Job Description

Overview

The Facilities Maintenance Technician is responsible for the ongoing maintenance and repair of Maricopa County facilities, ensuring that spaces, structures, and infrastructure are kept in proper operating condition. The Facilities Management Department oversees more than 200 facilities and provides various services to meet the facility-related needs of all Maricopa County Departments.

Responsibilities

  • Facilitate and correct all repairs associated with a specific work order, including routine and/or emergency repairs.
  • Respond to assigned service calls in person in all Maricopa County buildings.
  • Replace air filters, drive belts, ballasts, light bulbs, light switches, wall outlets, and low-voltage motors.
  • Operate hand tools and power equipment necessary to perform various building maintenance and repair tasks.
  • Perform other trades activities, such as carpentry, electrical, plumbing, welding, and mechanical maintenance.
  • Operate computers and mobile devices for time management, inventory, work assignments, and other related functions.
  • Other job duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Two years of experience involving a variety of repair and maintenance tasks, including semi-skilled trades tasks.
  • High school diploma or GED.
  • Must currently possess, or have the ability to obtain, a valid Arizona driver's license by the time of hire.
  • Must complete a Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) background investigation.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • The position is eligible for overtime compensation for all hours worked over 40 in the designated workweek.
  • Work will occur in an office and field environment, including exposure to various conditions.

Benefits

Health Insurance
PTO

How this job compares in Phoenix, AZ

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $30/hr median for welding jobs in Phoenix, AZ, whose middle half runs $24–$39/hr across 79 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 44% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Phoenix, AZ

We're tracking 211 other active welding openings in Phoenix, AZ right now, from 134 different employers. 52 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 482 other active welding openings from 247 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Phoenix, or widen the search to Arizona.

Maricopa County currently has 1 other opening live in Arizona, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (29), Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (17), and EZARC (16). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Arizona, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Tolleson at $38/hr, Scottsdale at $36/hr, and Tempe at $32/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Phoenix, AZ

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Facility Maintenance Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.