Seasonal Parks Maintenance Worker - Denver Parks and Recreation

Responsibilities

• Skills to be developed and utilized in these positions include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Work outdoors in parks using and maintaining various hand-powered tools and motorized equipment in a safe and efficient manner
• Landscape maintenance duties such as:
• Turf maintenance (e.g., laying sod, fertilizing, mowing, edging, raking)
• Irrigation (minor maintenance, repair, troubleshooting, and use of central control systems)
• Ornamental/garden maintenance (planting, weeding, minor pruning)
• Infrastructure maintenance and repair such as fencing, asphalt, concrete, trails work, grade work/erosion control
• Interact with and learn alongside more seasoned park maintenance generalists and/or specialists such as Irrigation Technicians, Horticultural Workers, Park Horticulturists, and other experts in unique green industry fields and skilled trades work
• Snow removal operations such as plowing, shoveling, and de-icing
• Various related duties as needed such as trash collection, bathroom maintenance and cleaning, vandalism repair/graffiti removal
• Some positions may operate a Broyhill trash truck as part of an automated trash collection program

Requirements

• Parks maintenance experience
• Proficiency with various hand-powered tools and motorized equipment
• Required Minimum Qualifications
• We realize your time is valuable so please do not apply if you do not have at least the following required minimum qualification:
• Education: None
• Experience: None
• Licensures/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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• Job Profile
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• Position Type
• Oncall
• Position Salary Range
• $20.06 - $30.10
• Target Pay
• $20.06/hour
• Agency
• Parks and Recreation
• Redeployment during Citywide Emergencies
• City and County of Denver e mployees may be re-deployed to work in other capacities in their own agencies or in other city agencies to support core functions of the city during a citywide emergency declared by the Mayor.
• It is your right to access oral or written language assistance, sign language interpretation, real-time captioning via CART, or disability-related accommodations. To request any of these services at no cost to you, please contact Jobs@Denvergov.org with three business days' notice.
• Applicants for employment with the City and County of Denver must have valid work authorization that does not require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the U.S.
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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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