Parks Maintenance Technician, Part-Time

Parks and Recreation Maintenance Technician

Part‑time, less than 30 hours/week. Pay $17.41/hour depending on qualifications.

Maintains assigned grounds, facilities and equipment to meet or exceed safety, cleanliness and aesthetics standards.

• Demonstrates commitment to Team Destin and our mission, vision, values, and goals and represents the city in a professional, dignified manner at all times both in actions and appearance.
• Contributes to the development and accomplishment of department meetings and goals.
• Demonstrates competent knowledge of all applicable policies, codes, ordinances, regulations and statutes.
• Demonstrates competent knowledge of all divisional Key Functions and their associated processes.
• Performs routine maintenance of parks, facilities and walkovers to include janitorial duties and the rapid removal of litter, garbage, debris and graffiti.
• Mows, edges, and trims turf.
• Maintains landscaping including planting beds, trees and shrubbery.
• Shovels and removes sand and dirt from walkways, walkovers and driveways.
• Plants grass, flowers, trees and shrubs and installs sod.
• Paints fences, outbuildings, bathrooms, and other city‑owned property/buildings (interior and exterior). Repairs fences, gates, walls, floors and roofs.
• Performs minor carpentry and masonry projects and repairs to include boat ramps and docks.
• Cleans out ditches and culverts at assigned parks, facilities and walkovers.
• Prepares athletic fields for practices, game tournaments and special events.
• Performs routine safety inspections and informs Parks Supervisor of potentially hazardous situations.
• Checks all invoices for city compliance (i.e., employee signature, no tax added, etc.).
• Drives truck, truck/trailer combinations and controls movement of lifting apparatus.
• Positions truck to hook‑up truck trailer hitches to trailer, and transports loads to designated area.
• Inspects and assists with routine maintenance of equipment, including lubricating, recharging batteries, filling fuel tanks, changing oil and washing/cleaning.
• Sharpens tools such as weed cutters, edging tools, and shears.
• Makes minor repairs on equipment such as lawn mower, spreader, and miscellaneous lawn care tools/equipment.
• Inspects and makes minor repairs/adjustments to heating and cooling systems; plumbing and electrical systems and appliances; and sprinkler systems.
• Remains available to work emergency situations (i.e., post‑hurricane phase).
• Interacts with facility users; answering questions, explaining regulations, enforcing regulations to the best of their ability.
• Notifies supervisor (or designee) when confronted by users or when observing users who refuse to abide by laws, regulations or ordinances.
• Notifies the Okaloosa Sheriff’s office when a user’s actions pose imminent danger to the public and/or staff.
• Must be available to work days, nights, weekends and holidays. Schedule is subject to change with short notice based on operational needs.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Supervision of other city employees is not required of this position.

High School Diploma and six (6) months of work experience in lawn maintenance, janitorial services, or a related field.

Valid Florida driver’s license required.

None.

• Knowledge of general construction blueprints, minor walkway repair, irrigation systems, building maintenance, excavation, lawn maintenance and customer service.
• Ability to communicate and organize effectively.
• Ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable functional, technical, structural, compositional or identifiable characteristics of data, people or things.
• Ability to communicate with people to convey or exchange professional information.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedural manuals.
• Ability to produce reports with proper format, punctuation, spelling and grammar, using all parts of speech.
• Ability to learn and understand subject matter principles and techniques.
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