Equipment Operator I - Parks & Recreation Dept.

The City of Port St. Lucie is an equal opportunity employer.

This position requires the applicant to successfully pass a drug screening. 

Please note that this is an external job posting intended for non-city employees. If you are a current city employee applying through this posting, your application will not be reviewed with other internal candidates. In order to be considered with internal candidates, please apply on the internal posting by clicking HERE.

Technical skilled work involves activities and functions pertaining to aspects of the Parks & Recreation Department, including but not limited to the operation of specified medium or heavy equipment and the performance of skilled and semi-skilled professional work. This position involves physical, labor-intensive work, including Emergency Management assigned tasks, renovations to various grounds, fields, and facilities, and general maintenance of assigned tasks. Works varied hours, including weekends, nights, and holidays. Facilitates the development of public trust and confidence in the City. 

This position is considered an "Essential Position" for the purpose of Emergency Management.  Emergency duties will be assigned as needed.   This position requires 24 hours a day, 7 days per week availability during City of Port St Lucie emergencies, as determined by City Administrators, Emergency Manager or City Officials. 

The following duties are illustrative for this position.  The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the classification if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment for this classification.  Other duties may be required and assigned.  

• Keeps the mission, vision, and values of the City of Port St. Lucie at the forefront of decision making and action; builds strategic and collaborative relationships and interacts with others in a way that builds confidence and trust; provides excellent customer service by taking action to accomplish objectives, maintains high levels of work and productivity by generating innovative solutions to work situations. 
• Operates single and tandem axle dump trucks, water trucks, chippers, and loaders on assigned projects and rework tasks.
• Operates light and heavy equipment performing various construction maintenance activities.
• Maintains equipment and facilities by performing manual labor and semi-skilled work.
• Maintains various grounds, fields, and parks by mowing, weeding, tilling, raking, digging, and other manual labor tasks. 
• Prepares fields, grounds, and courts for athletic activities.
• Performs painting, turf drainage system installations, irrigation maintenance, and spraying.
• Performs sodding, seeding, trimming, edging, mulching, verticutting, aerifying, topdressing, fertilizing, and similar work in parks and other City grounds.
• Performs litter control functions; cleans restrooms; sets up picnics and other areas.
• Must be able to operate vehicles with trailers to load/unload large turf equipment.  
• Performs preventative maintenance functions on vehicles, tractors, and power equipment.
• Makes daily written and oral reports.
• Informs and directs public in the use of facilities.
• Other duties as may be assigned.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of an acceptable equivalency diploma is required. Three (3) years of ground maintenance experience is required. One (1) year of experience in the operation and routine maintenance of moderately heavy trucks or similar equipment is required. 

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

• Possession of a valid Class A Commercial Driver’s License with Tanker Endorsement and maintenance of a clean driving record required.
• Loader Training Certification and Rubber Tire Loader Certification required.
• Water Truck Certification is required to be obtained one (1) year from the date of hire.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Knowledge of the operation, maintenance, use of dump and flatbed trucks, tractors, and of less complex parks equipment.
• Knowledge of traffic and other regulations governing the use of equipment.
• Knowledge of the occupational hazard involved and the safety precautions necessary in the operation of equipment.
• Knowledge of landscape maintenance, turf installation, and irrigation systems
• Knowledge of tools and equipment required to perform duties.
• Knowledge of groundskeeping practices and principles.
• Skill in the operation of flatbed and dump trucks, tractors, moving attachments, and the less complex construction equipment.
• Skill in the operation and preventive maintenance of equipment and related tools.
• Ability to operate equipment required to perform duties.
• Ability to make emergency repairs to motor-driven equipment.
• Ability to perform heavy manual labor under various weather conditions.
• Ability to follow written and oral instructions.
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing and orally.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees and the public.
• Ability to focus on the positive in every situation.
• Ability to model respect for individuals, teams, and the organization.
• Ability to stay centered when challenged.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Ability to follow through with assigned tasks.

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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, hear, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is frequently required to walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand and stoop, kneel, and crouch. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally move and/or lift up to 80 pounds and climb a ladder up to 15 feet in height.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to outside weather conditions that may be adverse and extreme (heat, humidity, cold, rain, etc.).  The employee is frequently exposed to noise, dust, fumes, chemicals, fertilizers, airborne particles, uneven surfaces, heights, and stressful situations. 

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

Documentation Requirements

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Applicants, including City of Port St Lucie employees, must upload and submit attached copies of their education credentials with the employment application. Please be sure to attach all required documents to your employment application each time you apply. Uploaded documents remain in your online profile, but they will not attach automatically, and you will be deemed ineligible without the proper documentation.
  
ALL DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED MUST BE CLEAR, LEGIBLE, AND IN PROPER FORMAT. 
  
  THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENT(S) ARE REQUIRED AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION AND ARE ACCEPTABLE FORMS OF PROOF:

1. Proof of education in the form of a diploma, degree, or transcripts. Foreign diplomas/degrees must be submitted with a credential evaluation report from an approved credential evaluation agency*. Translations of diplomas/degrees are not accepted. Audit/Academic reports are not accepted as substitutions for college transcripts.
2. Driver's License:  A Valid Driver's License from any state (Equivalent to a State of Florida Class E) may be utilized upon application; however, within thirty (30) days from the date of hire, a State of Florida Driver's License (Class E or higher) must be presented.

*Approved Credential Evaluation Agencies: 
  
  Credential evaluation reports showing the United States equivalency for academic credentials earned in other countries may be provided by:

• An accredited four-year college or university in the United States, OR
• A current member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES), OR
• A current member of the Association of International Credential Evaluators (AICE), OR
• A recognized Professional Organization

For an additional list of approved credential evaluation agencies, visit the Florida Department of Education
  
It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that all required documents submitted with the employment application are in a format that is acceptable, clear, and legible for eligibility determination or risk being disqualified. 
  
  Applicants, including City of Port St Lucie employees, must completely detail their work experience on the employment application or risk being disqualified. Resumes will not be reviewed in place of the employment application.
  
  It is the applicant's responsibility to update their online profile with personal data, work experience, education, and certifications when submitting application(s); failure to do so may result in disqualification.

Salary : $41,246