Seasonal Urban Trails 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/per 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

• Routine or variable work schedules
• Location: 678 S. Jason St., Denver
• Work schedule: Monday-Friday, 6:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. with some weekend shifts as needed

What You’ll Do

• Urban Trails Utility Workers perform maintenance operations on off-street urban trails, parkways and paths, and nearby areas including Denver’s prized riparian and natural areas.
• These positions are critical to ensuring the safety and beauty of Denver's off-street urban trails system which is widely used by bicyclists, walkers, and joggers for recreation as well as commuting and transportation.
• Skills to be developed and utilized include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Work outdoors in parks using and maintaining various hand-powered tools and motorized equipment in a safe and efficient manner
• Assist with the following tasks:
• Maintenance and construction work to natural/soft surfaces and hard surfaces
• Natural and riparian areas management and restoration including noxious weed management, and native plant identification, cultivation, and care
• Landscape maintenance work in areas nearby trails such as trimming, mowing, de-weeding
• Interact with and learn alongside more seasoned park maintenance generalists and/or specialists such as Irrigation Maintenance Technicians, Horticultural Workers, Park Horticulturists, and other experts in unique green industry fields and skilled trades work
• Perform snow removal operations such as plowing, shoveling, de-icing
• Perform various related duties as needed such as trash collection, bathroom maintenance and cleaning, vandalism repair/graffiti removal

Skills to Be Developed and Utilized

• Work outdoors in parks using and maintaining various hand-powered tools and motorized equipment in a safe and efficient manner
• Assist with the following tasks:
• Maintenance and construction work to natural/soft surfaces and hard surfaces
• Natural and riparian areas management and restoration including noxious weed management, and native plant identification, cultivation, and care
• Landscape maintenance work in areas nearby trails such as trimming, mowing, de-weeding
• Interact with and learn alongside more seasoned park maintenance generalists and/or specialists such as Irrigation Maintenance Technicians, Horticultural Workers, Park Horticulturists, and other experts in unique green industry fields and skilled trades work
• Perform snow removal operations such as plowing, shoveling, de-icing
• Perform various related duties as needed such as trash collection, bathroom maintenance and cleaning, vandalism repair/graffiti removal

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Education: None
• Experience: None
• Licenses/Certification(s): Requires a valid Driver's License at the time of application. Licenses and certifications must be kept current as a condition of employment

About Everything Else

• Job Profile
• Position Specifications
• Physical Demands
• Probationary Period

About Everything Else

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Position Type

Oncall Position

Salary Range

$20.06 - $30.10 Target Pay $20.06/hour

Agency

Parks and Recreation

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