Maintenance Technician Assistant - P&R, District

Why this role matters: You’ll help maintain the parks and trails that support recreation, health, and community connection across Missoula—spaces that residents and visitors rely on every day.

Maintenance Technician Assistant – Developed Parks & Trails plays a hands‑on role in maintaining Missoula’s parks, trails, and public recreation spaces used every day. This seasonal, full‑time (10‑month) union position offers steady hours, on‑the‑job training, and opportunities to build practical skills in parks maintenance, construction, and public infrastructure.

Working as part of a Parks and Recreation operations crew, you’ll assist with maintaining athletic fields, playgrounds, restrooms, trails, and other park amenities. The work is active and outdoors, involving equipment operation, basic construction and repair, turf and landscape maintenance, irrigation support, and seasonal projects such as snow removal and field preparation. Your efforts will have a visible, immediate impact on the quality and safety of Missoula’s public spaces.

This position is well‑suited for individuals who enjoy physical work, working as part of a team, and taking pride in maintaining shared community spaces.

• Assist in the construction, reconstruction and maintenance of parks and recreation facilities.
• Provide support with leading assigned work crews; coordinate schedules of work activities, within established parameters, to achieve quality, efficient, service standards.
• Train workers in floriculture, horticulture, and turf practices to maintain landscape beds, athletic turf, urban gardens, and/or natural areas.
• Maintain and repair park facilities and buildings, including playground equipment, plumbing, electrical and lighting systems, etc.
• Assist with installation, repair and winterization of irrigation systems, swimming pools, splash decks, restrooms and drinking fountains; assist in seasonal leaf and snow removal efforts.
• Layout and prepare athletic fields.
• Maintain landscape trees, shrubs, and turf; aerate, top‑dress, fertilize, water, and seed lawn and turf, in assigned areas.
• Operate various tools, vehicles, and equipment used in the construction and maintenance of parks and recreation facilities, grounds, buildings, etc.
• Implement and ensure adherence to applicable department policies, and work safety standards including Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Manual on Uniform Traffic Control (MUTCO), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), National Playground Safety Institute (NPSI) and American National Standards Institute (ANSI-A300) standards.
• Assist in providing training in identifying, reporting, and repairing potential public safety concerns, vandalism, damaged park infrastructure and facilities, including the inspection and repair of park features, etc.; provide safety training for various tools and equipment.
• Assist in conducting research for purchases and projects; recommend and purchase materials and equipment needed for cost‑effective and efficient maintenance and operation of parklands and recreational facilities.
• Assist in training and coordinating work teams, including coaching, preparing work plans, and scheduling work assignments, within established parameters, to achieve quality, efficient, service standards.
• Monitor inventory and order supplies.
• Remove and clean up trash.
• Other duties as assigned, based on training and qualifications.

• Assist the crew with identifying, reporting, and repairing potential public safety concerns, vandalism, damaged park infrastructure and furnishings, etc.
• Perform maintenance of asphalt and concrete surfaces, including sweeping, cleaning, snow removal, sealing, patching, and other repair, and maintenance activities.
• Assist in maintaining assigned developed urban parks to promote and sustain healthy turf, shrubs and trees using irrigation systems, mowing schedules, weed and pest control activities, etc.
• Perform maintenance and repairs of park facilities and buildings, including roofs, painting, carpentry, masonry, and/or framing.
• Provide support with coordinating janitorial duties, minor construction,…