Parks Maintenance Technician - Athletic Fields

Full-Time Position

Join the City of Casper Athletics Division and help keep our community’s athletic fields safe, playable, and visually appealing! This role is ideal for someone who takes pride in outdoor work and enjoys seeing the results of their efforts every day.

As a Parks Maintenance Technician focused on athletic fields, you’ll be responsible for:

• Maintaining and preparing athletic fields for games, practices, and community events
• Mowing, edging, and aerating fields to ensure healthy turf
• Fertilizing, watering, and performing soil and turf care as needed
• Painting field lines and setting up/maintaining field equipment

This is a hands‑on, active role in a team‑oriented environment where safety, attention to detail, and pride in your work are essential.

• Make a visible impact on community recreation spaces
• Gain experience in turf management, landscaping, and park maintenance
• Work in a collaborative, team‑focused environment
• Opportunities for skill development and advancement within municipal parks operations
• Outstanding benefits, including retirement, paid time off, and health coverage

If you enjoy working outdoors, maintaining athletic fields, and supporting recreational activities for the community, this is a rewarding opportunity to join a dedicated parks team! If you enjoy working outdoors, take pride in your work, and want to serve the community, this is a great opportunity to build a rewarding career with the City of Casper.

Receives direction from higher‑level supervisory and management staff.

• Manual labor tasks per assigned work groups which may include: hand shoveling dirt and/or snow, snow blowing, snow making (if assigned to Hogadon Ski Area), grounds maintenance, aeration, watering, sweeping, weeding, mowing, ladder climbing, cleaning, litter pick‑up, trash collection, and object lifting and loading/unloading.
• Operates a variety of light equipment and tools including mowers, lawn tractors, snow making and grooming equipment, hand tools, auto‑scrubbers, high‑pressure washers, and other related tools, equipment, and vehicles as needed.
• Installs, maintains, and repairs landscape infrastructure such as playgrounds, planters, shelters, benches, signs, bollards, and concrete pads.
• Performs light cleaning, litter pickup and/or housekeeping activities.
• Applies various fertilizers, soil amendments, herbicides, pesticides, and/or other chemicals used in parks/turf maintenance.
• May perform minor irrigation repairs such as the replacement of sprinkler heads.
• May monitor and maintain supplies inventory and related records.
• Provides general customer service and communicates with the public regarding fees, policies, rules, and general information at the facility or event within the Parks and Recreation Division.
• Represents the City of Casper by responding to the public, citizens, its employees, and others in a prompt, professional, and courteous manner while continuously maintaining a positive customer service demeanor.
• Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.

• Customer service principles.
• Standard safety practices and procedures.
• Maintenance and manual tasks.
• Proper use of basic tools and equipment.
• Basic mathematics.
• Cleaning techniques.

• Routinely demonstrate the City of Casper core values.
• Follow all City safety rules and procedures and immediately respond to/investigate observations or employee reports of accidents/incidents or unsafe conditions.
• Work a variety of shifts including weekends, nights, and holidays as needed.
• Safely operate, maintain, and repair a variety of equipment and hand tools.
• Perform a variety of manual tasks for prolonged periods, often under adverse weather conditions.
• Learn how to safely work in holes, dig trenches, and climb ladders.
• Learn how to safely work around pesticides and chemicals in different environmental settings.
• Care for applicable tools and equipment.
• Clean‑up work sites in a neat and orderly fashion.
• Maintain a neat and professional appearance.
• Be flexible with changing assignments.
• Communicate effectively verbally.
• Follow written and verbal instructions and directions.
• Establish and maintain effective working…