Grounds Maintenance Associate

Essential Duties

• Maintaining turf (natural and synthetic) on athletic fields, dragging baseball field infields, changing home plates and base anchors
• Operating irrigation systems and performing minor repairs
• Maintaining passive areas
• Operating tractors and commercial zero-turn mowers
• Operating small engine equipment (backpack blowers, edgers, and string trimmers)
• Inspecting park assets including playgrounds for safety standards
• Applying herbicides (pre- and post-emergent) and fertilizers
• Performing preventative maintenance and performing repairs on equipment, chain link fencing/gates
• Reporting incidents to leadership
• Providing maintenance reports

Other Job Requirements/Information

• This job may require on-call rotation and emergency after-hours, weekends, and/or holidays.
• Minimum Qualifications:
  • Grounds Maintenance Associate I Grade: Salary: $40,000. The grade for this position is A12(2).
  • High school diploma or GED
  • An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job, such as those listed above, will also be considered.
  • Grounds Maintenance Associate II Grade: Salary: $42,000. The grade for this position is A13(2).
  • A high school diploma or GED
  • Two years of grounds maintenance experience
  • An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job, such as those listed above, will also be considered.
  • Driver's license
  • CPR/First Aid Certification
• Effective 4/11/2023, this position is eligible for the Employee Referral Program. For information related to position-specific essential duties, knowledge and skills, and physical requirements, please click here for the Grounds Maintenance Associate I click here for the Grounds Maintenance Associate II .