PPD MAINTENANCE

Maintenance - Level 2 (PDNRM) staff are responsible for performing general and landscape maintenance for the Park District. General and landscape maintenance consists of, but is not limited to the care, repair and replacement of landscaping, turf, trees, shrubs, perennials, natural areas (including woodlands, ponds, wetlands, prairies), buildings, pathways, parking lots, bridges, signage, vehicles, and equipment. Maintenance - Level 2 (PDNRM) staff will also assist the Parks, Planning & Development Department management team with implementation of any specific maintenance and construction projects, as assigned. Salary offers will be based on experience and qualifications, the District uses a 20 year scale from minimum to maximum. Benefits offered can be reveiwed by copy this link to your web browser: https://www.woodridgeparks.org/jobs/

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty and responsibility satisfactorily and demonstrate the District’s core competencies consisting of financial accountability, integrity/ethics, job knowledge, interpersonal skills, policies & procedures compliance, work quality, risk management/safety, District / Department vision and values, adaptability/flexibility, dependability, teamwork, and productivity.

Essential Duties

• Operate assigned Park District vehicles and motorized equipment.
• Operate power equipment including but not limited to mowers (walk behind and riding mowers comparable to a 5900 Toro mower), string trimmers, hedge trimmers, rotovators, sod cutters, chain saws, pole saws, blowers, pressure washers, and other miscellaneous power equipment as directed.
• Operate landscape/garden and maintenance hand tools/equipment including but not limited to: wheelbarrows, shovels, picks, axes, hoes, cultivators, post hole diggers, rakes, pruners, loppers, shears, hand saws, augers, brooms, water hoses, etc. as needed to complete the job/task and/or as directed.
• Apply seed, fertilizers and herbicides, as required and assigned.
• Conduct pond maintenance including shoreline and aquatic vegetation.
• Perform general horticultural practice for plant material including: maintenance, installation and removal.
• Operate tractors and riding/walk-behind mowers to mow and trim turf.
• Perform general maintenance functions as assigned for parks, buildings, facilities, and park site furnishings/equipment.
• Oversee part-time seasonal workers and special work crews as assigned.
• Generate new ideas to improve maintenance operational efficiencies, reduce maintenance costs, improve safety and improve access to parks and recreation services.
• Develop and exercise safe work habits to prevent injuries and conserve material resources.
• Work as a team player with co-workers and in conjunction with other departments.
• Visually inspect and remove all safety hazards, garbage and refuse materials from parks and playgrounds, regardless of assigned task. If unable to do so, immediately notify supervisor of conditions.
• Obey the practical safety rules, regulations, and procedures established by the loss control program that is pertinent to the activities conducted by the department.
• Wear required personal protective equipment (ear plugs, safety glasses, gloves, clothing, etc.).
• Participate in the setting up, operation and taking down and other maintenance duties of special events as assigned. Please note, these special events can include assignment of shifts on weekends, evenings and holidays.
• Promptly report accidents and injuries occurring within the course of employment, no matter how minor to the supervisor.
• Promptly report all unsafe actions, practices, or conditions observed to the supervisor.

Initiative

• Seek out new responsibilities and practice self-development.
• Be prepared to deal with emergency health issues in accordance with Park District policies.  Special sanitation procedures are to be taken in the event of some illnesses, see Policy VIII.9.17 Bloodborne Pathogens (Communicable Disease) in the Comprehensive Polic