Description

Starting Hiring Range: $19.45- $28.20 Hourly

Under supervision, this position is responsible for the coordination and operation of a crew which provides maintenance support for the Parks & Recreation Department.  
 
Essential Job Functions

• Coordinates, as assigned, the activities of workers on daily tasks and specific projects involving construction, maintenance or other areas related to parks maintenance.
• Works with assigned crews to ensure proper workmanship and materials are used; provides training to parks crews.
  Trains new and existing staff on standards and equipment. 
• Organizes necessary equipment and supplies for daily assignments.
• Cleans and performs maintenance on equipment. 
• Documents and reports estimated damage to landscapes.
• Completes necessary reports.
• Operates equipment such as tractors, tillers, trucks, and back-hoes. May be required to drive City vehicles with a trailer attached.
• Operates small power tools such as tiller, push mower, edger, weed eater, chain saw, etc.
• Performs all aspects of parks maintenance including the removal of litter and debris; cleaning and performing maintenance on restroom facilities; mowing parks, medians, and right of ways; trimming trees and shrubs; planting, watering, spraying and pulling weeds as needed; digging ditches, spreading gravel and sand, and laying sod.
• Provides support for all special events including vehicle and pedestrian traffic control, and loading and unloading supplies.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Education and Experience
High school diploma or GED equivalent, is required.  

Minimum of two (2) years of general parks maintenance, irrigation, or landscape maintenance experience is required. Six (6) months experience in a lead or supervisor position preferred.

An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience may also be considered.
 
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of maintenance and parks including property and equipment maintenance, best practices, proper chemical handling and storage, irrigation systems, and proper methods for minor repairs relative to parks maintenance.
• Knowledge of city and departmental practices, procedures, systems, and federal, state, and local laws, regulations, codes, ordinances, and best practices relating to parks.
• Ability to correctly interpret, explain, and apply laws, rules, operations, practices, procedures, regulations, and policies.
  Advanced ability to be organized and have efficient management of time and deadlines.
• Advanced ability to interact with people in a professional and congenial manner.
• Advanced ability to communicate in a clear, effective, and concise manner, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to effectively lead team members in a proactive, appropriate, and productive manner.
• Ability to regularly interact with others and exchange and receive information, providing effective and tactful customer service, and work independently with a high level of discretion.
• Ability to perform strenuous and routine work which requires consistent physical labor.
• Ability to read and interpret papers, periodicals, journals, manuals, dictionaries, thesauruses, and encyclopedias, to deal with system of real numbers; practical application of fractions, percentages, ratios/proportions, and measurement and to write reports, prepare business letters, expositions, and summaries with proper format, punctuation, spelling, and grammar, using all parts of speech.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Ability to allocate and utilize limited resources in a cost-effective manner.
• Ability to follow instructions, safety practices, and perform work accurately and thoroughly which requires performing multiple tasks simultaneously under time pressures and deadlines.
• Ability to operate motorized and non-motorized equipment, including a variety of saws, drills, and tools, and handle various building materials in a safe and effective manner.
• Ability to be punctual and attend work regularly.

Special Requirements
This position is classified as a safety-sensitive position and is subject to random drug and alcohol testing during the course of employment.
Mobility within a field environment with uneven terrain and during inclement weather is required.

Subject to be on-call during non-working hours. 

Must be able to work flexible hours, and holidays and weekends as needed.

Licenses & Certifications
Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license with acceptable driving record as established by the City of Midlothian driving standards. 

Texas Department of Agriculture Pesticide Applicator Certification is preferred.

Work Environment
Work involves continuous outdoor work with frequent exposure to extreme and inclement weather
conditions, disagreeable elements, and noise. Working environment includes the potential of
exposure to dust, chemicals, and mechanical hazards. Occasional exposure to moving traffic,
fumes, irritants, rodents, and insects. Physical demands require a heavy strength level frequent
lifting, carrying, and loading/unloading of objects weighing up to 80 lbs., and occasional pushing
and pulling objects up to 100 lbs. Continuous physical exertion, requiring heavy muscular effort
with resulting fatigue of arms, legs, back, or sensory faculties. Climbs, kneels, squats, stoops,
bends, or walks in confined spaces. May be subject to extended periods of sitting, standing,
bending, reaching, kneeling, walking, and operating equipment.