Facilities Technician - Parks & Rec.

Parks Maintenance Technician

This is a skilled position. The incumbent performs routine tasks to repair and maintain grounds, equipment, facilities, and systems in the county owned recreation parks. Performs other related duties as directed. Work is performed with a moderate degree of latitude for independent judgment and action. Periodic evening and weekend work may be required. The Parks Maintenance Technician reports to the Director of Parks & Recreation.

Essential Functions:

• Completes daily repairs and preventative maintenance to County Recreation Parks and Facilities.
• Landscaping duties to include, but are not limited to, applying weed killer and trimming shrubs, hedges, evergreens, and ornamental trees.
• Grass cutting, edging, and weeding of the recreation park, including ball fields, soccer fields, gun range, 360 property, and boat ramp.
• Maintain the nature walking trail, remove any debris which would impede the use of the trail.
• Clean and maintain dog park.
• Maintain the facilities and buildings in the Recreation Park.
• Trash removal and disposal daily in all areas of the Recreation Park.
• Dragging the infields of the ball fields.
• Inspect playground equipment for damage or needed repairs.
• Interact with and support outside vendors and contractors.
• Turf management plan.
• Complete work orders for corrective maintenance in a timely manner.
• Perform corrective and preventative maintenance on ball fields, playground, parking areas, trails and picnic pavilion.
• Perform interior and exterior surface painting and related preparation and clean-up.
• Interact with employees and citizens in a courteous and professional manner at all times.
• Use knowledge and experience to recommend future improvement projects.
• Determine need to report observed safety or health issues to supervisor.
• Maintain knowledge of health and safety requirements.
• Completes routine maintenance tasks such on machinery used to maintain the park facilities and grounds. If maintenance can't be completed on site, notify supervisor of needed outside vendor repairs.
• Participate in inspections of real property and grounds.
• Performs related work as assigned.
• Landscaping at all facilities/buildings.
• Assist the facilities department with various jobs, moving equipment, building maintenance/repairs, snow removal, etc.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

The successful candidate will be able to rely on extensive on-the-job training and experience to accomplish work. Employee must possess the ability to demonstrate effective attention to detail. Strong customer service skills are required to establish and maintain trusting professional relationships with a diverse group of individuals including clients, employees, visitors, and business associates. Confidentiality of any information heard while working must be maintained.

The ability to generate comprehensible written (email, text message, letter, etc) and verbal (face-to-face and telephone) communication required. The ability to read and comprehend work orders, assembly and repair manuals, emails, invoices, etc. is necessary. Independent decision making and work skills are required. The ability to handle a variety of tasks autonomously with status updates to supervisor is required. The ability to operate basic computerized equipment is desired.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

This is physical work requiring exertion in excess of 100 pounds occasionally, in excess of 50 pounds of force frequently, and in excess of 20 pounds of force regularly to move objects; work requires climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, fingering, feeling, and repetitive motions; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word;

hearing is required to perceive…