Position: Parks Maintenance

Department: Public Works

Salary: $21.59 - $30.77 hourly DOQ

Benefits: Check out our benefits here!

About the Role

Maintenance of parks, greenbelts, open space, irrigation, horticultural, turf, playground equipment, park structures, snow/ice removal, snowplowing, and assist in other departmental divisions within Public Works as needed.

Supervision Recived

Works under the general guidance of the Parks Supervisor and Assistant Parks Supervisor.

Supervision Exercised

May assist the Parks Supervisor and Assistant Parks Supervisor with supervision of seasonal parks maintenance workers, volunteers, and community service workers, as required and assigned.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist with the training and supervision of seasonal parks maintenance workers, volunteers, and community service workers.
• Mow and maintain parks, greenbelt, and open space areas.
• Inspect irrigation systems in parks and greenbelts as directed by supervisor.
• Inspect and performs routine maintenance of park facilities and restrooms.
• Maintain public facilities such as playing fields, volleyball courts, basketball courts, playgrounds, public restrooms and picnic shelters.
• Perform minor semi-skilled maintenance of park equipment, restrooms and picnic shelters.

• Perform routine maintenance on lawn and power tools and equipment.
• Assist in ice skating facilities maintenance.
• Plant and maintain landscaping, including lawns, trees, shrubs, and flowers
• Carry out the seeding, fertilizing, topdressing, soil conditioning, watering, and the pest and weed control of parks and open spaces.
• Maintain and adjust specialized turf care equipment and tools, including electric motors, pumps, sprinklers, tractors, mowers, and irrigation systems.
• Operate numerous pieces of light and heavy equipment; a variety of hand tools, meters, and gauges in the maintenance of public parks and facilities such as brooms, rakes, shovels, skid loaders, lawn mowing equipment, backhoes, snowplows, front-end loaders, etc.
• Assist in setting up and taking down equipment for various park and recreation programs and events.
• Prepare and maintain logs and records concerning maintenance of facilities, use of fertilizers, chemical, pesticides, herbicides and general needs of vehicles and equipment used in the public parks and facilities.
• Plow and maintain Public Roadways and trails as assigned.
• Establish and maintain professional and good working relationship with fellow employees, the general public, and outside vendors.
• Must be capable of performing duties in conjunction with other divisions within the department through cross-training, such as vehicle maintenance, building and grounds, trash, and water operations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.