CPW Park Resource Tech IV - Highline Lake State Park (Loma, CO).

About the role

This position exists to provide a safe and pleasant environment for recreational activities by cleaning, repairing, replacing, and operating equipment, systems, grounds, facilities, and infrastructure for the use of park visitors and staff. This position primarily inspects and manages maintenance needs of park grounds, swim beach, roads, shorelines, campsites, group picnic area, trails, management of park-owned and/or State Fleet-owned vehicles, alternative vehicles, general equipment maintenance, and participates in the planning and execution of natural resource management, weed/pest management, and maintaining compliance with Local, State, and Federal guidelines (OSHA, ADA, etc.).

This position provides management support by hiring, training, scheduling, and supervising temporary maintenance personnel and volunteers to accomplish work plan goals and fulfill day-to-day, periodic, and long-term maintenance functions. This position has purchasing responsibilities, will work with budgets, contractors, and must operate within state fiscal guidelines. This position will acquire and maintain certifications as needed to fulfill the functions of the position. This position must complete/submit regular reports and communicate with park management, State Park management teams, Fleet, outside agencies, partners, and the general public.

Grounds maintenance

This position ensures work unit maintenance needs are accomplished effectively and efficiently by planning and completing appropriate maintenance duties, resolving maintenance related problems, operate the park's Fleet vehicle program, operating within an established budget to order, purchase materials/supplies, and complete and submit required reports. This position designs work plans and completes field work to achieve the park's maintenance goals for landscaping, weed/pest management and facility infrastructure while assuring the safety of the public and park employees.

Position will plan, direct, oversee, supervise, and participate in program-related activities of the work unit as assigned, as needed, and/or requested by the work unit supervisor. Program management duties will include assuring work unit maintenance goals and objectives are accomplished effectively and efficiently. This will be accomplished by planning and completing appropriate maintenance duties, resolving maintenance related problems, maintaining and repairing facilities, grounds, and equipment, and assisting with maintenance related reporting programs.

These duties may include but are not limited to:

• Electrical, plumbing, irrigation systems, sewer lift stations, campgrounds, picnic areas, playgrounds, roads, marina infrastructure, boat ramp maintenance, waste management, maintaining open space areas (vegetation and pest management), cleaning restrooms, cleaning fire pits/grills, emptying trash cans, shoveling/plowing snow, emptying recycling, mowing, tree trimming, interior/exterior lighting, management of pesticides/herbicides, sign installation and repair, and a bulk fuel management
• Perform routine, preventative and controlled maintenance tasks independent of or in conjunction with other staff to construct, maintain, and repair buildings and facilities
• Operate, maintain, and repair equipment including but not limited to: tractors, tractor implements, dump trucks, snow plows, mowers, landscaping tools, a wide variety of power and hand tools, boats and ATV's, and small engines
• Work with statewide and regional project managers, contractors, vendors, and collaborate and assist seasonal staff, FTE staff, supervisors, and park management to complete projects and ensure efforts in all work unit areas are consistent with the goals of the work unit and Colorado Parks and Wildlife
• Observe Colorado Parks and Wildlife lands and waters for environmental, insect, disease, weed, forest, and wildlife problems and document and report all problems to appropriate staff
• Temporary housing and office areas are a responsibility shared by all FTE staff

Supervision of temporary employees and volunteers

This position assumes a leadership role in interviewing, hiring, training, supervising, developing work plans, scheduling, motivating, and conflict resolution for temporary maintenance employees and numerous long and short-term volunteers. This position may supervise volunteer programs including camp hosts, interns, GOCO, court ordered volunteers, or others. This position may take (and/or recommend to direct supervisor) appropriate corrective / disciplinary action for temporary employees. This position directly oversees and supervises temporary workers, interns, and volunteers delegated to their programs.

The position recruits, interviews, hires, trains, supervises, advises, counsels, motivates, assigns duties, schedules, resolves conflicts, delegates special projects/duties, ensures compliance with statutes and all policies and procedures, takes appropriate corrective/disciplinary actions regarding employee performance as directed, conducts meetings, and develops work programs for their respective temporary employees, interns, and assigned volunteers that accomplishes the work unit and Colorado Parks and Wildlife's desired mission. The position implements processes to ensure assigned temporary workers, interns, and volunteers are trained and performing their assigned duties within the park on a daily basis. The position will work with the work unit's management staff on scheduling and adjust staffing patterns as the need arises.

Administration

This position will prepare, maintain, document, evaluate, report, complete and maintain accurate and complete program files for all efforts related to their areas of responsibilities, their duties, and within the maintenance program. Including but not limited to: work plans, progress reports, employee paperwork, evaluations, purchasing, budget requests, fleet reporting, fuel usage reports, chemicals and application reports, requests for bids from contractors and vendors, recording work hours, and maintaining all records according to policy.

This position will work within established budgets, as well as track, recommend, and document expenditures related to program management and assigned duties. This position designs work plans and completes field work to achieve the CPW's mission, park's maintenance goals, weed/pest management goals, natural resource protection, and grounds and facility upkeep and maintenance while assuring the safety of the public and park staff.

Customer service and public relations

The position has daily contact with the public with potential for positive or negative public relations implications. The position must always strive to maintain a positive image of themselves and of Colorado Parks and Wildlife. This position will interact with customers and provide information to educate, ensure safety, and provide general information to promote the work unit as well as Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Advocates the interests of the work unit to gain public support for the work unit, its programs, and Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

Answers questions and conducts informal public contacts and on and off the park. Provides park visitors with safety, weather, and other related information as well as directions and park conditions. Explains rules and regulations to park visitors. Promotes all Colorado Parks and Wildlife areas and activities.

Training and certifications

This position will prepare records and reports concerning the areas that fall under the park maintenance program including: work plans, progress reports, employee paperwork and evaluations, paperwork associated with making purchases, annual requests for funding from numerous sources, recording work hours and maintaining all records according to policy.

This position will maintain skills and certifications (if required) in the areas of water systems, sewer, electrical, plumbing, carpentry, masonry, painting, etc. This position must attend annual inservice training, trade related trainings, and self-educate regularly to ensure proficiency and legal compliance with safety and administrative regulations. They will be required to maintain park systems certifications. Must be willing to bring section needs and potential issues and liability concerns to the attention of their supervisor and park management.

Must be able to complete and maintain certifications for the following:

• Class S water operator license
• Wastewater system and small operator license
• Restricted class 1 distribution operator license
• Herbicide and pesticide applicators certifications
• Others that the work unit finds necessary

Other duties as assigned.

Minimum qualifications

At least four (4) years of work experience in construction, carpentry, equipment/machinery operation, farming, ranching, range land management, wildlife/habitat management, resource management, landscaping, facility maintenance/management, HVAC, plumbing, electrical. You must adequately demonstrate your experience as it pertains to the duties of this job description on your application. No formal college education is required.

Substitution: A combination of related education in natural resources, water resources planning or management, program management/project management, or a related field of study will substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis.

Preferred qualifications

• Current or former State experience relevant to this position
• Possesses current trade certifications