Incumbent serves as Temporary Maintenance Laborer/Golf Course for Parks and Recreation, responsible for maintaining assigned golf course grounds, facilities and equipment. This temporary position is of a limited duration for the purpose of maintaining the golf course during golfing season.Maintains golf course grounds, including picking up litter daily, mowing/trimming grass, reseeding as needed, removing leaves, and trimming/removing trees and limbs.
Changes course set-up, such as moving tee blocks, cutting cups, and replacing cup pins.
Performs preventive maintenance and minor repairs on golf course equipment, such as tractors, mowers, chipper, and club cars.
Assists in maintaining buildings and other structures, such as golf course bridges, including painting/ patching walls, and making minor electrical, plumbing and carpentry repairs, such as unclogging toilets, changing light bulbs and ballasts, and repairing signs.High school diploma or GED preferred. Education and/or experience in building, grounds and/or equipment maintenance preferred.
Possession of or ability to obtain certifications in CPR and First Aid within required time period.
Working knowledge of various mechanical trades, such as carpentry, plumbing, and electrical, and ability to properly operate various hand and power tools, such as hammers, screw drivers, wrenches, grinder, sander and power saws.
Working knowledge of grounds maintenance and ability to properly operate various related tools and equipment, such as post hole digger, pruner, shovel, rake, chain saw, brush chipper, bush hog, riding and power mowers, hedge trimmers, and tractors.
Ability to physically perform the essential duties of the position, including exerting sustained physical effort, bending, reaching, crouching/kneeling, standing/walking for long periods, working in awkward positions for long periods, climbing ladders, pushing/pulling/lifting/carrying objects weighing up to 50 pounds, handling/grasping/fingering objects, hearing mechanical sounds, and close/far vision.
Working knowledge of the City of Noblesville Civilian Employee Personnel Policy Handbook and ability to apply these regulations/standards to employment.
Working knowledge of universal health precautions and City's Blood borne Pathogens Control Plan, and ability to apply such knowledge on the job to protect oneself from infection.
Ability to understand and follow written and oral instructions, and work alone and with others in a team environment with minimum supervision.
Ability to effectively communicate with co-workers and occasionally with golf course patrons, including being sensitive to professional ethics, gender, cultural diversities and disabilities.
Ability to regularly work extended and/or weekend hours, occasionally work evening hours.
Possession of a valid Indiana driver's license, a demonstrated safe driving record, and must remain insurable through the City of Noblesville’s liability insurance carrier. (Refer to the Civilian Personnel Policy for additional information.)Incumbent maintains frequent contact with co-workers and occasionally with golf course patrons for the purpose of exchanging information.
Reports directly to Golf Course Superintendent.
Incumbent performs duties indoors and outdoors involving occasional work in high places and on ladders, and exposure to dust, dirt, grease, fumes, adverse weather conditions, extreme temperatures, blood borne pathogens and other infectious materials, toxic chemicals, power tools and heavy machinery, for which safety precautions must be followed at all times to avoid injury to self and others. Incumbent regularly works extended and weekend hours, and occasionally works evening hours. Incumbent's duties involve bending, reaching, crouching/kneeling, standing/walking for long periods, working in awkward positions for long periods, climbing ladders, pushing/pulling/lifting/carrying objects weighing up to 50 pounds, handling/grasping/fingering objects, hearing mechanical sounds, and close/far vision. Incumbent may exert continuous physical effort, but normal duties do not involve prolonged intense physical strain.
This position is identified as having occupational exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials.