Parks Maintenance

SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED

Reports to Parks & Recreation Director. Exercises no supervision.

Important responsibilities and duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Mows,weed eats, trims trees, remove debris, leaves, weeds, and limbs from parks.
• Plants, water, and maintain city gardens.
• Cleans and maintains the city restrooms.
• Installs and maintains facility machinery.
• Performs construction and remodeling for city facilities such as hanging drywall, electrical, plumbing, cutting, hanging trim, painting, and other carpentry assignments.
• Inspect downtown area around the square for cleanliness.
• Ensures that equipment, machinery, tools, and supplies are properly inventoried and maintained.
• Prepare pavilions and city parks for various scheduled events.
• Decorates the community for holidays.
• Provides traffic control during city parades and events.
• Prepares fields for sporting events.
• Performs custodial duties for city buildings and changes light bulbs.
• Performs maintenance for city swimming pool.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Basic maintenance procedures and safety.
• Landscaping techniques.

• Operate a large mower, tree trimming equipment, weed eaters, pull trailers, and other necessary equipment including hand and power tools.
• Adjust work schedule for emergency weather conditions.
• Perform a variety of semi-skilled maintenance and repair for the area of work assigned.
• Operate a variety of vehicle and stationary mechanical equipment in a safe and effective manner.
• Ability to perform heavy manual labor.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Follow all safety rules and regulations.

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed and involved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to make observations, communicate well with others both verbally and written, travel to various work locations, and operate assigned equipment and vehicles.
• Coordinate multiple and complex goals simultaneously.
• Make decisions on procedural and technical levels involving work of all subordinates.
• Demonstrate excellent work ethic and integrity.

• High School Diploma or equivalent GED
• Driver’s License

Work is performed primarily in the outside environment amid normal conditions of dust, odors, fumes, noises, precipitation, and extreme temperatures.

• Walking, sitting, standing, bending, and crouching for prolonged periods of time.
• Lifting or moving moderate to heavy weights.
• Working under harsh weather conditions.
• Must possess visual depth perception, hearing, and mobility to such a degree as to not compromise safety rules or the safety of self/others while working.

Tractor, trailers, tillers, chainsaws, sprayers, mowers, ladders, leaf blower, weed eaters, and a variety of power and hand tools.

• Continually participate in additional training related to job as requested by supervisor.
• Ability to apply new techniques of staff training, knowledge of human behavior and behavior modification.
• Will be subject to background investigation.
• Must successfully complete pre-employment substance abuse testing and physical.
• Will be subject to random substance abuse testing.

CITY OF NEOSHO IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER / AFFIRMATIVE ACTION / ADA