Parks Maintenance Technician

The City of Bozeman is now accepting applications for a Parks Service Worker to support the Parks Department. This position performs a variety of tasks including beautifying and maintaining the appearance of the City’s parks, grounds, and facilities, maintaining and operating various equipment, and janitorial tasks to include emptying garbage, cleaning restrooms, stocking supplies, and preparing parks for rentals, events, and general use.

This is your opportunity to make a meaningful difference in your community by joining the City of Bozeman! You will be part of a passionate team driving positive change while enjoying a fantastic benefits package. Full-time City of Bozeman employees receive top-tier benefits including 15 vacation days, 12 sick days, 12 holidays, 8 weeks of paid parental leave, potential for bilingual pay, excellent retirement options, comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans, discounted ski tickets and gym memberships, and much more!

Bargaining Unit:
Teamsters

Fair Labor Standards Act Status:
Non-Exempt

Two work schedules are available, each consisting of four 10-hour shifts:

• Monday–Thursday 6:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
• Friday–Monday 6:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

All new employees will initially work the Monday–Thursday schedule during training
. Employees selected for the Friday–Monday schedule will transition to that schedule after completing training.

• Maintains and ensures parks and sports fields are in clean and safe condition, including picking up trash and maintaining trash receptacles, and cleaning and repairing restrooms.
• Maintains the City’s trails to ensure safe and easy access for City residents, including installing new trail systems, controlling weeds on existing trails, and keeping all trails clear of overgrowth and debris.
• Maintains sports fields, including set up prior to games, painting fields, inventory, changing out equipment, grooming artificial turf, repairing fences and backstops, and infield maintenance at baseball fields.
• Utilizes City vehicles to transport equipment and supplies to City parks and facilities.
• Installs, inspects and maintains playground equipment to ensure safe operating conditions.
• Builds and maintains the City’s ice rinks to ensure safe conditions.
• Performs pesticide application as required, including calculating proper amounts of pesticides, spraying parks and trails, and completing necessary paperwork as required.
• Maintains records of work completed and vehicle and equipment status on City lands, facilities, and equipment using the City’s computerized maintenance management system.
• Removes snow and controls ice on City parks’ sidewalks, parking lots, foot bridges, and facility entrances in the winter months to ensure safe travel for both pedestrians and vehicles.
• Maintains City parks’ landscape by mowing grass, weed eating, aerating, hand watering, and upkeep of flower beds, trees, and shrubs using hand and power tools.
• Installs, maintains, and repairs irrigation systems as necessary.
• Maintains the interior and exterior of park buildings as required including roofs, siding, plumbing, and electrical systems as necessary.
• Paints buildings and restrooms as directed, including staining and oiling signs, garbage racks, trail markers, benches, and picnic tables.
• Operates and maintains light and medium-duty equipment, including, pickups with snowplow attachments, trailers, utility vehicles, mowers, tractors, brush chippers, backhoes, front‑end loaders, and other related equipment.
• Operates a variety of landscape and construction hand and power tools and equipment.
• Observes safe work methods and makes appropriate use of related safety equipment as required.
• Maintains work areas in a clean and orderly condition,…