PARKS MAINTENANCE WORKER I

About the role

Provides specialized care for the parks, right-of-ways, and building grounds of the City of St. George.

Responsibilities

• Patrols assigned parks, trails, recreation areas, and facilities performing maintenance and repairs to assure proper functioning of equipment.
• Maintains, cleans, repairs, and paints pavilions, playgrounds, restrooms, picnic tables, barbeques, and other park features.
• Irrigates, mows, and plants turf. Plants and prunes trees, shrubs, and flowers.
• Operates tractors, gang mowers, rotary mowers, and other power equipment incidental to job.
• Performs preventative maintenance and checks on power equipment used.
• Auxiliary with set up and take down for special events, such as the St. George Marathon.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Qualifications

• Possess a valid driver license.
• A valid Utah Driver License must be obtained within 60 days of hire and be maintained throughout employment.
• Knowledge Of Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Tools, equipment, and techniques used in maintenance, repair, and/or construction of landscapes, irrigation systems, and hardscapes which may include basic construction projects; Standard safety precautions; Small engine (gas and electric) repair preferred.
• Ability to: Work with minimum supervision, and understand and follow general work instructions; Perform outdoor manual labor for extended periods of time; Operate equipment in a safe and efficient manner.

Benefits

• Health Care: The City of St. George covers 100% of the premiums for the High Deductible health plan for full-time employees and their qualified dependents. The City also offers two Traditional medical plans. Employees have the option to upgrade to one of the City’s Traditional medical plans with a lower deductible by paying a premium for the selected plan. The City also offers voluntary benefits including dental insurance, vision insurance, flexible spending and health savings accounts, and retirement savings plans at the employee’s cost and discretion. Health care coverage begins the first day of employment.
• Retirement: The City fully funds an employee pension plan through Utah Retirement Systems for each active full-time employee.
• Paid Time Off: Paid time off (PTO) hours are accrued according to the number of hours paid. Based on a full 40-hour work week, paid time off is accrued as follows: 2 weeks for years 0 through 3.99, 3 weeks for years 4 through 11.99, and 4 weeks for 12+ years.
• Holidays: The City has 13 paid holidays each year. If unused, holiday time can be used as Paid Time Off.
• Sick Leave: The City provides 12 days of sick leave each year. You can accrue sick leave without limit.
• Life Insurance: All active full-time employees enrolled in the employer sponsored medical plan are provided with $50,000 worth of life insurance. Spouses and dependents are provided with $5000 and $2500 respectively. Full-time employees are also provided with an AD&D policy for $50,000.
• Long Term Disability: All active full-time employees enrolled in the employer sponsored medical plan are provided with LTD insurance benefits.
• Recreation Benefit: Free or discounted access to all 4 City Golf Courses, swimming pools and Recreation Center is available to all full-time employees. Note: Golf course privileges are based on availability. Employees can book a tee-time within 24 hours or the same day, but may be turned away if there are no available tee-times. If you happen to be golfing with at least 2 paying customers; tee times can be set with more advance notice, but are still based on availability.