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Salary: $6,450.00 Monthly
Location : Honolulu
Job Type: Full-Time Permanent
Job Number: 26-090JC
Department: 1st Circuit
Opening Date: 06/07/2026
Closing Date: Continuous
Position Specific Description
Recruitment Number 26-090JC, Building Maintenance Worker II (DL), WS-09*, Honolulu, Oahu.
Note: This position requires a current and valid driver's license to operate a motor vehicle.
*Salary rate effective July 1, 2026.
Summary of Duties
Supervises and performs a variety of skilled maintenance and repair work in the upkeep of buildings and structures, and equipment housed therein; and performs other related duties as required.
Minimum Qualification Requirements
Experience Requirement: Six (6) years of work experience which involved the performance of a variety of building maintenance repair work; or an equivalent combination of experience and training. Two (2) years of the required experience must have been at the journey level (fully competent worker).
Non-Qualifying Experience: Experience as a janitor, groundskeeper, laborer, or other related work which is not involved in performing a variety of building, structure, and equipment repairs on a regular, ongoing basis is not considered qualifying experience.
Selective Certification Requirement - Driver's License: Due to the driving duties of the position, applicants must possess a valid and unexpired driver's license to operate a motor vehicle.
Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Requirement: In accordance with the PREA Federal law, the Hawaii State Judiciary shall not hire or promote anyone who may have contact with detainees in juvenile facilities and lockups, with inmates detained in a prison or jail, or with residents of community confinement facilities who:
a. Has engaged in sexual abuse in a prison, jail, lockup, community confinement facility, juvenile facility or other institution;
b. Has been convicted of engaging or attempting to engage in sexual activity in the community facilitated by force, overt or implied threats of force, or coercion, or if the victim did not consent or was unable to consent or refuse;
c. Has been civilly or administratively adjudicated to have engaged in the activity described in b above; or
d. Has been the subject of substantiated allegations of sexual abuse or sexual harassment, or resigned during a pending investigation of alleged sexual abuse or sexual harassment.
Supplemental Information
Any additional information may be attached to your online application, submitted by email to Recruitment@courts.hawaii.gov, or mailed to the following address: Hawaii State Judiciary, Human Resources Department, 426 Queen Street, First Floor, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813.
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Civil service employees are eligible for a range of benefits, including, but not limited to, the following:

• Up to 13 paid holidays each year, and 14 during election years
• Up to 21 vacation leave days per year
• Up to 21 sick leave days per year
• Reasonable time off with pay for jury or witness duty, death in the family, for certain military duty, and for donating to the Blood Bank
• Employer contribution to premiums for enrollment in the state sponsored medical, drug, vision, and adult dental plans
• Free life insurance policy for employees and retirees
• Deferred compensation retirement savings plan
• State retirement plan for eligible employees

Judiciary employees may also be eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more information:
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The above benefits are subject to modification or termination due to changes in statutes, collective bargaining provisions, and/or policies, etc. This summary does not constitute a legal document or contract. Benefits may vary by type of employment and employment conditions.
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Selective Certification Requirement - Driver's License: This position requires a current and valid driver's license to operate a motor vehicle. If you do not have a current and valid driver's license, your application will be rejected.
Do you possess a current and valid driver's license to operate a motor vehicle?

• Yes
• No

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BUILDING MAINTENANCE & REPAIR EXPERIENCE: Do you possess six (6) years of hands-on experience, performing a variety of building maintenance and repair work, of which two (2) years of the required experience must have been at the journey worker level (fully competent worker)?
Non-Qualifying Experience: Experience as a janitor, groundskeeper, laborer, or other related work which does not involve performing a variety of building, structure, and equipment repairs as a primary function of the job is not considered qualifying experience. Management that is primarily administrative and does not involve hands-on experience in building maintenance and repair is also not considered qualifying.

• Yes
• No

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BUILDING MAINTENANCE & REPAIR EXPERIENCE: Please identify from your work history each relevant employment and provide the following information (A-B), or indicate none if you do not have building maintenance and repair experience. Please provide the information separately for each employment:
A. Name of employer, your official job title, dates of employment (from month/year to month/year), number of hours worked per week.B. A detailed description of your hands-on experience in building maintenance and repair work for this employer involving the following (1-10), or indicate n/a if not applicable for this employer:
1) Carpentry
2) Electrical
3) Plumbing
4) Masonry
5) Painting
6) Dry wall
7) Flooring/roofing
8) Water heater installment/repair
9) Air-conditioning installment/repair
10) Other hands-on experience in building maintenance and repair.
NOTE: Failure to provide sufficient detailed information may result in your application being rejected or receiving a lower score.
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IMPORTANT NOTE: Before submitting your application, be sure to review your application for completeness and accuracy. The evaluation of your application will be based on the information you have provided on your application and this supplemental questionnaire. Failure to provide sufficient detailed information may result in your application being rejected or receiving a lower score. Therefore, it is important that you provide the following information SEPARATELY for EACH job listed in your application:
- Name of your employer
- Official job title
- Dates of employment (from month/year to month/year)
- Hours worked per week
- A detailed description of your duties and responsibilities.

• I have read the above statement and understand that failure to provide sufficient detailed information may result in my application being rejected or receiving a lower score.

Required Question