Park Maintenance Worker

Maintains City parks, facilities, equipment, and grounds; cleans and repairs park facilities; conducts routine landscaping and facilities maintenance tasks; and performs other related duties as assigned.

Examples of Duties:

• Assists in ensuring the City's parks, facilities, grounds, and/or rights-of-way are safely and properly maintained for use by the public.
• Maintains assigned park and/or building grounds; performs mowing, edging, weed eating, and other routine landscaping functions; trims trees and removes tree stumps.
• Cleans park facilities including public restrooms, pavilions, parking lots, and water crossings; empties trash bins and picks up debris from grounds; removes graffiti.
• Repairs and maintains park equipment including benches, tables, fences, and playground equipment; performs painting and/or basic plumbing and electrical repairs.
• Participates in preparing and maintaining City athletic fields; rakes, tills, and/or stripes ball fields.
• Assists with special projects including installing and removing playground equipment and/or protective surfaces.
• Provides assistance to other City departments including preparing for special events and/or moving furniture and files.
• Operates and maintains a variety of departmental equipment and tools.
• Performs other duties as assigned or required.

Typical Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Two years parks maintenance or landscape experience
• Valid Texas Driver's License or the ability to obtain one
• Irrigation experience is a plus

Assessment:

• Candidates being considered must be able to drive and back a pickup with a trailer attached. An assessment to ensure proficiency will be done before any selection is made.