Senior Parks​/Facilities Maintenance Worker Grade HL

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• Are you someone who enjoys working outdoors, to keep our Parks appealing and combat climate change?
• Are you looking to work with an organization that promotes your growth and development?
• Do you want to work with leaders that listen to your perspective and value your knowledge and experience?

If this sounds like you, the Montgomery County Department of Parks, Northern Parks Division, is the place you want to be! We are currently seeking multi-faceted, highly motivated individuals to fill the role of Senior Parks/Facilities Maintenance at Rock Creek Regional Park.

The Rock Creek Management Area is comprised of 28 parks, including Laytonia Recreational Park, Rock Creek Regional Park, 2 Lakes, a Boating Rental and a Boating Landing Ramp Facilities, an Archery, a large Conservation Park, local, special and neighborhood parks, 25 shelters, 12 basketball and 12 tennis courts, a Nature Center, a Park Activity Building, four stream valley parks, and a combination of over 31 miles of natural and hard surface trails and 13 athletic fields.

Under the supervision of a Parks/Facilities Maintenance Leader, this role performs park and maintenance work involving considerable responsibility, complexity, and variety. The successful candidate will support various park maintenance programs and perform a variety of general park maintenance tasks such as equipment operation, routine ground maintenance, playground repairs, trash removal, local athletic field renovation and maintenance, trail maintenance, tree planting, pruning, and after‑care by working with other team members.

The ideal candidate should possess skills to operate light automotive and motorized power equipment; trucks, tractors with attachments, large riding mowers, loaders, forklifts, and apply chemical pesticides. Position requires working days, nights, and weekends.

The Maryland‑National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M‑NCPPC) is a six‑time National Recreational and Parks Association Gold Medal Award Winner, has a career staff complement of nearly 800 employees, and we serve a diverse population of more than one million residents in the Washington, DC area. We manage 415 parks on over 37,100 acres of parkland. Visit our website to learn more: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

Important Skills and Characteristics:

• Knowledge of work procedures, steps and standard tasks and techniques for routine grounds maintenance and trails maintenance; landscaping; basic building maintenance and custodial work processes; safety procedures; cleaning agents, procedures, and equipment; pesticides and fertilizers and their applications; and Commission organization, policies and procedures*.
• Skill and ability to operate hand and power tools, chainsaws, power saws, wood chippers, push and riding mowers, small tractors with attachments, small trucks or vans with small trailers; operate various computerized software programs; provide courteous service; and perform First Aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED).
• Skill in problem solving to select, organize and logically process relevant information (verbal, numerical or abstract) to solve a problem.
• Skill in communication to understand verbal and written information (including facts, descriptions and ideas) and to express such information so that others will understand.
• Interpersonal skills to interact effectively and establish and maintain effective working relationships as a member of a team.

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* Knowledge is typically acquired or fully developed by on‑the‑job training in this job class.

Responsibilities:

• Operate riding mowers and tractors with attachments on parks, ball fields, and brush.
• Operate trucks, non‑CDL truck and trailer combinations, non‑CDL trash trucks, front‑end loader, backhoe, skid steer, non‑CDL dump trucks with snowplows and heavy equipment for snow removal, grading fields and other park areas.
• Haul materials and equipment.
• Perform routine safety inspection and maintenance of vehicles and equipment.
• Occasionally perform routine custodial maintenance and repairs to park buildings and structures.
• Maintain…