Seasonal Athletic Fields Maintenance Worker - Denver Parks and Recreation

Responsibilities

• DPR recognizes the importance of diversity in the representation of our organization to best serve our customers and community. To that end, DPR is committed to:
• Examining department policies and processes that value diverse perspectives and eliminate barriers to inclusion
• Identifying where inequities exist and implementing strategies to ensure equitable outcomes
• Strengthening diversity in Parks and Recreation services by transforming policies to institutionalize equity
• Reinvesting in resources aimed at ensuring DPR is an equitable and just organization
• Skills to be developed and utilized:
• Utilize and maintain trailers, hand-powered tools, and motorized equipment in a safe and efficient manner
• Work outdoors to perform athletic field operations:
• Athletic field preparation including lining, dragging, laying out and squaring athletic fields with various layouts; utilizing basic math skills to ensure proper layout/measurements
• Athletic field repair and preventative maintenance including various turf management tasks such as mowing, aerating, seeding, top dressing and ensuring appropriately functioning irrigation
• Related landscaping duties to maintain aesthetics of ball field facilities such as edging, sodding, trimming, raking, horticultural work, etc.
• Perform various facilities and infrastructure maintenance tasks such as painting and minor repairs
• Interact with and learn best practices from more seasoned and knowledgeable athletic field and turf management experts; develop skills to understand how community athletic fields can best suit the needs of community athletic leagues and sports enthusiasts
• Perform snow removal operations such as plowing, shoveling, de-icing
• Various related duties as needed such as trash collection, bathroom maintenance and cleaning, vandalism repair and graffiti removal

Requirements

• Our ideal candidate has some or all the following experience, skills, and characteristics:
• Knowledge of athletic sports (baseball, football, kickball, rugby, soccer, lacrosse, etc.) and field layouts
• Experience with facilities and landscape maintenance
• Basic math skills such as measuring, addition/subtraction/multiplication/division, and problem solving
• Experience with light to heavy equipment operation (such as mowers, tractors, trailers) and hand-powered tools
• Ability to work independently with considerable responsibility
• Required Minimum Qualifications
• Education: None
• Experience: None
• Licenses/Certification(s): Requires a valid Driver's License at the time of application. Licenses and certifications must be kept current as a condition of employment
• Application Deadline
• Applications for this position are accepted on a rolling basis. Please submit your application as soon as possible to ensure consideration.
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About Our Job With competitive pay, great benefits, and endless opportunities, working for the City and County of Denver means seeing yourself working with purpose - for you, and those who benefit from your passion, skills and expertise. Join our diverse, inclusive and talented workforce of more than 11,000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver, Denver.

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