Park Maintenance III

Park Maintenance III – Naperville Park District

Under the general supervision of the Park Specialist II, Park Specialist I, or the Park Support, the Park Maintenance III position is responsible for performing a variety of semi‑skilled park maintenance activities necessary to maintain our parks.

• Prepare and maintain turf, sports fields, tennis courts, playgrounds, and other park facilities.
• Conduct ornamental horticulture maintenance, including planting trees, shrubs, and annual and perennial flowers, fertilization, seeding, mowing, sodding, and other horticulture needs.
• Maintain trails through debris removal, grading, and renovation.
• Maintain park pavilions, restrooms, equipment, signs, and assigned buildings.
• Keep park grounds clean through litter pickup, recycling, bathroom cleaning, vandalism removal, controlled prairie and wood burns, and hardscape maintenance.
• Perform power and trim mowing in assigned parks.
• Support recreation programs, special events, volunteer programs, and athletic tournaments, including set‑up, tear‑down,and maintenance during events.
• Carry out snow and ice removal operations using snow removal equipment on sidewalks, roads, and parking lots.
• Demonstrate and support District customer service standards.

Perform preventative maintenance on assigned vehicles and equipment, and other duties as assigned.

• Basic skill in operating tractors, heavy equipment, trucks, and other landscape maintenance equipment, with basic knowledge of equipment maintenance and repair.
• Ability to work independently in day‑to‑day operations with general direction from a supervisor.

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum three (3) months of park maintenance or landscape maintenance experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Possession of, or the ability to obtain, a Public Applicator pesticide license as required by departmental needs.
• Possession of, or the ability to obtain, a Forklift Certification as required by departmental needs.

• Must be at least 18 years old.
• Subject to both office and outside environmental conditions.
• Subject to modified/flexible work schedules, including weekends.
• Ability to lift, carry, and/or move objects weighing up to 50 lbs on a daily basis; lifting assistance required when lifting over 50 lbs.
• Exposure to pesticides, chemicals, dust, fumes, dirt, loud noise, and insect bites.
• Prolonged lifting, stooping, bending, twisting, standing, and climbing.
• Ability to travel to and work at all Naperville Park District facilities.
• Subject to confined space entry; required to participate in confined space entry training annually.
• Subject to respirator use; may be required to pass a Quantitative Fit Test annually.
• Manual dexterity and strength to operate power‑operated machines and equipment.
• Regular onsite attendance is an essential function of this position.

Benefits information will be provided upon application. Additional information can be found at .

To be considered for this position, interested individuals must complete the online application at www.napervilleparks.org/employment
. Materials submitted through mail, email, or fax will not be considered.