PARKS MAINTENANCE WORKER
DEPARTMENT: PARKS AND RECREATION
JOB CLASSIFICATION: FULL TIME
PAY GRADE 4
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GENERAL PURPOSE
Working under the supervision of the Spanish Fork City Parks and Recreation Lead Worker the Landscape Maintenance Worker performs a variety of skilled and semi-skilled maintenance duties in a park setting or similar facilities; and performs related work as required.
Essential Functions
- Daily maintenance of city parks and grounds including turf grass care, flower and shrub planter care, tree care, grounds maintenance and cleaning/trash pickup, facilities and restroom cleaning.
- Repair, maintain and prepare athletic fields for play.
- Makes minor alterations to irrigation systems; installs and/or repairs broken irrigation lines; repairs sprinkler heads; assists in installation of sprinkler systems.
- Operates hand and power equipment including shovel, rake, mower, tractor, golf cart, rototiller, athletic soil grooming equipment; maintains tools and equipment used in park maintenance.
- Performs simple and minor repairs to equipment and park structures.
- Responds to assignments from the lead worker and supervisor.
- Required to perform essential functions on holidays and weekends as assigned.
- Must have a professional positive attitude with good communication skills.
- Be productive while working alone and with others.
- Employees are expected to deal effectively and courteously with the public.
Minimum Qualifications
- Education and Experience
- Prior experience in the maintenance of parks or similar experience including some exposure to horticulture, landscape maintenance or a related field; or any equivalent combination of education and experience that provides the knowledge, abilities and skills listed below:
- Knowledge of plants, trees, shrubs, insects, and diseases.
- Knowledge of the use of chemicals such as pesticides, herbicides, etc. for maintenance for parks and other areas.
- Knowledge of the maintenance and repair procedures and techniques used in park or grounds maintenance.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with supervisor, co-workers, and general public.
- Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing.
- Ability to safely operate various landscape maintenance and repair equipment and tools.
- Must have transportation to and from work and speak English.
- Must have excellent design, organizational and planning skills, and strong people skills.
- Must be a self-motivated, open minded problem solver that adapts readily to change. This is a hands-on position.
- Must have a valid driver's license.
Mental And Physical Applications
- Surroundings involve contact with outdoors, dust, dirt, heat, cold, arid/dry, humidity, wetness noise, fumes and vibrations.
- Requires working with and around other employees.
- Occasionally requires working alone.
- Health and Safety conditions include constantly dealing with soil, water and plant materials.
- Occasionally dealing with toxic materials and chemicals.
- Physical activities include constant standing, kneeling, crouching, handling, balancing, turning, pushing, pulling, reaching and carrying.
- Requires occasional jumping, crawling, sitting, climbing, throwing and feeling.
- Requires talking, hearing, and seeing.
- Requires ability to lift up to 45 pounds without assistance
- Physical dimensions include strength necessary in hands, arms, legs, and back.
- Requires constant eye/hand coordination with occasional foot/eye/hand coordination.
- Occasionally requires vision strain, rapid speed work, and extreme muscular exertion, along with finger, hand/arm, and foot/leg dexterity.
- Mental applications include constant memory for details and attention to many items.
- Occasionally requires the estimation of the size, quality, and quantity of objects, along with the speed of moving objects.
- Occasional discriminating thinking, rot/repetitive thinking, guided problem solving, creative problem solving, and memory for ideas, verbal and written directions.
Salary: $20.89 - $31.34 per hour
