience. If no, enter N/A.

09

If yes, please describe types of general welding and minor mental fabrication duties and/or work. If no, enter N/A.

10

Do you have experience in hard surface (concrete surfaces, asphalt surfaces, rock surfaces) maintenance, repairs and construction?

• No experience
• Yes, less than 6 months
• Yes, 6 months to 2 years
• Yes, 2 to 4 years
• Yes, more than 4 years

11

If yes, please list the employers from your application where you acquired this information. If no, enter N/A.

12

If yes, please describe types of hard surface maintenance, repairs and construction duties and/or work. If no, enter N/A.

13

Do you have experience in electrical work?

• No experience
• Yes, less than 6 months
• Yes, 6 months to 2 years
• Yes, 2 to 4 years
• Yes, more than 4 years

14

If yes, please list the employers from your application where you acquired this information. If no, enter N/A.

15

If yes, please describe types of electrical duties and/or work. If no, enter N/A.

16

Do you have experience in plumbing and HVAC work?

• No experience
• Yes, less than 6 months
• Yes, 6 months to 2 years
• Yes, 2 to 4 years
• Yes, more than 4 years

17

If yes, please list the employers from your application where you acquired this experience. If no, enter N/A.

18

If yes, please describe types of plumbing and HVAC duties and/or work. If no, enter N/A.

19

Do you have experience in operation of various types of small and large equipment that require a CDL license?

• No experience
• Yes, less than 6 months
• Yes, 6 months to 2 years
• Yes, 2 to 4 years
• Yes, more than 4 years

20

If yes, please list the employers from your application where you acquired this experience. If no, enter N/A.

21

If yes, please describe the types of equipment, duties and/or work and type of CDL. If no, enter N/A.

22

Do you have experience with assembly and installation of premanufactured equipment?

• No experience
• Yes, less than 6 months
• Yes, 6 months to 2 years
• Yes, 2 to 4 years
• Yes, more than 4 years

23

If yes, please list the employers from your application where you acquired this information. If no, enter N/A.

24

If yes, please describe types of premanufactured equipment assembly and installation duties and/or work. If no, enter N/A.

25

Do you have any of the following certifications or licenses? (check all that apply)

• Nebraska Commercial Drivers License (CDL)
• Certified Playground Safety Inspector (CPSI)
• Certified Pool Operator License
• Plumbing Apprentice License
• Electrical Apprentice License
• Others, please list below.
• No certifications or licenses

26

If Other was selected above, please indicate. If not, enter N/A.

27

I understand this position frequently lifts up to 50 lbs.

• I Understand

28

I understand this position performs work at heights up to 50 ft.

• I Understand

29

Please list type of power and hand tools you have experience using for general carpentry, plumbing, electrical, welding/fabrication and premanufactured equipment assembly.

30

I understand, as a condition of my employment for the position for which I am applying with the City of Lincoln/Lancaster County, that I must at all times be legally licensed to operate a motor vehicle. I understand state law requires operators possessing a drivers license from another state must obtain a valid Nebraska drivers license within 30 days of change of residence. Further, I understand that I must notify my immediate supervisor the next working day following a motor vehicle conviction which results in loss, revoked, impounded or suspension of my drivers license Further, I understand that this document is an official City/County record, and that falsification of this document, or failure to properly notify the City/County of driving convictions or loss of driving privileges will result in discipline, up to and including termination. This applies any time driving privileges are revoked, suspended or limited in any way by any court or the Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles or any other Administrative agency of the state of Nebraska or any other state jurisdiction. Do you have a valid drivers license?

• Yes
• No

31

For verification purposes, please list the state that issued the license and your drivers license number.

32

I understand that I will be required to obtain a valid Nebraska Commercial Drivers License with endorsements, if applicable, within 90 days of appointment or I will be terminated. Further, I understand that if my driving privileges and/or license is at any time suspended, revoked, impounded, or in any other way removed by the State of Nebraska, that I must, as a condition of future employment with the City/County, report that fact IMMEDIATELY to my supervisor. Forms are available in each department. Further, I understand that this document is an official City/County record, and that falsification of this document, or failure to report loss of driving privileges and/or license in the future is grounds for my being disciplined, if hired, or removed from the list of certified eligibles. In accordance with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and Department of Transportation Regulations, each individual conditionally hired for a safety sensitive position is subject to mandatory drug and alcohol testing. Any applicant who refuses or fails to execute the City/Countys general consent and release form to be drug and alcohol tested, who refuses or fails to execute the City/Countys authorization to obtain past drug and alcohol test results forms, who refuses or fails to submit to a pre-employment/pre-duty drug and alcohol test as directed, or whose result is positive for either test, will not be considered eligible to work for the City/County. Existing workers who test positive will not be considered qualified for the position for which they are applying and will also be subject to the City/County discipline, up to and including discharge. All pre-employment job applicants covered by this policy who test positive will not be hired. Any applicant has the right to have their original split sample retested (by a DHHS certified laboratory, the original laboratory will follow approved transfer procedures) at their expense, if requested in writing to the City/County Hum

• I Understand

33

Have you failed or refused a Department of Transportation drug or alcohol test within the previous two years?

• Yes
• No

34

I understand if I currently have a CDL I must register with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Drug and Alcohol Clearing house at: https://clearinghouse.fmcsa.dot.gov/register prior to being hired.

• I Understand

35

Are you currently registered in the FMCSA Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse?

• Yes
• No (If No, you must register)

36

I understand that before I can be hired, I must give consent for my prospective employer to conduct a query of the FMCSA Commercial Drivers License Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse to determine whether a drug or alcohol violation has been reported.

• I Understand

Required Question

Employer City of Lincoln/Lancaster County

Address 555 South 10th Street, Room 302

Lincoln, Nebraska, 68508

Phone (402) 441-7597

Website http://agency.governmentjobs.com/lincolnne/default.cfm