Seasonal Grounds Maintenance Technician

Description

Duties and Responsiblities

• Maintains landscaping and assists with planting, cultivating, mowing, watering, and spraying flowers, plants, shrubs, trees, and turf areas
• Cuts, prunes and trims trees, shrubs and hedges, mows grass, rakes leaves, and removes fallen limbs and trash, and completes related tasks
• Maintains and repairs fences and equipment
• Performs routine carpentry and painting in the repair, maintenance, and construction of park structures and equipment, including sanding, scraping, painting,or staining tables, benches, fences, signs, doors, windows, and small structures
• Helps to collect and dispose of debris in parks, athletic fields, courts, landscaped areas, parking lots, and surrounding areas
• Assists with repairing drives and walkways
• Maintains the athletic fields, including, but not limited to, turf grass management, irrigation systems, marking for games to prescribed standards, and mowing
• Operates and maintains light automotive or power equipment
• Performs preventative maintenance and routine repair on tools and equipment as needed to attain serviceability

• Ensures tools and supplies are properly cleaned, stored, and secured, and assists with the ongoing inventory control of supplies, tools, and equipment
• Removes snow from City-maintained roads, park roadways, and lots including chemical spreading, plowing, shoveling, snow blowing, and scraping
• Monitors, evaluates, and inspects park grounds, equipment, and amenities, and reports any safety concerns and repair needs to a supervisor
• Assists with grounds maintenance and cleaning required before, during, and after the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival
• Works nights, weekends and holidays as needed
• Contributes to a positive work environment

Requirements

Education and/or Experience: Any combination of education and experience equivalent to a ninth-grade education

Language Skills: Ability to read and comprehend signs and instructions. Ability to speak and communicate effectively using correct English.

Other Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: General knowledge of the tools, materials and equipment used in horticulture. General knowledge of the materials, equipment, tools, and techniques of the standard building trades. Some knowledge of safety precautions applicable to the duties of the class. Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions. Good physical condition. Some knowledge of the standard practices in construction/maintenance activities as related to streets and roadways. Ability to operate and maintain various pieces of equipment and hand tools. Basic computer skills.

Job Posting Statement

The City of Winchester is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other classification protected by law.