PRIMARY FUNCTION

• Performs semi-skilled work in the operation and maintenance of standard trucks, tractors, riding mowers, or other simple to moderately complex automotive equipment.
• Responsible for continuous, safe, and efficient operations of automotive equipment in performing such tasks as grass cutting in parks and transporting men and materials to and from work sites.
• May require the performance of manual labor in loading or unloading material, landscaping, or other related tasks.
• Occasionally involve exercising supervisory control over a small group of unskilled workers. Performs other related duties as assigned.

PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Loads and transports bleachers, playground equipment, lawn mowers, and other construction and / or maintenance materials and equipment.
• Transports men and materials to various job sites.
• Operates power tractors with grass attachments in City parks and lots. May operate chain saw.
• Sprays herbicide. Remove dead animals and dog feces from parks.
• Washes and performs preventive maintenance of assigned vehicles.
• Grades ball fields and areas to be seeded with tractor and various attachments.
• May assist with painting, litter, and leaf removal, plowing snow, grass mowing, planting trees and plants and other landscaping activities.
• Possess and maintain a valid "CDL" Class B driver's license; good driving record, and ability to pass drug screening as mandated by the Federal Department of Transportation for CDL drivers.
• Performs all related work as required.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• Possess and maintain a valid "CDL" Class B driver's license.
• Completion of high school or GED equivalency; with some experience in operation of complex grounds maintenance equipment
• Some landscaping knowledge : or any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Thorough knowledge of traffic laws involved in the operation of automotive equipment.
• Ability to operate a variety of automotive and grounds maintenance related equipment safely and efficiently.
• Ability to detect operating defects in automotive and grounds maintenance equipment.
• Ability to perform manual labor for extended periods of time and physically able to lift items weighing over 50 lbs.
• Some knowledge in the safe and efficient operation of tractors, zero-turn mowers, bat wing mowers, skid steers, backhoes, leaf vacuums, and / or other landscaping equipment.
• Some experience in commercial snow removal operations.

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Works outside (in all weather) and is frequently near moving mechanical parts and vibration. Noise level is usually loud.
• Occasionally works in high, precarious places and may be exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risk of electrical shock.
• Occasionally required to walk, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and smell.
• Ability to lift or move objects weighing up to 100 pounds.

Must pass a criminal background investigation, pre-employment physical, and drug test.

City residency is required within one (1) year of employment.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Last updated : 2024-05-21