Park Maintenance Specialist

Park Maintenance Specialist 1 (Job )

Location:

Overland Park, KS

Employment Type:

Employee (Full-time)

Post Date: 12/05/2025

Full‑time Park Maintenance Specialist responsible for planting and maintenance of turf, repair of parks and recreation facilities, and assisting with special events.

• Maintain, inspect, repair, lubricate, and clean equipment and tools per manufacturer specifications and city policies.
• Assist in emergency operations such as snow removal and storm damage call‑outs.
• Perform turf management tasks at parks, athletic fields, facilities, and traffic islands.
• Lay sod and operate equipment—including string‑line trimmers, ride‑on, walk‑behind, and push mowers—and load/unload and transport mowers.
• Pick up and dispose of trash in and around parks and traffic islands; lift trash barrels and dump contents into the truck.
• Operate tractors for seeding, fertilizing, and aerating turf areas; seed and fertilize using walk‑behind and ride‑on spreaders; calibrate equipment to apply correct amounts.
• Apply pesticides using appropriate sprayers or spreaders, following safety procedures, weather conditions, SDS information, and product labeling.
• Prepare ball fields for league play, including dragging, chalking, and moving bases.
• Clean parks, right‑of‑way, and shop area; sweep and remove debris.
• Assist with irrigation testing, minor adjustments, diagnosis, and repairs.
• Work the required days and hours, be available during regular business hours, and communicate with subordinates, supervisors, customers, vendors, and other stakeholders.
• Maintain punctuality, meet attendance standards, and adhere to performance requirements.

• Basic education or equivalent experience.
• Valid class A or B commercial driver's license with air‑brake endorsement within 6 months of employment.
• Pesticide applicator license categories 3A and 3B preferred but not required.

• Six months to one year of turf/grounds maintenance, including operation of mowing equipment, power tools, utility vehicles, sprayers, and hand tools.

• Good oral communication skills.
• Manual dexterity.
• Attention to detail.
• Project management skills, including organization, coordination, and goal accomplishment.
• Time management skills, able to manage multiple concurrent projects and meet deadlines.

• Work in a hectic environment with many interruptions.
• Prioritize multiple tasks.
• Read and comprehend basic landscape plans and technical manuals.
• Analyze safety situations.
• Carry out assignments through oral and written instructions.
• Work independently and train guides others.
• Assess situations and recommend solutions.
• Alpha and numeric recognition.

• Travel and tour city facilities and parks in adverse conditions.
• Traverse rough terrain.
• Operate power and hand tools and city vehicles.
• Work in confined spaces; have hand‑and‑eye coordination for computer input.
• Exposure to chemicals, fumes, dust, sprays, fogs, mists, heights, vibrations, high voltage, and loud noises.
• Work in adverse and extreme weather and environmental conditions.
• Make and receive phone calls.

Entry level

Full‑time

Management and Manufacturing

Government Administration