Parks & Grounds Maintenance Worker

Position Title: Parks and Grounds Maintenance Worker I

Department: Parks and Public Lands

Reports To: Parks Supervisor, Cemetery Caretaker, Lake Supervisor, or other Supervisor as assigned

Field: Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations

Category: Non Exempt

Pay Grade: 11 Position

Under direct supervision, performs a variety of unskilled and semi‑skilled manual labor in the construction and maintenance of parks, lake, cemetery, golf course, pool, buildings and other municipal facilities.

• Operate mowers, trimmers and various other landscaping equipment.
• Operate trucks, backhoes, loaders, jackhammers, mowers, trimmers, tractors, chippers, utility carts and other equipment essential to grounds maintenance.
• Load and haul equipment, sand, gravel, clay, topsoil and other construction and maintenance materials.
• Serve as lead worker over seasonal laboring workers.
• Supervise Department of Corrections personnel and seasonal employees.
• Perform work in electrical and mechanical repair and other carpentry, electrical, welding, plumbing, concrete finishing, brick masonry or related areas.
• Perform manual labor in the maintenance, repair, and minor construction of parks, pools, cemeteries, golf course, lake recreation facilities.
• Set up for meetings and special events.
• Provide janitorial services for public buildings, maintenance buildings, grounds, and cemetery mausoleum.
• Handle herbicides and pesticides.
• Show cemetery lots for sale; work with funeral directors and monuments companies concerning policies and operations of the cemetery.
• Deal with the public in a manner that positively promotes the image of the City and handles complaints and needs tactfully.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees, superiors, and the public.
• All employees of the City of Winfield are subject to immediate callout when an emergency, disaster or breach of homeland security occurs. Such call to respond and assist may involve those activities to his/her regular job responsibilities and incorporate other non‑job‑related duties as necessary and required of an employee. An employee’s response to these matters may require the working of unusual, long hours over an extended period of time with infrequent breaks or giải kỳ.
• This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. He or she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by his or her supervisor.

• Equipment Maintenance – Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining what kind of maintenance is needed.
• Equipment Selection – Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
• Installation – Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.
• Operation Monitoring – Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Active Listening – Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Active Learning – Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem‑solving and decision‑making.
• Critical Thinking – Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Coordination – Adjusting actions in relation to others’ actions.
• Negotiation – Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
• Management of Personnel Resources – Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
• Monitoring – Monitoring/assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to ವಿಷಯ improvements or take corrective action.
• Management of Material Resources – Obtaining and ensuring the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.
• Instructing – Teaching others how to do something.
• Time Management – Managing one’s own time and the time of others.
• Judgment and Decision Making – Considering the relative costs and benefits of…