Amenities Maintenance Technician – Denver Parks and Recreation

Maintenance Technician

Denver's Parks & Recreation Department has an opportunity for a Maintenance Technician for our Citywide Parks Amenities team. This position will be responsible for a variety of construction, maintenance, and repair of parks sport courts, fencing, and amenities. This individual will have the opportunity to work mostly independently among a small, specialized team, working on parks amenities and keeping the public safe in the community.

For example, this position will maintain and help ensure all sports.

This position emphasizes knowledge of repairs, fabrication, maintenance, and cost repair analysis with all sport courts and fencing in the Denver Parks system. Types of courts include outdoor and indoor basketball courts, tennis courts, futsal courts, pickle ball courts, horseshoe pits, handball courts, and various other court structures in the parks system. This position will also focus on fencing, chain-link, wood picket, split rail, farm-fence, aluminum/rod iron panel and various other protective barriers within the parks system.

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

Job duties and responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Perform semi-skilled, unlicensed trades work on a regular basis in multiple trades areas including welding, carpentry, locksmith, glazing, tool machinery, masonry, mechanical maintenance, minor electrical, minor plumbing, minor heating and ventilating, minor refrigeration and air conditioning, and painting, etc.
• Perform repairs and maintenance on the following sport courts:
• Basketball: back boards, rims, poles, brackets, connections, play surface areas
• Tennis/Pickleball: nets, straps, cranks, posts, surface areas, gates, fencing
• Horseshoe: pits, posts, backstops, surface area, grading
• Handball: structural, surface area, fencing, gates
• Futsal: goals, nets, tiles, fencing, gates, surface areas
• Perform construction and maintenance work such as fencing installation and repair, replacement calculation, temporary fence installation, concrete forming and repair, and asphalt operations
• Assist skilled trades workers in the construction, maintenance, and repair of a variety of machinery, equipment, and facility systems and structures
• Install and repair floor tile, carpet, ceiling tile, window glass, insulation, dispensers, office furniture, and related equipment
• Inspect facilities and equipment to identify construction, maintenance and repair needs including estimating materials, labor, time, and cost of repairs
• Operate and maintain light to heavy equipment including trailers, snowplows, compressors, skid steers, lift trucks and large dump trucks and various equipment attachments
• Participate in snow removal duties as assigned which may include extended hours, weekends, and holidays

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 looking for a well-rounded and experienced Maintenance Technician who can work effectively on a team but is highly motivated enough to complete work orders and projects independently as needed. Additionally, our ideal candidate will have:

• Experience with various types of court maintenance, court surfacing, and court structural repairs
• Experience with various types of fence maintenance, installation, and repairs
• Construction and maintenance experience in commercial facilities or parks amenities, such as asphalt concrete, masonry, welding, and compound structural repairs
• Experience operating light duty trucks, plow trucks, dump trucks, skid steers, hand tools, power tools, air compressors, jack hammers, and demolition tools

We realize your time is valuable so please do not apply if you do not have at least the following required minimum…