Maintenance Worker I or II - Parks

Parks Maintenance Worker I Or II

The City of Maplewood is seeking a parks maintenance worker I or II to join our family friendly team. This role performs basic to skilled maintenance and labor work with the City park system including the upkeeping, repairing, replacing, constructing or reconstructing all park and recreation facilities, equipment, and grounds; performs related work as apparent or assigned. This position will uphold the organizational pillars: exceptional service, a culture that supports and empowers people, and strong relationships.

Anticipated timeline:

Posting closes June 28th

First round of interviews - Second week of July

Second interviews - Third week of July

Start date - Early August

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Carries out ground maintenance program for Parks and Natural Resources facilities including landscaping, turf establishment including herbicide application, mowing and trimming of park turf, preparing athletic fields including construction, reconstruction and daily maintenance, selecting, planting, and care of trees, shrubs and flowers, operating and maintaining irrigation systems, and removing trash.
• Establishes and maintains safe and well-groomed ice-skating facilities including construction and repair of rinks, repair and distribution of hockey goals, snow removal, brooming, and flooding of ice-skating facilities, and snow removal in parking lots and on trails.
• Carries out a year-round program of park building/shelter custodial service and repair including painting, cleaning, trash removal, and maintaining and installing doors, locks, windows, heaters, plumbing, roofs, and electrical fixtures.
• Installs, inspects and repairs all play equipment to ensure its safe and efficient operation; paints, repairs and replaces equipment as needed and reports safety issues and maintenance needs.
• Prepares and maintains all gravel and bituminous surfaces within parks and trailways including patching holes and cracks and striping parking lots and hardcourt surfaces.
• Erects bleachers, hockey boards, fences, signs and shelters; constructs picnic tables and other items as directed.
• Maintains daily work records, as assigned.
• Operates and maintains equipment, such as front-end loader, mower, truck, snowplow, snow thrower, skid loader and small tractor.
• Operates and maintains power tools, chain saws, and paint sprayers.

Working Conditions

The characteristics listed below are representative of the physical demands, physical agility, sensory requirements, and environmental exposures required by an individual to successfully perform the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Employees sit most of the time but may walk or stand for frequent periods of time.
• This classification involves physical agility requirements such as: climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, pushing, pulling, repetitive motions and manual dexterity.
• Sensory requirements include close and distance vision, ability to adjust focus, depth perception, color perception, night vision and peripheral vision ability to express and exchange ideas and ability to hear information at normal spoken word levels.

Physical Exertion (Pounds)

Up to 10 - Frequent

Up to 25 - Frequent

Up to 50 - Frequent

Up to 100 - Seldom

100 or more - Never

Environmental Exposures

Work near moving mechanical parts - Frequent

Work in high, precarious places - Seldom

Toxic or caustic chemicals - Seldom

Outdoor weather conditions - Frequent

Extreme Cold, non-weather - Seldom

Extreme Heat, non-weather - Seldom

Noise Level - Loud

The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.

Minimum & Preferred Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS MAINTENANCE WORKER I

• Must possess and maintain a valid Minnesota a Class A CDL or able to obtain one in 6 months from hire date. Must have no suspensions or revocations within the past three years.
• High School Diploma or GED and one (1) years of experience
• Must meet D.O.T. Drug and Alcohol testing requirements.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS MAINTENANCE WORKER II

• Must possess and maintain a valid Minnesota a Class A CDL. Must have no suspensions or revocations within the past three years.
• High School Diploma or GED and seven (7) years equipment and turf maintenance experience or equivalent experience and/or training.
• Must meet D.O.T. Drug and Alcohol testing requirements.