Grounds Maintenance Worker - Park Maintenance
About the role
This work involves maintaining public park grounds and facilities, abandoned private properties, and city rights of way. It includes tasks such as mowing grass and weeds, picking up trash and litter, operating and maintaining equipment and hand tools, and heavy lifting.
Responsibilities
- Mows, trims, reseeds, landscapes, and cleans public park grounds, facilities, and city rights of way.
- Waters grounds using automatic sprinklers and hand watering equipment and repairs sprinkler heads.
- Applies chemicals and spreads fertilizer.
- Lays sod and prunes tree branches.
- Mows grass and removes weeds, downed trees, limbs, branches, and debris from parks and abandoned private properties.
- Paints and repairs park recreational equipment.
- Operates farm type tractors and all attachments.
- Operates pickup trucks, single axle trucks, and other maintenance vehicles with gross vehicle weights of less than 26,000 pounds.
- Operates other engine powered and manually operated grounds maintenance tools and equipment.
- Serves and makes routine repairs to assigned equipment.
- May supervise and participate in the work of a small crew of other seasonal (2 to 3) employees.
- Performs other duties as assigned or as the situation dictates within the scope of this classification.
Requirements
- Must possess a valid motor vehicle operator’s license.
- Must be at least 18 years of age.
Special Qualifications
- Must possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities as outlined in the Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities section.
Pay Range
Depends on Experience
Benefits
Not applicable to part-time/seasonal employment
Who Can Apply
Any person who meets the qualifications and other requirements described in this posting.
How to Apply
Completed City of Omaha employment applications must be submitted using the on-line application from the City website. It is the sole responsibility of the applicant to check and ensure that any and all required application materials and supplemental forms are received by the City of Omaha Human Resources Department. You may confirm receipt of any materials and forms by contacting the Human Resources Department. If the materials are not received in the Human Resources Department, they will not be considered. There will be no exceptions to this rule.
Examination Information
Not applicable to part-time/seasonal employment
Veteran Points
Not applicable to part-time/seasonal employment
Conditions of Employment
- Candidates must provide proof of U.S. citizenship or proof of permanent residence or authorization to work.
- The City of Omaha reserves the right to conduct criminal history, driving record, reference and credit checks and a background investigation on applicants for employment.
- If applicable, the City will require that you successfully pass a review of the driver's license, driving abstract, a pre-employment drug test, a hearing test and a back screening examination as a condition of employment.
- Failure to provide the information requested in the application process in a truthful, accurate and complete manner may result in disqualification, revocation of conditional employment or termination.
Reasonable Accommodation
The City of Omaha does not discriminate on the basis of disability. If you need a disability-related accommodation during the job application or selection process, advise the Human Resources Department at least 48 hours prior to the need by emailing employment@cityofomaha.org.
Contact Points
City of Omaha Human Resources Department
1819 Farnam St, Suite 506
Omaha, NE 68183
Phone: (402) 444-5300
Fax: (402) 444-5314
Website: hr.cityofomaha.org
Email: employment@cityofomaha.org