LABORER

About the Role

This position is responsible for performing maintenance, construction, custodial duties, and grounds keeping tasks in and around City-owned parks, grounds, recreational facilities, and cemeteries.

Responsibilities

• Assist in maintaining effective and efficient work production.
• Enforce all field playability standards and weather policies.
• Perform duties in support of the development and maintenance of parks, grounds, and sport fields, including:
• Mowing, edging, fertilizing, pruning trees and shrubs.
• Clearing right-of-way areas, tagging and identifying hazard trees, and removal with appropriate equipment.
• Weed control, fertilizing, irrigation control, and maintenance of various field areas.
• Cleaning public walkways, parking lots, restroom facilities, bleachers, scoreboxes, concessions, and other park infrastructure.
• Filling holes, keeping infield and warning track areas free of weeds and debris.
• Dragging/raking fields with various tools and chemical products to ensure safe and playable surfaces.
• Mulching playground and landscaped areas.
• Operating and controlling irrigation systems and applying chemicals and products on fields.
• Operate and maintain equipment, including commercial tractors, mowers, trimmers, backpack blowers, field maintenance equipment, hand tools, and power tools.
• Gather and dispose of debris, weeds, grass, trees, shrubs, and plants.
• Clean restroom facilities and trash receptacles throughout shifts.
• Maintain city-owned cemeteries with mowing, weed eating, tree trimming, debris removal, and other daily duties.
• Complete work orders in a timely and efficient manner.
• Fill out work completion reports, accident reports, and incident reports.
• Work with leagues and tournament groups to ensure smooth event operations.
• Assist the Parks Director in various department operations and related tasks.
• Maintain regular and prompt attendance, physically present at work.
• Perform other similar or related duties as assigned, including working beyond normal business hours and on weekends.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent (GED).
• 1-3 years of related work experience.
• Valid Texas Driver License Class "C".
• Must pass pre-employment criminal background check and drug screen.
• Complete Emergency Management and Incident Command Training within the first three months of hire.
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.

Skills

• Knowledge of building and grounds maintenance methods and practices.
• Basic carpentry, mechanical repair, and electrical procedures.
• Knowledge of cleaning chemicals and specialized cleaning equipment (buffers, carpet shampoo machines, vacuums, pool cleaning equipment).
• Operation of power tools (lawn mowers, weed eaters, blowers, chainsaws) and hand tools (shovels, picks, rakes, tree trimmers).
• Skill in pesticide application.

Working Conditions/Physical Demands

• Constant outdoor work on various park projects.
• Exposure to equipment/machinery, noise, odors, chemical fumes, dust, smoke, oil, dirt, and grease.
• Work under extreme weather conditions (heat, cold) for long periods.
• Standing/walking most of the work period, moving over rough terrain.