(Part Time) Toll Attendant

PAY RATE: $16.17 per hour (up to 1,500 hours per year)  

Eligible part-time employees will receive up to a $5.75 per hour retention bonus for all hours worked from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Click  here for details.  

Hudson Mills Metropark is a 7-day per week operation. It is expected that staff will be available to work as scheduled. At the same time, the parks are weather dependent, which may result in cancelled or shortened work schedules as necessary.

GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES: Work activities in this position primarily involve the operation and maintenance of the toll booth and assisting in park operations as time permits.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:  The list below is intended to describe the general nature of duties only. Employee shall perform other duties as assigned.

• Verifies permits and change fund in the morning and balances permit sales and cash receipts at the end of their shift.
• Collects permit fees from vehicles entering the park.
• Attaches permits to windshields of all vehicles.
• Keeps sufficient supply of permits and change on hand and request partial pick-up as needed.
• Maintains sufficient supply of park maps and other brochures.
• Knowledgeable about park rules, regulations, and policies and information regarding facilities. 
• Disseminates information to park visitors.
• Familiar with current and future special events that may be going on in park and other parks.
• Assists park operations as time allows.
• Maintains a clean and well-organized toll booth.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ability to get along with co-workers, supervisors, and park visitors.
• Ability to distinguish letters and symbols.
• Ability to perform accurately make change when selling permits.
• Ability to work varied hours depending upon park demands.
• Will be required to work assigned Special Events, Weekends, Evenings, and Holidays.
• Will be required to adjust schedule to meet organizational needs.
• Ability to perform essential duties.

GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions.

TOOLS & EQUIPMENT USED:  Personal computer including data base, scheduling, publishing, spreadsheet, and word processing software; calculator, cash register, copy & fax machines; phone, radios, automobile.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk, sit, talk, and hear. The employee is occasionally required to use hands to handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The  employee is occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, or crouch. The occasional lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job to include vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus. 

WORK ENVIRONMENT:  The work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works in outside weather conditions. The employee may be exposed to heat, wet and/or humid conditions, chemicals, animals, foliage, vegetations, etc. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet while in the office and may be moderately loud when out in the field.