Parks Maintenance

Overview

This position primarily involves performing a large volume of work on City properties and medians to “Manage Growth.” Responsibilities include mowing, edging, trimming, mulching, irrigating, collecting and removing debris, and planting or removing trees, flowers, and shrubs to maintain existing park properties. This position reports to the Public Properties Operations Manager.

• Performs unskilled and semi-skilled work related to the maintenance and repair of parks.
• Operates heavy equipment such as loaders, dump trucks, and other machinery.
• Completes work orders as required and assigned.
• Cross-trains and works in other divisions as needed.
• May be required to work outside normal hours during emergencies, such as strong storms, tornadoes, and hurricanes.
• May be scheduled for on-call duty.
• Performs related tasks as required.

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Minimum six months related groundskeeping/landscaping experience.
• Ability to acquire an appropriate commercial driver's license valid in the State of Florida within first six months of employment.
• Ability to obtain first aid and CPR certifications.

• Emergency Response Status:
  As a condition of employment, City of St. Pete Beach employees may be required to work as directed during an undeclared and/or a declared emergency. All employees are subject to recall around the clock for emergency response operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the normal work location, and may include duties other than those specified in the official job description.
  
  This is a condition of employment.

• Some knowledge of occupational hazards and appropriate safety precautions.
• Ability to understand and follow oral instructions and to perform tasks requiring physical strength and endurance.
• Ability to perform essential job functions.
• Ability to use hand tools, power tools, and some field equipment.
• Ability to operate trucks, mowers, and some heavy equipment.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates.

• This is heavy work requiring the exertion of up to 100 pounds of force occasionally (with assistance or tools).
• Up to 50 pounds of force frequently.
• Up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Work requires climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, fingering, grasping, feeling, and repetitive motions.
• Vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas verbally.
• Hearing is necessary to perceive information at normal spoken word levels.
• Visual acuity is required for depth perception, color perception, and visual inspections involving small defects and/or small parts, use of measuring devices, assembly or fabrication of parts at or within arm’s length, operation of machines, operation of motor vehicles or equipment, determining the accuracy and thoroughness of work, and observing general surroundings and activities.
• The worker is subject to both inside and outside environmental conditions, noise, vibration, hazards, atmospheric conditions, and oils.