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Senior Maintenance Worker II - Denver International Airport

About Our Job


Denver International Airport (DEN) is the third-busiest airport in the United States and one of the top ten busiest airports in the world, connecting our community globally through flight and business. DEN is the primary economic engine for the state of Colorado, generating more than $33 billion for the region annually and employing nearly 30,000 people. At DEN, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace. We celebrate individuality and uplift all races, ethnicities, gender identities, national origins, ages, abilities, religion, and LGBTQIA+ communities. We know that our diversity makes us stronger, and we strive to keep diversity, equity and inclusion at the center of all that we do.

As a Senior Maintenance Worker II at DEN you will perform a variety of semi-skilled work and light to heavy physical labor in support of various construction, maintenance, repair, and operational functions.

  • Performs semi-skilled and light to heavy physical labor on a variety of construction, maintenance, and repair projects that involves physical exertion and the operation of light weight motorized equipment and hand and power tools
  • Operates construction equipment such as jackhammers, air spades, shovels, rotors, metal detectors, and air drills and hand digs, excavates, shores, grades, and backfills trenches
  • Operates light weight equipment powered by small engines for maintenance and minor construction projects and patches asphalt and paved areas
  • Breaks out cement, digs out areas for new cement bases for pavement repairs and potholes
  • Irrigates assigned areas with manual equipment and applies chemical herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizers onto open areas
  • Performs exterior maintenance duties including mowing and aerating fields, lawn areas, and ditches, rakes leaves, clears ditches, lakes, pond, and park areas of debris, prunes shrubs, and plants bushes and trees
  • Performs minor repairs on gardening and grounds equipment, vehicles, and machinery
  • Places and removes barricades, cones, and other traffic control and safety devices in and around work areas for construction and maintenance projects in accordance of with traffic regulation requirements
  • Assembles, moves, removes, and relocates furniture, furnishings, and equipment and repairs and stores articles of furniture and discarded items


About You


We realize your time is valuable, so please do not apply unless you have the following minimum qualifications:

  • Experience requirements: One (1) year of experience performing unskilled labor work
  • Equivalency:  Additional appropriate education may be substituted for the minimum experience requirement
  • License: Requires a valid Driver's License at the time of application
  • This position also requires a Class A and B CDL Commercial Driver's License with appropriate endorsements before end of probation period

Mandatory extended/additional shifts are required. Excluding snow removal operations this position requires ten hour days, four days a week with either a Day Shift (6:00 AM to 4:30 PM), Swing Shift (4:00 PM to 2:30 AM),  or Graveyard Shifts (8:00 PM to 6:30 AM). 7%-12% pay differential depending on shift assigned and equipment operated.

FBI Background Check: FBI criminal background check is required for all positions at Denver International Airport (DEN). Employees are also required to report any felony convictions and/or moving violations to maintain this clearance and be eligible for continued employment. By position, a pre-employment physical/drug test may be required.

Snow / Emergency Duties: Denver International Airport is a 24/7/365 team operation. If weather conditions warrant or an emergency crisis occurs, all DEN employees can be required to work extended hours and/or shifts.