What are the responsibilities and job description for the Full Time Parks Maintenance Worker- Tradition Regional Park position at City of Port St. Lucie?
The City of Port St. Lucie is an equal opportunity employer.
This position requires the applicant to successfully pass a drug screening.
Please note that this is an external job posting intended for non-city employees. If you are a current city employee applying through this posting, your application will not be reviewed with other internal candidates. In order to be considered with internal candidates, please apply on the internal posting by clicking HERE.
This position is Essential and is required to report to duty before, during, and immediately after a civil emergency.
Semi-skilled and manual work in maintaining various grounds, fields and facilities. Facilitates the development of public trust and confidence in the City.
The following duties are illustrative for this position. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the classification if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment for this classification. Other duties may be required and assigned.
- Keeps the mission, vision and values of the City of Port St. Lucie at the forefront of decision making and action; builds strategic and collaborative relationships and interacts with others in a way that builds confidence and trust; provides excellent customer service by taking action to accomplish objectives, maintaining high levels of work and productivity by generating innovative solutions to work situations.
- Maintains equipment and facilities by performing manual labor and semi-skilled work
- Maintains various grounds, fields and parks by performing mowing, weeding, tilling, raking, digging and other manual labor tasks
- Prepares fields, grounds and courts for athletic activities
- Performs tasks of painting, irrigation maintenance and spraying
- Performs sodding, seeding, trimming, edging, mulching and similar work in parks and other City grounds.
- Performs litter control functions, cleans restrooms
- Sets up picnic and other areas
- Operates vehicles and equipment and performs preventative maintenance functions on the vehicles and equipment.
- Makes daily written and oral reports
- Informs and directs public in the use of facilities
- Other duties may be assigned.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience:
Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of an acceptable equivalency diploma required. Two (2) years of grounds maintenance experience is preferred. Possession of valid Florida Driver's License and maintenance of clean driving record is required. A comparable amount of training, education, or experience may be substituted for the minimum qualifications.
Knowledge, Skill and/or Ability Required:
- Knowledge of tools and equipment required to perform duties.
- Knowledge of groundskeeping practices and principles.
- Skill in the operation and preventive maintenance of equipment and related tools.
- Ability to operate equipment required to perform duties.
- Ability to perform heavy manual labor under various weather conditions.
- Ability to follow written and oral instructions.
- Ability to communicate effectively in writing and orally.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees and the public.
- Ability to focus on the positive in every situation.
- Ability to model respect for individuals, teams, and the organization.
- Ability to stay centered when challenged.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Ability to follow through with assigned tasks.
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 is regularly required to sit, talk, hear, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is frequently required to walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand and stoop, kneel, and crouch. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally move and/or lift up to 80 pounds and climb a ladder up to 15 feet in height. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing 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 is frequently exposed to outside weather conditions that may be adverse and extreme (heat, humidity, cold, rain, etc.). The employee is frequently exposed to noise, dust, fumes, airborne particles, uneven surfaces, heights, and stressful situations. The employee works with hazardous power tools and is exposed to heights up to 15 feet.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.
Salary : $33,946
