Seasonal Public Works - Parks

Objective & Relationships

Essential Duties

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. This list is illustrative only and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and duties performed by the incumbent. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Maintains clean, attractive, and safe park areas including lawns, flower beds, athletic fields, natural areas, playgrounds, picnic areas, restrooms, parking lots, rights-of-way, pavilions and all associated equipment and improvements.
• Follows all safety regulations, policies, and procedures; reports all unsafe conditions and acts to supervisor; reports all accidents to the supervisor immediately whenever possible; follows recognized safe work practices.
• Performs other special projects and other job duties as assigned or required during regular and non-business hours.
• All employees may be assigned by the City Manager or their designee to perform duties and assume responsibilities that are outside the scope of their work duties when the City Manager has declared a City disaster or the City Emergency Operations Center has been initiated.

Minimum Position Requirements/Qualifications

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND PRIOR EXPERIENCE

The requirements listed below are necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.

• 18 years of age or older is required.

• Experience in grounds and landscape maintenance and equipment care preferred.
• A valid, state-issued driver’s license at time of hire is required.

A combination of equivalent experience and/or education as determined by the Human Resources Office may be considered in lieu of minimum requirements.

COMPETENCIES

For successful performance in this position, the incumbent must demonstrate the following knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors.

Skills:

• Organizational and time management skills to prioritize duties and accomplish a high volume of work product while adapting to constant changes in priority.

• Exceptional communication skills, paired with a strong customer service background, and effective interpersonal skills.

• Collaboration skills to effectively work with others to achieve common goals through communication, teamwork, and problem-solving.

• Safely operating a variety of maintenance and ground equipment, machinery, hand tools, required by the work.

Abilities:

• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, adapt to changing priorities, and to work smoothly and cooperatively on a variety of projects.

• Ability to make decisions according to applicable laws, regulations, established procedures, and the directives of the City Manager and City Council.

• Ability to learn and apply new technology and computerized systems/building systems in order to detect and diagnose operational problems and maintenance needs.

• Ability to comply with all safety policies, practices, and procedures, and report all unsafe activities or conditions to supervisor.

• Ability to maintain a valid, state-issued driver’s license.

Behaviors:

• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with City appointed and elected officials, Department, Division, and Office heads, City employees, consultants, developers, architects, engineers, realtors, surveyors, community interest groups, other governmental agencies, and the general public.

• Exhibit exceptional professionalism, tact, and decorum in all areas of work duties.

• Strong ethics base built upon integrity, honesty, initiative, and respect; maintain strict confidentiality.
• Interact positively with a diverse group of individuals, and work effectively both as part of a team and independently.

• Embrace and actively promote an inclusive and equitable work environment.

• Conduct all business and working relationships in an accurate, fair, equitable and highly ethical manner.

• Work with the public in a fair and consistent manner, maintaining objectivity and excluding personal bias while performing job duties

• Reliable, timely, and proactive in the completion of duties, meeting deadlines and responding to inquiries.

• Work with others in a positive and supportive manner to solve problems, generate ideas, and accomplish division and City goals.

Supplemental Information

EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTS, AND MACHINES:

Machinery and equipment, including personal computer, printer, telephones, fax machine, copier, scanner, 10-key calculator, Govern and GIS software, and other standardized or specialized office equipment.

WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL FACTORS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in an outdoor environment and will frequently be exposed to adverse weather conditions, including extreme heat and extreme cold, high winds, and wet/humid conditions. The employee will work near moving mechanical parts in precarious places; and is exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, dust, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is generally quiet to moderately noisy.

This position exerts continuous physical effort, working with average and heavyweight materials, and frequently walks, stands, stoops, kneels, crouches, crawls for sustained periods of time. This position can exert up to 100 pounds of force by lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling objects. The employee is frequently required to see/observe, talk/speak and listen/hear; use their hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects and equipment; repetitive arm, wrist, hand and eye movements are included. There is frequent twisting, reaching, wrist turning and grasping. The employee may be required to climb or balance.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. Hand-eye coordination is necessary to operate computers and various pieces of equipment. Employee is required to use cognitive ability to reason, analyze and verbalize thoughts and ideas. Requires the ability to recognize and identify similarities or differences between characteristics of colors, shapes and sounds associated with job-related objects, materials or tasks.

A regular, Monday – Friday, 40-hour work schedule is required for this position. A seasonal staff is hired for the peak season, Memorial Day to Labor Day.

DISCLAIMER

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position, or is responsive to the needs of the City of Janesville.

The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.

The City of Janesville, Wisconsin, is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.