Seasonal Mountain Parks Utility Worker - Denver Parks and Recreation

About Our Job

This is an on-call position, which means it is a part-time, hourly role. This position will work no more than 39 hours per week. The starting pay for this position is $20.06/hour and is eligible to enroll in the City and County of Denver’s 457b retirement plan. This position is not eligible for other additional benefits.

What We Offer

The location of this position is the Morrison Headquarters at 300 Union Avenue, Morrison, CO, and will work a 9-8 flex schedule, 4/40 hours per week, 6:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. The primary focus of this position is to maintain the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave buildings, facilities and grounds as well as provide support to the Chief Hosa Campground.

What You’ll Do

• Maintain the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave buildings, facilities and grounds as well as provide support to the Chief Hosa Campground.
• Learn and practice a wide variety of general maintenance and landscaping skills.
• Perform tasks such as mowing, pruning, brushing, rock work, and trail maintenance.
• Perform infrastructure maintenance and repair such as fencing, asphalt, concrete, road work, and erosion control.
• Interact with and learn alongside more seasoned park maintenance generalists and/or specialists such as maintenance technicians, historic preservation specialists, bison handlers, foresters, park rangers, and other experts in parks management and skilled trades work.
• Assist with spring bison round-up.
• Perform snow removal operations such as plowing, shoveling, de-icing.
• May assist with trash collection, bathroom maintenance and cleaning, vandalism repair/graffiti removal.

Skills to be Developed and Utilized on the Job

• Work outdoors in parks using and maintaining various hand-powered tools and motorized equipment in a safe and efficient manner.
• Aid with general facility and campground maintenance.
• Perform landscape maintenance duties such as mowing, pruning, brushing, rock work, and trail maintenance.
• Perform infrastructure maintenance and repair such as fencing, asphalt, concrete, road work, and erosion control.
• Interact with and learn alongside more seasoned park maintenance generalists and/or specialists such as maintenance technicians, historic preservation specialists, bison handlers, foresters, park rangers, and other experts in parks management and skilled trades work.
• Assist with grading and maintaining parking lots and gravel roads.
• May assist with spring bison round-up.
• Perform snow removal operations such as plowing, shoveling, de-icing.
• May assist with trash collection, bathroom maintenance and cleaning, vandalism repair/graffiti removal.

What You’ll Bring

• Cultivate strong relationships and push yourself, your work, the people around you and Denver to the next level.
• Enjoy working outside, be adept with safety considerations, and are eager to learn a variety of functions.
• Have previous parks maintenance experience.
• Be proficient with various hand-powered tools and motorized equipment.

About Everything Else

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Job Profile CJ2083 Utility Worker I

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Position Type: Oncall Position

Salary Range: $20.06 - $30.10 Target Pay: $20.06/hour

Agency: Parks and Recreation

Redeployment during Citywide Emergencies: City and County of Denver employees may be re-deployed to work in other capacities in their own agencies or in other city agencies to support core functions of the city during a citywide emergency declared by the Mayor.

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