DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' SERVICES

Arizona State Veterans' Home - Tucson
555 East Ajo Way
Tucson, Arizona 85713

Salary: $16.50 to $18.50 hourly (DOE) 

Grade: 14

Closing Date: June 17, 2025  

Would you like to be part of an amazing team that helps Veterans thrive? At the Arizona Department of Veterans Services (ADVS), we are committed to serving and honoring veterans, service members, and their families by ensuring that they receive the highest quality services so they can thrive for a lifetime!

We are looking for an outstanding Maintenance Technician.

Your rewards:
• The opportunity to receive a pension and healthcare benefits for a lifetime!
• Generous paid time-off benefits
• Wellness and employee assistance programs, and so much more!

Your Contribution:
• Provide the highest quality services for veterans
• Participate in facility meetings, training sessions, and the implementation of the Arizona Management System (AMS) to achieve continuous improvement and efficiency
• Use and develop your potential within a supportive team environment

• Inspect all areas on a regular basis to determine maintenance and repair needs.
• Collect work requests
• Prioritize tasks and complete in a timely manner
• Perform plumbing, electrical, carpentry, and painting maintenance and repair work
• Maintain and repair equipment
• Maintain records of materials used and time expended
• Adhere to safety codes/standards
• Remain involved in AMS processes such as Huddle Boards, Problem Solving, Job Breakdown Sheets, Success Tracking, and Standardized Work

Knowledge of:

• Rules, regulations, policies, and procedures of section and work unit
• Methods and practices applied in generalized preventive maintenance, repair, remodeling and construction
• Tools, equipment and materials used in the workplace
• Methods and techniques used in lifting, moving, stacking, storing and protecting tools, equipment and materials

Skill in:

• Verbal and written communications
• Customer service
• Doing preventive maintenance and general repairs
• Properly using and inspecting tools, equipment and materials
• Coordinating with contracted vendors
• Inspecting, determining repairs and replacements and scheduling and prioritizing work

Ability to:

• Interact positively and professionally with staff and residents of the Arizona State Veteran Home
• Safely operate a State vehicle, which may include passengers (other State employees and/or nursing home residents)

Experience with drywall, painting, basic electrical, plumbing, and carpentry

• Current Negative TB skin test (Mantoux skin test) within the last twelve months or a written statement from a physician, physician’s assistant or a registered nurse practitioner indicating freedom from Tuberculosis, if in the past has had a positive skin test or Tuberculosis
• Must be able to obtain and retain a fingerprint clearance card issued by the Arizona Department of Public Safety
• The ability to drive on State business. Possession of and ability to retain a current, valid state-issued driver's license appropriate to the assignment is required. Employees who drive on State business are subject to driver's license record checks, must maintain acceptable driving records and must complete any required driver training (see A.AC. R2-10-207.11).

If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job to conduct State business, then the following requirements apply: Driver’s License Requirements.

All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).

The Arizona Department of Veterans' Services offers a comprehensive benefits package to include:

• Sick leave
• Vacation with 10 paid holidays per year
• Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program).
• Health and dental insurance
• Retirement plan
• Life insurance and long-term disability insurance
• Referral Incentives available for qualifying positions
• Optional employee benefits include short-term disability insurance, deferred compensation plans, and supplemental life insurance

Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave pilot program here. For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our benefits page

Positions in this classification participate in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS).  Please note, enrollment eligibility will become effective after 27 weeks of employment.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact Paul Sharp at recruiting@azdvs.gov or (602) 781-7032 for assistance.

The State of Arizona is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer