Utility Worker - Denver Arts & Venues

About Our Job

With competitive pay, great benefits, and endless opportunities, working for the City and County of Denver means seeing yourself working with purpose — for you, and those who benefit from your passion, skills, and expertise. Join our diverse, inclusive, and talented workforce of more than 11,000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver, Denver.

What We Offer

The City and County of Denver offers a competitive salary commensurate with education and experience. The hourly range for this position is $21.47-$32.21. We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees which include, but are not limited to:

• A guaranteed life-long monthly pension, once vested after 5 years of service
• 457B Retirement Plan
• 140 hours of PTO earned within first year 11 paid holidays, 1 personal holiday and 1 volunteer day per year
• Competitive medical, dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date
  
  
  

More information on what the City and County of Denver offers its employees can be found here.

Location

In this position you can expect to work on site at the Arts Complex located at 1345 Champa Street. After hours and weekend work may be required for special events as well as snow removal.

What You’ll Do

Denver Arts & Venues aims to amplify Denver’s quality of life and economic vitality through our premier public venues, public art collection, and free entertainment events and programs. We exist to make Denver the greatest city in the country to live in and visit. And why shouldn’t it be? With our mild sunny weather, parks and trails, arts and culture scene, growing culinary community, a healthy and youthful attitude, all set to a Rocky Mountain backdrop, Denver is the place to call home.

Denver Arts and Venues is deeply committed to an equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) practice that closes access gaps in arts and culture with urgency and accountability. We believe long term impact requires changing traditional processes, creating new systems, and developing authentic relationships to transformative work. Our works stands at the intersection of arts, culture and community.

Denver Arts and Venues is seeking a Utility Worker.

Job duties and responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Pickup parts and equipment to support events and daily activities
• Support trades workers and grounds crews as needed
• Perform unskilled, light to heavy physical labor on a variety of projects that involves lifting, physical exertion and the use of manual tools and limited use of small power operated tools
• Perform minor repairs to gardening and grounds equipment; Operate light weight equipment powered by small engines used for maintenance and cleaning such as power washer
• Perform seasonal snow duties such as plowing, salting, sanding, and removal of ice and snow by hand, truck, John Deere, or Kubota
• Observe all common safety practices associated with operating small engines, hand and power tools and other work-related equipment
• Utilize hand operated construction equipment such as chainsaws, weed eaters, shovels, edger's, lawn mowers, power washers
• Perform vehicle upkeep by coordinating repairs with Fleet maintenance as needed, and keeping tools organized, pre-trip inspection on equipment for such things as fluid levels, leaks, condition of hoses and belts, tire pressure, brake lights, and related areas and secures, cleans, and cares for all tools and equipment needed for job assignments
• Perform other related duties as assigned
  
  
  

What You’ll Bring

We value diversity of ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, sexual identity, gender, religion, language, ability, and experience and exemplify this through the makeup of our team at all levels. You'll be right at home here if you cultivate strong relationships and push yourself, your work, the people around you and Denver to the next level.

Our ideal candidate has some or all the following experience, skills, and characteristics:

• Flexible attitude, as duties can change at any time
• Excellent customer service skills
• Willingness and ability to work in all weather conditions
• Team player; willing to jump in and help wherever needed
  
  
  

Required Minimum Qualifications

Education requirement: None

Experience Requirement: One (1) year of experience performing unskilled labor work.

Education/Experience Equivalency: Additional appropriate education may be substituted for the minimum experience requirement.

License/Certifications: Requires a valid Driver's License at the time of application

Application Deadline

This position is expected to stay open until 11:59pm on Sunday, January 5th, 2025 Please submit your application as soon as possible and no later than Sunday, January 5th at 11:59pm to ensure consideration.

About Everything Else

Job Profile

CJ2041 Utility Worker II

To view the full job profile including position specifications, physical demands, and probationary period, click here.

Position Type

Unlimited

Position Salary Range

$21.47 - $32.21

Starting Pay

Based on education and experience

Agency

Arts & Venues Denver

The City and County of Denver provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, age, or any other status protected under federal, state, and/or local law.

It is your right to access oral or written language assistance, sign language interpretation, real-time captioning via CART, or disability-related accommodations. To request any of these services at no cost to you, please contact Jobs@Denvergov.org with three business days’ notice.

Applicants for employment with the City and County of Denver must have valid work authorization that does not require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the U.S.

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