Park Maintenance

Brief Description

Ensures the Rockford Park District's parks are safe, clean, and enjoyable through proper maintenance and operation practices.

Ensures the Rockford Park District's parks are safe, clean, and enjoyable through proper maintenance and operation practices.

Title: Park Maintenance 1

Department: Park Maintenance

Status: Seasonal

Office

Location:

Various

Reports To: Zone Supervisor

Wage: $17/hour

Length of Season: March-November

Agency Vision: To be the best urban parks and recreation system in North America, as measured by national standards and the citizens we serve.

Agency Mission: The Rockford Park District is in business to “help people enjoy life” by providing a quality park and recreation system.

Vision & Planning System: The District aligns itself and all its resources to achieve its purpose, vision, mission, and priorities. This successfully drives the strategic plan, operational plans, and performance goals.

Policy Management & Operations System: Every team member serves as an active contributor in the development of the team’s operational plan; develops job strategies and plans that support the team’s operational goals; identifies timetables for completion; plans daily work activities in an organized manner ensuring effective utilization of time and resources in the completion of job tasks.

Leadership by Values System: Leadership by Values can only be achieved if all team members believe in and live by these shared values: accountability, integrity, passion, agility, relationship oriented, results driven, service oriented, respectful, and innovative. While all team members share these essential values, our culture is enriched by and welcomes the diverse supporting values of its team members.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Statement: The Rockford Park District is committed and accountable to being a place where everyone is invited and belongs, as demonstrated by being an inviting, equitable, and inclusive environment, respectful of all people, embracing diversity, creating accessibility and valuing all team members, partners and community members for their unique experiences and backgrounds.

Definition:
Sustained by long-term, positive, exceptional relationships with stakeholders and team members as our hallmark of success.

Definition:
To work together to achieve the mission, vision, and shared values of the Rockford Park District. Connectedness:
Departments are truly interconnected to support the mission and vision of the Rockford Park District.

• Receives and completes daily work orders as directed.
• Performs maintenance duties to the buildings, grounds, and equipment according to required specifications for safety and appearance.
• Performs routine cleaning of building, floors, windows, restrooms, carpets, trash removal, grounds, sidewalks, and trash pick-up.
• Maintains the park area by trimming trees, clearing brush and landscaping the property as required.
• Effectively and safely operates pole saw, table saws, band saws, drills, string trimmers, landscape blowers and other hand tools as required to get the job done.
• Basic painting including picnic tables, trash cans and shelters.
• Ensures that all work performed is conducted in a safe and timely manner adhering to standards of cleanliness and effective equipment utilization.
• Utilize the Rockford Park District's HRIS system for all HR and payroll-related requirements and to accurately clock in and out for all shifts.
• Assists with delivery of supplies to various buildings.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Become thoroughly familiar with the Safety Manual contents.
• Performs frequent routine safety checks on buildings, grounds, and equipment; files safety reports as required.
• Maintain a working knowledge of all general and departmental - specific safety rules.
• Inspect work areas (use checklists) for compliance with safe work practices and rules.

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