Park Maintenance Worker

Summary

The purpose of this position is to maintain the parks, city facilities, and equipment for the City of Neosho.

General Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Important responsibilities and duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Mows, weed eats, trims trees, remove debris, leaves, weeds, and limbs from parks.
• Plants, water, and maintain city gardens.
• Cleans and maintains the city restrooms.
• Installs and maintains facility machinery.
• Performs construction and remodeling for city facilities such as hanging drywall, electrical, plumbing, cutting, hanging trim, painting, and other carpentry assignments.
• Inspect downtown area around the square for cleanliness.
• Ensures that equipment, machinery, tools, and supplies are properly inventoried and maintained.
• Prepare pavilions and city parks for various scheduled events.
• Decorates the community for holidays.
• Provides traffic control during city parades and events.
• Prepares fields for sporting events.
• Performs custodial duties for city buildings and changes light bulbs.
• Performs maintenance for city swimming pool.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge of:

• Basic maintenance procedures and safety.
• Landscaping techniques.
• Equipment operation.

Ability to:

• Operate a large mower, tree trimming equipment, weed eaters, pull trailers, and other necessary equipment including hand and power tools.
• Adjust work schedule for emergency weather conditions.
• Perform a variety of semi-skilled maintenance and repair for the area of work assigned.
• Operate a variety of vehicle and stationary mechanical equipment in a safe and effective manner.
• Ability to perform heavy manual labor.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Follow all safety rules and regulations.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have met the following qualifications:

1. General Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

● Must have a valid Driver’s License.

● Will be subject to background investigation.

● Must successfully complete pre-employment substance abuse testing and physical.

● Will be subject to random substance abuse testing.

2. Education and/or Experience

High school diploma or equivalent required.

3. Language Skills

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

4. Reasoning Ability

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed and involved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to make observations, communicate well with others both verbally and written, travel to various work locations, and operate assigned equipment and vehicles.
• Coordinate multiple and complex goals simultaneously.
• Make decisions on procedural and technical levels involving work of all subordinates.
• Demonstrate excellent work ethic and integrity.

5. Physical Demands

• Walking, sitting, standing, bending, and crouching for prolonged periods of time.
• Lifting or moving moderate to heavy weights.
• Working under harsh weather conditions.
• Must possess visual depth perception, hearing, and mobility to such a degree as to not compromise safety rules or the safety of self/others while working.

6. Work Environment

Work is performed primarily in the outside environment amid normal conditions of dust, odors, fumes, noises, precipitation, and extreme temperatures.

7. Tools and Equipment:

Tractor, trailers, tillers, chainsaws, sprayers, mowers, ladders, leaf blower, weed eaters, and a variety of power and hand tools.

8. Training:

• Continually participate in additional training related to job as requested by supervisor.
• Ability to apply new techniques of staff training, knowledge of human behavior and behavior modification.

How to Apply:

Visit our website at www.neoshomo.gov to apply!

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $31,200.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• On-the-job training
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person