Parks Maintenance Worker I,II,III (Full-Time)- Parks and Recreation Dept.

Posting number: 202603280

Department: PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT

Job classification: Parks Maintenance Worker I

Posting type: Open & Promotional

Categories: Parks and Recreation, Parks, Maintenance

Summary

The City of Port St. Lucie is an equal opportunity employer.

This position requires the applicant to successfully pass a drug screening. 

Please note that this is an external job posting intended for non-city employees. If you are a current city employee applying through this posting, your application will not be reviewed with other internal candidates. In order to be considered with internal candidates, please apply on the internal posting by clicking HERE.

Semi-skilled and manual work in maintaining various grounds, fields, and facilities. Facilitates the development of public trust and confidence in the City. 

This position is considered an "Essential Position" for the purpose of Emergency Management.  Emergency duties will be assigned as needed.   This position requires 24 hours a day, 7 days per week availability during City of Port St Lucie emergencies, as determined by City Administrators, Emergency Manager or City Officials. 

Examples of duties

The following duties are illustrative of this position.  The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the classification if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment for this classification.  Other duties may be required and assigned.  

• Keeps the mission, vision, and values of the City of Port St. Lucie at the forefront of decision making and action; builds strategic and collaborative relationships and interacts with others in a way that builds confidence and trust; provides excellent customer service by taking action to accomplish objectives, maintains high levels of work and productivity by generating innovative solutions to work situations.
• Maintains equipment and facilities by performing manual labor and semi-skilled work
• Maintains various grounds, fields, and parks by performing mowing, weeding, tilling, raking, digging and other manual labor tasks
• Prepares fields, grounds, and courts for athletic activities
• Perform tasks of painting, irrigation maintenance and spraying
• Performs sodding, seeding, trimming, edging, mulching and similar work in parks and other City grounds.
• Performs litter control functions, cleans restrooms
• Sets up picnics and other areas
• Operates vehicles and equipment and performs preventative maintenance functions on the vehicles and equipment.
• Makes daily written and oral reports
• Informs and directs the public in the use of facilities
• Other duties may be assigned.

• This position requires DOT physical and drug screening.

• Keeps the mission, vision and values of the City of Port St. Lucie at the forefront of decision making and action; builds strategic and collaborative relationships and interacts with others in a way that builds confidence and trust; provides excellent customer service by taking action to accomplish objectives, maintains high levels of work and productivity by generating innovative solutions to work situations.
• Responsible for educating the public about park rules and regulations.
• Maintains equipment and facilities by performing manual labor and semi-skilled work.
• Maintains various grounds, fields and parks by performing mowing, weeding, tilling, raking, digging and other manual labor tasks on Fine Turf (golf course and s