POSITION SUMMARY

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Landscaping and maintenance of all EVRPD permaculture grounds, golf courses, trails, green space, park amenities, and equipment.

• Assist with permaculture program development, parks and trails capital improvement projects including elk fence construction and business model development.
• Complete routine composting and planting activities such as filling, operating and cleaning grounds utility vehicles.
• Perform minor equipment repair and daily maintenance (e.g., Bicycles, E bikes, tractors, trucks, power tools, fences, mowers, trail tools, etc.)
• Perform snow and water quality studies, program development and set-up, sawing, pruning, litter pickup, noxious weed control, fence building, beekeeping, and clear culvert debris.
• Operate and maintain a visitor outreach program to disseminate elk awareness information to the visiting public. Assist in the enforcement of related rules and ordinances.

• Ensure safety of all EVRPD parks and trails facilities and equipment. Communicate all safety concerns to supervisor immediately. Always carry and wear proper protective gear.
• Maintain situational awareness regarding personal and public safety.
• Obey and comply with all EVRPD, Local, State, and Federal ordinances and policies.

OTHER DUTIES

• Assist in resolving concerns and complaints from staff or the general public.
• Keep abreast of new developments in the field, new methods and techniques and current issues through continued education and professional growth.
• Assist with permaculture program development research, grow-in procedures, and requisitions for review and approval.
• Install, manage and maintain beehive operations as needed.
• Maintain a variety of records (e.g., survey data, reports, service logs, equipment inventories, etc.)
• Assist other departments and perform other duties as deemed necessary or assigned.
• Assist with development of triple bottom line business model for programs continued success

• Perform parks and trails maintenance functions and operate a truck, trailer, and parks and trails equipment for daily duties.
• Use of parks and trails maintenance equipment including tractors, mowers, chainsaws, weed eaters, blowers, pick mattocks, McLeods, Council Rakes, and various other related equipment.
• Principles, methods, materials, and practices used in gardening activities, composting, grounds work, beekeeping, trail construction and maintenance.
• Irrigation systems, weed control, fertilization, grass cutting and procedures, soil testing, athletic installing drainage structures, water bar rehabilitation, landscaping, and trail preparation and construction.
• Coordinate projects, understand and anticipate problems, follow department policies and procedures, interpret written instructions, reports, maps, manuals and schematics is essential, which includes a good working knowledge of mathematics.
• Concentrate and accomplish tasks despite interruptions, perform a variety of tasks simultaneously or in rapid succession, and perform job responsibilities in a timely manner in order to meet scheduled deadlines.
• Ability to work independently, follow oral and written instructions, and possess average written, verbal, and non-verbal communication skills.
• Operate a computer, calculator, fax, and copier; Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook skills.
• Establish, maintain and foster positive working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

• Required:

• Student enrolled in the Este Park High School

• Preferred:

• One year’s experience in ground maintenance or trails maintenance.

• Valid driver’s license and satisfactory driving record.
• CPR, First Aid, and AED certification or the ability to obtain within six (6) months of hire.

• Majority of work occurs outside and occasionally inside, taking place in all kinds of weather conditions and within various environments.
• Work will occur across uneven terrain, including hills, slopes, grades, near rivers and ponds, which may present numerous slipping and tripping hazards, and interactions with wildlife.
• Exposed to weather and temperature extremes, and chemicals such as fertilizers.
• Work near moving mechanical parts and subject to electrical shock and vibration.
• Exposed to dirt, dust, grease, loud noises, foul odors, fumes, heights, work safety hazards, darkness, and cramped spaces.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.
• Requires the ability to drive between various locations and occasionally transport supplies during the performance of the job duties.

• Frequently required to reach with hands and arms, balance, bend; use overhead activity; hand gripping; fine motor control; twisting; climb (heights greater than 20 feet); stoop; squat; kneel; crouch; and crawl. \
• Regularly required to use dexterity of hands and fingers to finger, handle, grasp and feel.
• Need ability to talk, hear, smell, maintain physical balance and physical control, coordination including eye/hand, hand/foot, and have a high level of endurance.
• Must be able to lift and/or move up to and in excess of 50 pounds and possess above average physical mobility, strength, and agility.
• Vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.