Job Details
PRIMARY FUNCTION
- Performs semi-skilled work in the operation and maintenance of standard trucks, tractors, riding mowers, or other simple to moderately complex automotive equipment.
- Responsible for continuous, safe, and efficient operations of automotive equipment in performing such tasks as grass cutting in parks and transporting men and materials to and from work sites.
- May require the performance of manual labor in loading or unloading material, landscaping, or other related tasks.
- Occasionally involve exercising supervisory control over a small group of unskilled workers. Performs other related duties as assigned.
PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Possess and maintain a valid "CDL" Class A driver's license; good driving record, and ability to pass drug screening as mandated by the Federal Department of Transportation for CDL drivers.
- Loads and transports bleachers, playground equipment, lawn mowers, and other construction and/or maintenance materials and equipment.
- Transports men and materials to various job sites.
- Operates power tractors with grass attachments in City parks and lots. May operate chain saw.
- Sprays herbicide. Remove dead animals and dog feces from parks.
- Washes and performs preventive maintenance of assigned vehicles.
- Grades ball fields and areas to be seeded with tractor and various attachments.
- May assist with painting, litter, and leaf removal, plowing snow, grass mowing, planting trees and plants and other landscaping activities.
- Performs all related work as required.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
- Completion of high school or GED equivalency; with some experience in operation of complex grounds maintenance equipment.
- Possess and maintain a valid "CDL" Class A driver's license.
- Some landscaping knowledge: or any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
- Must be willing to work in inclement weather year-round, extended hours, weekends and overtime as needed.
- Thorough knowledge of traffic laws involved in the operation of automotive equipment.
- Ability to operate a variety of automotive and grounds maintenance related equipment safely and efficiently.
- Ability to detect operating defects in automotive and grounds maintenance equipment.
- Ability to perform manual labor for extended periods of time and physically able to lift items weighing over 50 lbs.
- Some knowledge in the safe and efficient operation of tractors, zero-turn mowers, bat wing mowers, skid steers, backhoes, leaf vacuums, and/or other landscaping equipment.
- Some experience in commercial snow removal operations.
WORKING CONDITONS
- Works outside (in all weather) and is frequently near moving mechanical parts and vibration. Noise level is usually loud.
- Occasionally works in high, precarious places and may be exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risk of electrical shock.
- required to walk, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and smell.
- Ability to lift or move objects weighing up to 100 pounds.
Must pass a criminal background investigation, pre-employment physical, and drug test.
City residency is required within one (1) year of employment.
Equal Opportunity Employer