Seasonal Parks Maintenance Technician

Applications accepted through 4/18/2025 at 11:59 PM Mountain time. 

Hiring Range: $47,479.00 - $56,974.00

Salary Range: $47,479.00 - $61,723.00                         

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The below list is intended to illustrate the responsibilities of the position and is not all-encompassing.  The Town may change these duties at any time.

• Opens and closes facilities, monitor facility rentals and ensures security
• Assists with a variety of routine maintenance and construction activities including turf maintenance, athletic field, playground, trails and hardscape maintenance, general forestry, open space, and horticultural assignments
• Performs athletic field maintenance moving pitching mounds, sets up temporary fencing, installs home plates, pitching rubbers and edges field turf. Stands up large soccer goals
• Field preparation includes lining, dragging, laying out and squaring athletic fields in various layouts. Requires utilization of basic math skills to ensure proper layout and measurements are met
• Operates and maintains a variety of equipment, such as; field striping equipment,  mowers, string trimmers, backpack blowers, edgers, sprayers, trucks, trailers, wood chippers, chain saws, power tools, and various hand tools 
• Mows, weeds, trims, and renovates grass areas
• Maintains planted beds in Town parks, along trails and on municipal grounds
• Plants, prunes, maintains, and removes landscaped trees, shrubs, bushes and flowers
• Cleans and removes debris from parking lots, shelters and turf areas, Town parks, trails, municipal grounds, rights-of-way and open space and regularly empties trash receptacles throughout assigned areas, stocks and maintains doggie bag dispensers
• Cleans, stocks and maintains the restrooms and shelters within the Town’s parks
• Applies herbicides and pesticides in accordance with prescribed guidelines, maintains usage records according to the CO Department of Agriculture standards
• Assists Irrigation Division with various maintenance tasks, including general repairs, valve box maintenance, irrigation operation inspection, geolocating components and devices. 
• Assists with the installation and repair of park equipment and facilities, such as playground equipment, picnic tables, benches, pavilions, restrooms and other fixtures or facilities
• Clears snow, leaves and debris on trails, rights-of-way, sidewalks, parking lots and municipal grounds using hand tools and small engine machinery
• Performs a variety of duties that require the use and wear of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Performs routine pre/post-use safety checks of equipment and minor maintenance on vehicles and equipment and maintains records of such activities
• Assists with various Town events and festival set-up and tear-down activities
• Facilitates good communication with other Town staff and the public, which may include sharing information and receiving feedback, listening to and respecting input, participating in workgroup conversations, and directly and respectfully dealing with issues that arise
• Actively promotes a culture of safety by observing and following all Town and Department safety procedures, regulations, and policies and assists in ensuring others do so to promote a safe work environment and prevent injuries and illnesses
• Must be able to work flexible hours including late nights, weekends and holidays for sports event set-up and clean up – may also be placed on call due to emergencies

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required:

• Ability to use or learn to use hand tools and light to heavy equipment
• Knowledge of proper safety protocols when dealing with all equipment and machinery
• Ability to troubleshoot mechanical problems or provide a reasonable possible solution
• Ability to remove snow and ice on Town-owned sidewalks
• Ability to pay attention to detail and recognize, report and correct problems in parks and open space (broken sprinkler heads, playground equipment, etc.)
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, correspondence, memos, maps, and drawings and perform common mathematical operations
• Strong problem-solving skills that include the ability to analyze and resolve a variety of issues and recognize when to escalate
• Ability to complete daily operations in a competent and safe manner, and perform a wide range of strenuous physical and manual tasks in an outdoor environment
• Ability to use standard office equipment, computers, tablets, and software, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, GIS mapping, and databases
• Ability to establish and maintain effective and professional working relationships with supervisors, other Town staff, and the general public
• Ability to keep workplace clean and organized, equipment clean and serviced, and take care of Town-owned assets appropriately
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both in verbal and written form
• Ability to work both collaboratively and independently
• Ability to achieve goals and handle assignments with efficiency and personal accountability

Education and Experience:

• Must be 16 years of age or older
• Previous experience in parks maintenance, landscape, or construction or related experience preferred
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered

Licenses/Certifications:

• Must possess and maintain a valid Colorado driver license and a safe driving record throughout employment; Class B CDL license is preferred but not required

Physical Activities:

The work environment characteristics and physical demands described here represent those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Work is regularly performed outdoors and occasionally indoors, with frequent exposure to extreme temperatures and all weather conditions. Work is performed year-round with regular exposure to any of the following:  loud noise, heavy traffic, and some hazardous situations.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate with times of increased noise.

Body Movement:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel.  The employee must frequently reach with hands and arms, stand, walk, bend, stoop, or kneel.  On rare occasions, the employee may be required to climb, crawl and balance. The employee must be physically able to operate various motor vehicles.  An employee is required to be available and on-call at various hours.  Employees must frequently lift and move up to 50 pounds.

Vision:
Employees must be able to consistently see with near and far acuity, depth perception, color vision, and field vision.

Hearing:
Employees must have the ability to hear, understand, and distinguish speech and other sounds (e.g., machinery, telephones, alarms); communicate clearly and effectively; understand and be understood; be able to consistently engage in ordinary conversations.

Salary : $47,479 - $61,723