Parks Maintenance Technician-Seasonal

About the role

The Parks Maintenance Technician (Seasonal) performs various non-skilled manual labor tasks related to maintenance, cleaning, repair, and construction of the park system, cemetery, athletic fields, and various facilities to help ensure safe, clean, well-maintained grounds and facilities at assigned locations.

Responsibilities

• Mows, trims, weeds, and string trims parks, open spaces, medians, and streetscapes.
• Cleans and maintains park bathrooms, facilities, parks, open spaces, medians, irrigation ponds, athletic fields, cemetery grounds, and trails.
• May assist with snow removal operations.
• Performs typical parks/landscape maintenance tasks including mowing, weeding, pruning, trimming, cleanups, planting, grubbing, fertilizing, spraying (pesticides), irrigation maintenance, landscape construction, trash pickup, pet station cleanup, graffiti removal, cemetery cleanups and burials, bathroom janitorial maintenance, watering, fencing, snow plowing, edging and more.
• May assist with athletic field maintenance and marking.
• Operates vehicles used in parks construction and maintenance light dump trucks, tractors, mowers, aerators, sprayers, pickups, trailers, snowplows, chippers, and others.
• Operates power tools including chain saws, string trimmers, demo saws, bush cutters, jackhammers, tampers, concrete saws, pressure washers, blowers, and more.
• Performs basic mower maintenance such as blade sharpening.
• Cleans and maintains city equipment and vehicles.
• Uses hand tools including shovels, sledgehammers, tamps, wheelbarrows, rakes, and more.
• May be assigned to special events such as Heritage Day and trash cleanups.
• May apply herbicides and pesticides to control weeds and brush along streets, right-of-way, medians, parks, open spaces, streetscapes and more.
• Maintains usage records.
• Follows all applicable laws and uses required PPE.
• Performs periodic weekend, evening, and holiday work when necessary.
• Assists any other city departments as needed.
• Prioritizes personal and team safety at all times while at work.
• Maintains all work areas and tools in a clean and safe condition.
• May enter confined spaces utilizing proper personal protective equipment (PPE), related safety equipment and entry permits.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent; equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered.
• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Valid Colorado Driver’s License or ability to obtain within six months of hire.
• Experience in public/municipal sector.

Qualifications

• Ability to listen to, read, understand, and communicate the English language both orally and in writing so others can understand, such as correspondence, report writing, and emails.
• Ability to prioritize personal and team safety at all times while at work.
• Ability to maintain all work areas and tools in a clean and safe condition.
• Ability to operate power tools and vehicles used in parks construction and maintenance.
• Ability to lift, carry, and push tools, equipment and supplies weighing up to 85 pounds on an occasional basis and 20 to 50 pounds on a frequent basis.
• Ability to work in all outside weather conditions near moving equipment in areas with elevated noise levels and where chemicals may be utilized.

Skills

• Technology/equipment proficiency.
• Problem-solving.
• Customer service.
• Detail oriented.
• Time management.
• Decision-making.
• Self-motivation.
• Stewardship.
• Integrity.
• Upholding “EDGE” core values.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

$16.00-$22.40/hour.

Schedule

Not specified.