Groundskeeper - Parks and Recreation Department

About This Position

The Parks and Recreation Department provides residents and visitors more than 41,000 acres of desert parks and mountain preserves. The parks feature 41 trailheads and more than 200 miles of trails, and 185 city parks. Additionally, there are 32 community and recreation centers, classes, and sports programs for all ages, 29 pools, eight golf courses, and a variety of specialty and cultural venues and facilities.

Groundskeepers work in the Parks and Recreation Department and perform routine custodial and maintenance work on buildings, grounds, golf courses and gardens. Position requirements vary by assignment and duties may include operating lawn mowers and other electric and gas-powered equipment, working on a crew performing grounds maintenance at various parks, golf courses, or facilities, working in landscaped street medians, and ability to conduct janitorial work such as cleaning restrooms, park Ramada's, and grills.

Part-time and Full-Time opportunities exist in the Parks and Recreation Department throughout the Phoenix area. This recruitment and any interview process as a result of this recruitment may be used by multiple hiring managers and multiple departments throughout the City to fill any related current or future vacancies; other recruitments and appropriate eligible lists may also be considered.

IDEAL CANDIDATE

• Ability to learn cleaning, maintenance, and gardening methods, materials and equipment such as push and riding mowers, string trimmers, edger and hedge shears. Ability to work in different weather conditions with exposure to the elements.
• Ability to communicate orally with co-workers and the public in a one-to-one setting.
• Ability to work independently.
  
  
  

SALARY

Pay Range: $17.30 - $26.83 per hour.

Hiring Range: $17.30 - $20.02 per hour

Pay Range Explanation

• Pay range is the entire compensation range for the position classification.
• Hiring range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, training, and internal equity.
  
  
  

Benefits

A comprehensive benefits package is offered which includes:

• Traditional pension with employer and employee contributions, click here for more details: Pension Information
• 401(a) and 457 plans with employer contributions
• Choice of generous medical HMO, PPO, or HSA/HDHP plans
• Medical enrollment includes a monthly $150 City contribution to a Post-Employment Health Plan
• Wellness incentive of up to $720 annually
• Dental, vision, and life insurance options
• Employer paid long-term disability
• Free Bus/light rail pass
• Tuition reimbursement program up to $6,500 per year
• Paid time off includes 13.5 paid holidays, 12 vacation days, and 15 sick days and personal leave days
• Paid Parental Leave for eligible employees up to 480 hours (12 weeks) of paid leave for the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child during a 12-month period
• Federal Student Loan Forgiveness offered through Savi
  
  
  

For more details, visit: Unit 001 Benefits

Part-time employees are eligible for earned paid sick time, city training, and free or discounted bus and light rail fares.

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be willing and able to learn the functions of a Groundskeeper such as:
• Follow verbal and written direction.
• Be dependable and able to actively learn and perform manual labor and physical tasks for a full shift of eight hours or more.
• Working irregular hours, shifts, weekends, holidays and evenings may be required.
• Moving objects weighing up to 50 pounds may be required.
• Requires working outside in a variety of environmental extremes such as heat, cold, rain, air pollution, and dust.
• Requires walking for prolonged periods which may include walking over rough, uneven, or rocky surfaces.
• Other combinations of experience and education that meet the minimum requirements may be substituted.
• All finalists for positions are subject to a criminal background check applicable to the department or position.
• Some positions require the use of personal or City vehicles on City business. Individuals must be physically capable of operating the vehicles safely, possess a valid driver's license and have an acceptable driving record. Use of a personal vehicle for City business will be prohibited if the employee is not authorized to drive a City vehicle or if the employee does not have personal insurance coverage.
• For information regarding pre-screening and driving positions, click here .
• The City job description can be found here .
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

The minimum qualifications listed above, plus:

• Experience working on landscaping parks, playgrounds, homes, golf course, etc.
• Experience trimming and pruning trees.
• Experience in custodial work and an ability to clean outdoor/indoor amenities such as ramadas, patios, sidewalks, offices, gyms, facilities, with proper use of tools and cleaning chemicals.
• Experience in using hand and power tools properly, such as park patrol, shovels, loppers, weed eaters, pole saws, hedge trimmers.
  
  
  

RECRUITMENT DATES

Recruitment closes May 12, 2025. All materials must be received by 11:59 p.m. on this date.

This recruitment and any interview process as a result of this recruitment may be used by multiple hiring managers and multiple departments throughout the City to fill any related current or future vacancies; other recruitments and appropriate eligible lists may also be considered.

How To Apply

Apply online by completing the required information and attaching, as one document, your cover letter and resume. Please include your experience as it relates to the qualifications stated above. Only the highest qualified may be posted to the eligible to hire list. The results of the resume screening process will be sent to your primary email address.

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REFERENCE

Groundskeeper, JC:40060, 57800, 04/28/2025, 3 mos, MR, Benefits:001/None

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