Park Technician I

Maintenance and Operation

• Mows and maintains park and open space areas such as baseball and soccer fields; mows weeds; cleans and maintains tennis courts and nets; maintains irrigation systems and assists in the repair and installation of irrigation lines and heads.
• Plants trees, turf, shrubs, and flowers; performs tree and shrub maintenance and removal.
• Carries out the seeding, fertilizing, top dressing, soil conditioning, watering, and the pest/weed control of parks and open spaces.
• Drafs ball fields and lines fields for games.
• Installs and maintains goal posts and nets for sports facilities, including soccer, volleyball, baseball, softball, tennis and basketball.
• Assists in setting up and taking down equipment for various park and recreation programs; prepares facilities for park and recreation program use.
• Assists in the maintenance of the municipal swimming pools; monitors and maintains pool filtration systems.
• Inspects, washes, and performs routine maintenance of park drinking fountains and restrooms.
• Sweeps, washes, paints, and repairs or replaces park tables and benches.
• Performs semi-skilled interior building maintenance such as painting, plumbing, carpentry, and other unskilled and semi-skilled trades work.
• Maintains and adjusts specialized turf care equipment and tools, including electric motors, pumps, sprinklers, tractors, mowers, and irrigation systems.
• Operates tractors, mowers, high loaders, backhoes, graders, snow removal equipment, trucks, washers, and other equipment as needed.
• Maintains current skills and knowledge in the proper and safe techniques of building and grounds maintenance functions.
• Performs custodial work as required and assigned, including changing light bulbs and fluorescent tubes; sweeping floors; vacuuming carpets; mopping; shampooing and steam cleaning carpets; buffing non-carpeted areas; dumping garbage and replacing trash can liners; cleaning and sanitizing restrooms and replenishing supplies; sweeping; emptying ash cans; cleaning spills; cleaning drinking fountains, mirrors, tables, walls, fixtures, blinds, light fixtures, etc.; washing windows; cleaning rain gutters; sweeping roofs.
• Collects and disposes of solid waste from buildings and grounds; picks up litter from parks and open spaces.
• Opens and closes, locks and unlocks facilities as needed.
• Assists in and performs snow removal operations to fulfill departments responsibilities.
• May assists Street Division with snow removal operations.
• Keeps records of work completed.

Supervision

• Acts as lead worker for community service workers, temporary employees, assigned KSP inmates, and volunteers as required and assigned.

Qualifications

• Be at least 18 years old at time of hire.
• Graduation from High School or GED equivalent.
• Must possess a current, valid drivers license at time of application (and maintain for duration of employment) and meet insurability standards under fleet insurance policy.
• Must have CDL or ability to obtain one within one (1) year of hire.