Parks Maintenance Worker I,II,III (Part-Time)- Parks & Recreation

About the role

The City of Port St. Lucie is an equal opportunity employer. This position requires the applicant to successfully pass a drug screening. Please note that this is an external job posting intended for non-city employees. If you are a current city employee applying through this posting, your application will not be reviewed with other internal candidates. In order to be considered with internal candidates, please apply on the internal posting by clicking HERE.

Responsibilities

• Parks Maintenance Worker I:
  • Keeps the mission, vision, and values of the City of Port St. Lucie at the forefront of decision making and action.
  • Buils strategic and collaborative relationships and interacts with others in a way that builds confidence and trust.
  • Provides excellent customer service by taking action to accomplish objectives, maintains high levels of work and productivity by generating innovative solutions to work situations.
  • Maintains equipment and facilities by performing manual labor and semi-skilled work.
  • Maintains various grounds, fields and parks by performing mowing, weeding, tilling, raking, digging and other manual labor tasks.
  • Prepares fields, grounds and courts for athletic activities.
  • Performs tasks of painting, irrigation maintenance and spraying.
  • Performs sodding, seeding, trimming, edging, mulching and similar work in parks and other City grounds.
  • Performs litter control functions, cleans restrooms; sets up picnics and other areas.
  • Operates vehicles and equipment and performs preventative maintenance functions on the vehicles and equipment.
  • Makes daily written and oral reports.
  • Informs and directs the public in the use of facilities.
• Parks Maintenance Worker II:
  • Keeps the mission, vision and values of the City of Port St. Lucie at the forefront of decision making and action.
  • Buils strategic and collaborative relationships and interacts with others in a way that builds confidence and trust.
  • Provides excellent customer service by taking action to accomplish objectives, maintains high levels of work and productivity by generating innovative solutions to work situations.
  • Responsible for educating the public about park rules and regulations.
  • Maintains equipment and facilities by performing manual labor and semi-skilled work.
  • Maintains various grounds, fields and parks by performing mowing, weeding, tilling, raking, digging and other manual labor tasks on Fine Turf (golf course and sports facilities).
  • Prepares fields, grounds and courts for athletic activities.
  • Performs tasks of painting, turf drainage system installations, irrigation maintenance and spraying.
  • Performs sodding, seeding, trimming, edging, mulching, Verti cutting, aerifying, topdressing, fertilizing and similar work in parks and other City grounds.
  • Performs litter control functions; cleans restrooms; sets up picnic and other areas.
  • Must be able to operate vehicles with trailers to load/unload large turf equipment.
  • Performs preventative maintenance functions on the vehicles, tractors and power equipment.
  • Makes daily written and oral reports.
  • Informs and directs public in the use of facilities.
  • Other duties as may be assigned.
• Parks Maintenance Worker III:
  • Keeps the mission, vision, and values of the City of Port St. Lucie at the forefront of decision making and action.
  • Buils strategic and collaborative relationships and interacts with others in a way that builds confidence and trust.
  • Provides excellent customer service by taking action to accomplish objectives, maintains high levels of work and productivity by generating innovative solutions to work situations.
  • Operates single and tandem axle dump trucks, water truck, and loaders on assigned projects and rework tasks.
  • Maintains equipment and facilities by performing manual labor and semi-skilled work.
  • Maintains various grounds, fields and parks by mowing, weeding, tilling, raking, digging and performing other manual labor tasks on Fine Turf (golf course and sports facilities).
  • Prepares fields, grounds and courts for athletic activities.
  • Performs tasks of painting, turf drainage system installations, irrigation maintenance and spraying.
  • Performs sodding, seeding, trimming, edging, mulching, Verti cutting, aerifying, topdressing, fertilizing and similar work in parks and other City grounds.
  • Performs litter control functions; cleans restrooms; sets up picnic and other areas.
  • Must be able to operate vehicles with trailers to load/unload large turf equipment.
  • Performs preventative maintenance functions on vehicles, tractors and power equipment.
  • Makes daily written and oral reports.
  • Informs and directs the public on the use of facilities.
  • Other duties as may be applied.

Qualifications

• Parks Maintenance Worker I: Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of an acceptable equivalency diploma is required. Two (2) years of grounds maintenance experience is required. A comparable amount of training, education, or experience may be substituted for the minimum qualifications.
• Parks Maintenance Worker II: Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of an acceptable equivalency diploma is required. One (1) year as a Maintenance Worker I for a municipal or county Parks & Recreation Department is required. Three (3) years of grounds maintenance experience is required. One (1) year of experience in the operation and routine maintenance of moderately heavy trucks or similar equipment is required. A comparable amount of training, education, or experience may be substituted for the minimum qualifications.
• Parks Maintenance Worker III: Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of an acceptable equivalency diploma is required. Two (2) years as a Maintenance Worker II for a municipal or county Parks & Recreation Department. Four (4) years of grounds maintenance experience required. One (1) year of experience in the operation and routine maintenance of moderately heavy trucks or similar equipment is required. A comparable amount of training, educatio,n or experience may be substituted for the minimum qualifications.

Skills

• Parks Maintenance Worker I: Knowledge of tools and equipment required to perform duties; Knowledge of grounds keeping practices and principles; Skill in the operation and preventive maintenance of equipment and related tools; Ability to operate equipment required to perform duties; Ability to perform heavy manual labor under various weather conditions; Ability to follow written and oral instructions; Ability to communicate effectively in writing and orally; Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with City employees and the public; Ability to focus on the positive in every situation; Ability to model respect for individuals, teams, and the organization; Ability to stay centered when challenged; Ability to establish and maintain the trust and confidence of the department and public; Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines; Ability to follow through with assigned tasks.
• Parks Maintenance Worker II: Knowledge of landscape maintenance, turf installation and irrigation systems; Knowledge of tools and equipment required to perform duties; Knowledge of grounds keeping practices and principles; Skill in the operation and preventive maintenance of equipment and related tools; Ability to operate equipment required to perform duties; Ability to perform heavy manual labor under various weather conditions; Ability to follow written and oral instructions; Ability to communicate effectively, both in writing and orally; Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with City employees and the public; Ability to focus on the positive in every situation; Ability to model respect for individuals, teams, and the organization; Ability to stay centered when challenged; Ability to establish and maintain the trust and confidence of the department and public; Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines; Ability to follow through with assigned tasks.
• Parks Maintenance Worker III: Knowledge of the operation, maintenance and use of dump and flatbed trucks or tractors and of the less complex parks equipment; Knowledge of landscape maintenance, turf installation and irrigation systems; Knowledge of tools and equipment required to perform duties; Knowledge of grounds keeping practices and principles; Skill in the operation and preventive maintenance of equipment and related tools; Ability to operate equipment required to perform duties; Ability to perform heavy manual labor under various weather conditions; Ability to follow written and oral instructions; Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees and the public; Ability to communicate effectively in writing and orally; Ability to focus on the positive in every situation; Ability to model respect for individuals, teams, and the organization; Ability to stay centered when challenged; Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines; Ability to follow through with assigned tasks.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.