Seasonal Park Maintenance

Overview

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

• Participate in the preparation and maintenance of turf, sports fields, tennis courts, playgrounds, and other park facilities.
• Conduct ornamental horticulture maintenance, including planting trees, shrubs, annual and perennial flowers; fertilization, seeding, mowing, sodding, and other horticulture needs.
• Perform trail maintenance, including debris removal, grading, and renovation.
• Maintain park pavilions, restrooms, equipment, signs, and assigned buildings.
• Maintain park grounds through litter pickup and recycling activities, bathroom cleaning, vandalism removal, controlled prairie and wood burns, and hardscape maintenance.
• Perform trim mowing in assigned parks.
• Demonstrate and support District customer service standards.

• Perform preventative maintenance on assigned vehicles and equipment.
• Assist with the set‑up and tear‑down of special events.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Ability to work independently in day‑to‑day operations with general direction from a supervisor.
• Able to receive and follow instruction.

• Valid driver's license.

• 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 ≤ 50 lbs on a daily basis; lifting assistance is required when lifting > 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 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 can be accessed through the following link:

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

• Seniority level:
  Entry level
• Employment type:
  
  Temporary
• Job function:
  Management and Manufacturing
• Industry: Government Administration