Parks Grounds Lead Worker

Parks Grounds Lead Worker – City of Bellevue, Washington

Apply for the Parks Grounds Lead Worker position at the City of Bellevue, Washington. Please complete the online application fully; the City evaluates candidates based on the application only. Do not submit resumes or cover letters.

Lead worker in the Parks Department Grounds Maintenance Division supervising a full‑time crew of park professionals. Responsibilities include field supervision, scheduling projects, responding to public inquiries, conducting inspections, risk management, troubleshooting, and repairing irrigation systems. This field position requires outdoor physical labor and involves collaboration with other city departments, citizen содержимое, private non‑profits, contractors, and volunteers.

• Assist the Crew Leader with daily, weekly, and monthly workload coordination and scheduling for свет. grounds crew. 래< /ul>  /li
• Works independently and directly with Skilled Workers and Seasonal staff members, performing daily park maintenance tasks.<
• Turf maintenance, leaf removal, drainage system installation and repair, pathway and trail maintenance, general landscaping duties, pruning trees, adjusting, troubleshooting, repairing and maintaining irrigation transmettre systems, installing new landscapes
• Operate tractors, backhoes, dump trucks, excavators, wide area mowers, and all power equipment associated with landscape maintenance.
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  Respond to public inquiries and communicate with park users.
• Respond to weather‑related events outside of regular working hours.
• Assumes acting status for the Crew Leader as needed.
• Assist in the interviewing and hiring of seasonal staff
• Assists with the training of all staff on equipment operations and general safety
• Assist with the implementation and scheduling of integrated pest management practices.
• Monitor and inspect park sites regularly to ensure quality and risk management control. This includes irrigation systems, plant and turf quality, and forest management, and hard surfaces
• Coordinates and provides support for community events
• Orders materials, coordinates purchasing or small equipment
• Coordinates and schedules asset repair and maintenance
• Coordinates the completion of assigned tasks with other departments, outside contractors, consultants,5180 and representatives of government.
• Investigates and defines problem areas, and provides recommendations to address issues
• Participates from construction plan review, park development meetings and construction meetings

• Works under the supervision of the Grounds Crew Leader.
• Supervises full‑time and seasonal positions represented employees (Teamsters Union) and may oversee contractors and/or volunteers.

• Ability to learn City of Bellevue policy and procedures, rules and regulations.
• Working knowledge of current municipal park maintenance standards and practices including turf management, plant identification, irrigation, and arboriculture.
• Ability to identify horticultural issues and address solutions through proactive management of park and facility sites. dernier
• Knowledge of herbicide application procedures and requirements as required by WSDA.
• Ability to provide central irrigation system control programming with Maxicom and individual stand‑along controllers.
• Knowledge of construction and maintenance practices, processes, procedures, methods for park construction.
• Skill in interfacing effectively in a complex and dynamic work environment.
• Skill in good listening and communications.
• Skill in preparing selvage comprise clear and comprehensiveیمت communication‬ and recommendations and proposals, verbally and in writing.
• Skill in reading and comprehending technical specifications, laws, and codes as they relate to contract administration.
• Ability Cassandra deliver independently on complex tasks and non‑routine matters.
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing with contractors, consultants, employees, and other departments.
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