Groundsworker

Grounds worker I - Extra Help

Salary: $37,814.40 annually

We’re looking for motivated individuals to join our team as Grounds worker I. In this role, you will maintain lawns and landscaped areas in and around County parks and properties, while working alongside volunteer and alternative work crews. This is an entry‑level position where you’ll learn and perform routine landscaping and maintenance tasks, with opportunities to take on more complex assignments as you gain experience.

Extra help positions do not include regular benefit; however, they do accrue sick leave. Temporary employees are paid on an hourly basis and are limited to the number of hours they can work in a week and during the fiscal year.

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Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job.

Some duties, knowledge, skills, and abilities may be performed in a learning capacity for entry‑level (I Level) positions.

• Performs a variety of grounds maintenance activities in County parks and properties; conducts fertilizing, weed control, seeding and water procedures; mows, trims, and edges lawns, turf, and other areas.
• Plants, trims, and prunes trees, shrubbery, flowers, sod and turf; removes unwanted trees and stumps; splits and stacks wood; prepares larger tree limbs for chipping or hauling; conducts general clean‑up of trash clippings, leaves, and debris; weeds flower beds and other landscaped areas; mixes and applies pesticides and/or herbicides to landscaped areas and soil.
• Fertilizes vegetation in landscaped areas and stakes trees and shrubs as required; places landscape boulders and spreads decorative materials in landscaped areas.
• Installs, programs, maintains and repairs manual and automated water sprinkler systems.
• Cleans park buildings including restroom and recreation areas; sweeps and mops floors, wipes and sanitizes tables, chairs, countertops, sinks and toilets in all indoor facilities; washes down all outdoor tables and seating areas, pressure washes sidewalks, cleans barbecue grills and empties garbage cans and utility trailers; paints facilities and equipment.
• As assigned, oversees, transports, and controls the work of incarcerated individuals, welfare‑to‑work, and/or other volunteer workers and alternative work forces, including assignments, oversight, training and instruction in safe, efficient operation of tools and equipment.
• Prepares, mixes, pours, and finishes concrete to form curbing and walkways.
• Assists Park Caretakers in opening and closing County parks; prepares reserved areas; staffs ticket booth and performs cashiering duties; answers questions and provides general assistance to the public.
• Establishes and maintains equipment servicing records.
• Operates and maintains a variety of hand tools and power equipment.
• Observes safe work methods and utilizes safety equipment.
• May exercise indirect supervision to lower‑level volunteers, and alternate work forces.
• As assigned, may provide technical knowledge, training, and/or direction to grounds workers, park aides, other lower‑level staff, or alternative workforce individuals.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Please note: Work experience for the last 15 years must be included in the work history portion of your application. It is also important that your application show all the relevant education and experience that you possess, even if it extends beyond the required past 15 years. A resume may be attached, but is not a substitute for completing the application and supplemental questions.

Failure to submit a completed application may eliminate you from the recruitment.

Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be.

Education:

• Grounds worker I:
  Equivalent to completion of the twelfth (12th) grade.

Experience:

• Grounds worker I:
  Six (6) months of experience in general…