Equipment Operator 2

The Equipment Operator 2 works at a variety of BREC parks, playgrounds, tennis courts, athletic fields, and other facilities, operating light to heavy equipment and tools, performing and leading maintenance and repair work.Education Required: H.S. diploma or equivalent.
Preferred: Vo-tech school diploma or associates degree.

Area of Study (major) Preferred: Horticulture or related

Certification(s) Preferred: Class 3 Turf and Ornamental Pesticide Applicator's License.

License(s) Required: Valid LA Class D driver's license.
Preferred: Valid LA Commercial driver's license Class B or A w/air brakes.

Years Relevant Work Experience: 2 years related experience. Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered. 
Preferred: 5 or more years related experience, at least 3 years full-time at BREC

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
 

• Mechanical aptitude and excellent driving record required
• Good interpersonal & organizational skills with ability to prioritize and inspect work
• Knowledge of basic principles and practices of operating a variety of grounds maintenance equipment. And tools
• Skill in use of operation of hand tools and a variety of commercial type equipment involved in grounds maintenance
• Must have a positive attitude with the willingness and desire to learn new skills 
• Ability to operate light power maintenance tools and equipment such as small tractors, box scrappers, riding mowers, and attachments, etc.
• Ability to adjust to changing work demands, procedures, technology, and/or priorities
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees and the public

Essential Functions and Duties:

• Operates variety of commercial type equipment including, but not limited to; riding mowers, mini-excavator, backhoe, front end loader, pressure washer, trucks, trailers, dump trucks, bucket trucks, tractors with various attachments, aerifiers, blowers, graders, skid loader, rollers, and other related grounds maintenance equipment in order to maintain parks and athletic fields in an outdoor setting.
• Operates and transports equipment requiring a Commercial Driver's License.
• Loads, unloads trucks and trailers with heavy equipment and small equipment.
• Cleans, performs basic preventative maintenance/repairs, and prepares equipment for operations.  (Washes, fuels, oils, lubes, clean/change air filters, etc.)
• Occasionally directs and oversees the work of other team members as assigned. 
• Relays assignments as required or under direction/instruction of supervisor(s)
• Repairs and maintains playground equipment, athletic field maintenance and set-up, repairs and constructs fences
• Grades, fills, levels park surfaces, digs/fills ditch, loads dirt/sand/gravel/brush/debris and other materials onto trucks.
• Performs repairs to parking lots and roads, including, but not limited to gravel asphalt, concrete and other paved and loose fill surfaces
• Cut/load/remove tree limbs.
• All other duties as assigned.

 
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. He or she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties as requested by his or her supervisor.
 Hours Worked:   As assigned, within general framework of 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week, weekend/holiday work as scheduled.

Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application.  If you do not complete each section of this application (i.e. work experience, education, or etc.) to demonstrate that you meet the eligibility and minimum qualification requirements described in this announcement, your application will be deemed incomplete and you will be ineligible for further consideration for this vacancy.

An offer of employment is contingent on passing a pre-employment criminal background check, Motor Vehicle Records check, drug screen and physical.            


If you have any questions or concerns, please email HAdmin@brec.org or call (225) 273-6430.