Stormwater Grounds Maintenance Worker - Part Time

Role and Responsibilities

Under the direction of Parks Supervisor, this position is responsible for maintaining City grounds and parks and beautification efforts.

Description of the roles and responsibilities.  Including:

• Attending work as scheduled.
• Loading and unloading trucks with plant materials, tools, trimmings, and trash.
• Planting and maintenance of trees, shrubs, and flowers, including weeding, digging, watering, repotting, trimming, and mulching.
• Maintaining lawns and grounds including mowing, edging, line trimming, and blowing.
• Applying insecticides, fertilizers, fungicides, and weed killer as needed.
• Checking and repairing irrigation systems, including pipe, time clocks, valves, and wiring.
• Removing and replacing sod.
• Maintaining beach accesses, including shoveling sand and removing debris such as dead fish, driftwood, tires, etc.
• Uses small hand and power tools, including mowers, edger’s, weed eaters, weed diggers, shovels, rakes, brooms, blowers, pitchforks, hoses, chain saws, and power pruners.
• Sweeping restrooms, pavilions and other areas as required i.e. Kitty Stuart Park, Archibald Park, Johns Pass Park, and Village
• Other similar duties as assigned.

Marginal Functions:

• Cleaning interior and exterior of vehicles.
• Heavy equipment operation, including dump trucks, back hoes, tractors, utility trailers, sod-cutters and bob cats.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Valid State of Florida driver’s license.
• High school graduate or GED.
• Demonstrated ability to perform job duties listed, either through related experience or specialized course work.
• Knowledge of plants and ability to identify.
• Skill in use of small hand and power tools, including mowers, edger’s, weed eaters, weed diggers, shovels, rakes, brooms, blowers, pitchforks, hoses, chain saws and power pruners.
• Ability to work in adverse weather conditions.
• A working knowledge of safety precautions.
• Skill in the application of lawn maintenance chemicals, including herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and fertilizers.
• Ability to be licensed for pesticide application pursuant to Florida Statute.
• Able to work occasional civil defense recall if required.

NOTE:  The City of Madeira Beach is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. The City provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Applicants requiring accommodation during the recruitment process should contact the Human Resources Department.