FIELD SUPERVISOR

About the role

The Houston Parks and Recreation Department is dedicated to building a sustainable community and enhancing the quality of urban life by providing safe well-maintained parks and offering affordable programming for our community. To achieve this mission, HPARD seeks a Field Supervisor to join its Greenspace Management team.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates and monitors teams of 3-5 permanent employees
• Monitors landscape contractor to ensure compliance and communicate with contractor's staff
• Manages additional temporary assistance in the form of probationers, seasonal employees, part-time employees, or volunteers to maintain a group of parks and street medians
• Analyzes and resolves staff equipment operating problems
• Recommends changes to increase efficiency
• Efficiently delegate tasks to balance workload and resources
• Conducts inspections of parks and document work orders needed to repair/improve facilities
• Maintains various records including statistics of labor, material and equipment resources on work executed
• Sets goals, train, motivate and periodically evaluate crewmember performance to improve performance
• Maintains accurate records to support decisions
• Ensures that employees have adequate work supplies and proper functioning equipment to perform assigned tasks
• Oversees preventative maintenance of assigned vehicles, equipment and tools and is held accountable for equipment
• Observes safety regulations and ensure that crews do the same
• Requires driving to various locations to perform duties of the position
• Performs other duties and activities that may be required during operation

Work environment

There are routine exposures to significant levels of heat, cold, moisture and air pollution. The position may involve periodic exposure to chemical substances and physical trauma of a minor nature such as cuts, bruises and minor burns.

Physical skill

Requires the ability to make coordinated gross motor movements in response to changing external stimuli within moderately demanding tolerances; or the ability to make coordinated eye/hand movements on a patterned response space within low tolerance demands with no real speed requirements.

Minimum requirements

• High school diploma or a GED
• Four years of progressively responsible work experience in the maintenance field (a Bachelor's degree in a related field may be substituted for the experience requirement)
• May require a valid Texas Class "C" driver's license and compliance with the City of Houston's policy on driving

Preferences

• Preference shall be given to eligible veteran applicants provided such persons possess the qualifications necessary for competent discharge of the duties involved in the position applied for, such persons are among the most qualified candidates for the position, and all other factors in accordance with Executive Order 1-6
• Applicants with experience in Grounds Maintenance/Landscaping experience are highly preferred

Additional information

• Selection process will involve application review and/or interview
• This is a safety impact position subject to random drug testing
• Salary range: Pay Grade 17
• Workdays and hours: Monday–Friday, 6:30 AM to 3:30 PM (subject to change)
• Location: Various