Utility Maintenance Worker (Park Maintenance)

Job Title: Utility Maintenance Worker - Park Maintenance
Department: Public Works
Reports To: Crew Supervisor
Classification: Grade 8
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Minimum Starting Salary: $35,376

Nature of Work
This is skilled labor that specializes in upkeep of the appearance, health, and safety of landscapes and features in public parks. This employee will maintain jogging and biking paths, hiking trails, athletic fields, playgrounds, picnic tables, benches, lawns, flower beds, and gardens.

Examples of Work

• Seed, mow, fertilize, aerate, water, and weed lawns.
• Plant and care for trees, shrubs, and flowers.
• Inspect and repair playground equipment, picnic tables, benches, and other park amenities.
• Ensure athletic fields are ready for games and practices.
• Keep trails and paths clear and in good condition.
• Pick up litter and remove bagged trash.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school (or the equivalent) preferred.
• Experience and working knowledge of the methods, materials and tools used in maintenance and repair.
• Experience in the operation and servicing of heavy road or related equipment related to utility or street systems; or any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the required knowledge, abilities, and skills.
• Knowledge of heavy-equipment operating principles including the adaptations and specialized uses to which equipment can be put in meeting emergency or other unusual conditions.
• Knowledge of the occupational hazards involved and the safety precautions necessary in use of tools and equipment operation including traffic, confined space, and personal protective equipment.
• Working knowledge of carpentry, masonry, and concrete hand and power tools.
• Skill in operation of hand tools and equipment.
• Ability to understand and follow oral or written instructions.
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Ability to observe proper safety precautions.
• Ability to establish effective working relationships with other employees, supervisors and the public.
• Ability to perform heavy manual tasks under varying weather conditions.
• Ability to drive and operate a variety of equipment under varying or unfavorable conditions.

Tools and Equipment Used

• Motorized vehicles and equipment, including skid-steer loader, rubber-tire loaders, motor grader, dump trucks, flusher truck, and similar motorized construction equipment
• Must also be able to use a variety of small hand and power tools such as skill saw, chain saw, concrete saw, concrete floats and finishing tools, jackhammer, tamp, etc.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to:
• Use hands to finger, handle, manipulate, control, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms
• Walk, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Environment

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee:
• Regularly works in outside weather conditions.
• Frequently works near moving mechanical parts and is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and vibration.
• Occasionally works in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risk of electrical shock.
• May be required to work at night in emergency situations, in snow, ice, sleet, heavy rains, or windy conditions.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Special Requirements
Must have a valid Virginia Commercial Driver’s license with tanker endorsement, or ability to obtain one within 90 days of employment.

The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.