Citywide Maintenance Seasonal Utility Worker - Denver Parks and Recreation

About Our Job With competitive pay, great benefits, and endless opportunities, working for the City and County of Denver means seeing yourself working with purpose — for you, and those who benefit from your passion, skills, and expertise. Join our diverse, inclusive, and talented workforce of more than 11,000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver, Denver.

What We Offer This is an on-call position, which means it is a part-time, hourly role. This position will work no more than 39 hours per week. The starting pay for this position is $20.06/hour and is eligible to enroll in the City and County of Denver’s 457b retirement plan. This position is not eligible for other additional benefits. On‐call positions may have routine or variable work schedules.

Location These positions will report to 4495 Jason St., Denver, CO, but will work at various locations throughout the city.

What You’ll DoDenver Parks and Recreation is seeking 6 on-call Utility Workers supporting Amenities, Carpentry, and Paint/Graffiti removal. These are seasonal positions that will work no more than 39 hours per week and are not eligible for benefits.

DPR recognizes the importance of diversity in the representation of our organization to best serve our customers and community. To that end, DPR is committed to:

Examining department policies and processes that value diverse perspectives and eliminate barriers to inclusion.

Identifying where inequities exist and implementing strategies to ensure equitable outcomes.

Strengthening diversity in Parks and Recreation services by transforming policies to institutionalize equity.

Reinvesting in resources aimed at ensuring DPR is an equitable and just organization.

Specifically, as a Citywide Maintenance Worker you will:

Work outdoors and sometimes indoors on various parks amenities using and maintaining various hand-powered tools, pressure washers, paint equipment and motorized equipment in a safe and efficient manner.

Assist in responding to amenities, carpentry, or paint maintenance requests and scheduled projects or tasks.

Assist with troubleshooting, repair, and installation of various amenities and carpentry such as fencing, concrete, asphalt, and playground equipment and structures along with graffiti removal, roof PM’s and paint needs.

Support operations to maintain, clean, or restore infrastructure and amenities in parks.

Work indoors and outdoors to help prepare and maintain pools and splash pads for summer operation and winter shutdown.

Work alongside experienced skilled trades workers to learn best practices in responding to daily work orders, aquatic maintenance requests and scheduled projects or tasks.

Handle hazardous chemicals such as chlorine, bromine, muriatic acid, and test kit materials for pool set ups.

Work with plumbers and irrigation technicians to make repairs.

Perform snow removal operations such as plowing, shoveling, and de-icing as needed.

Perform various related duties as needed such as trash collection, bathroom maintenance and cleaning, vandalism repair/graffiti removal.

What You’ll Bring We value diversity of ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, sexual identity, gender, religion, language, ability, and experience and exemplify this through the makeup of our team at all levels. You'll be right at home here if you cultivate strong relationships and push yourself, your work, the people around you and Denver to the next level.

We are seeking reliable and driven individuals looking to build upon an entry level skill set in park infrastructure maintenance operations. Our ideal candidates will enjoy learning and applying best practices and will be adept with safety considerations. Additionally, our ideal candidate will have:

Proficiency with various hand-powered tools, pressure washers and motorized equipment.

A good attitude, hardworking, on-time, and follows directions well.

Required

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

None

Experience:

None

Licensure/Certification (s):
Requires a valid Driver's License at the time of application. Licenses and certifications must be kept current as a condition of employment.

Final date to receive applications

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