Facilities Specialist

City of Overland Park•Overland Park, KS

17h•Onsite

About The Position

The Facilities Specialist performs general maintenance of the Farmstead, completing a variety of semi-skilled and skilled tasks involving the recreation facility and its grounds. The role requires familiarity with general construction and building skills and includes helping with special events and emergency operations, including snow removal as required. The position is in the City of Overland Park’s Parks and Recreation Services Department and is full-time, with a variable schedule. Working one weekend day may be required during the operating season, April 1 through October 31. The employee maintains, repairs, and constructs facilities and outdoor structures; performs construction, landscaping, and equipment-maintenance work; and operates or assists with various vehicles and machinery. The role also assists with contractor coordination and oversight and oversees temporary and seasonal laborers, helpers, gardeners, and volunteers. Employees must meet attendance and punctuality standards, deadlines, and scheduled work breaks. Applicants must be legally eligible to work in the United States. Hire is contingent on successfully passing a background check, drug screen, physical exam, and essential functions test. There is no City residency requirement.

Requirements

Basic high school education or equivalent.
Possess an appropriate, valid driver's license and maintain an insurable driving record.
Ability to obtain a valid Class B commercial driver's license within six months of employment.
Experience maintaining buildings and grounds, including general construction, remodeling, electrical work, plumbing, fencing, irrigation systems, and masonry.
Experience operating tractors, trucks, skid loaders, chain saws, and similar equipment.
Mechanical skills, including basic carpentry, electrical repairs, installation, concrete, and plumbing.
Attention to detail and basic mathematical skills.
Time-management skills, including the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and meet deadlines.
Written and oral communication skills.
Ability to meet deadlines, follow oral and written instructions, work independently, handle multiple projects, learn new materials and systems, and work under distracting conditions.
Ability to use judgment, tact, and diplomacy when dealing with coworkers, other City employees, and outside contractors.
Physical ability to reach, stand, bend, stoop, climb, push, and pull; make and receive phone calls; distinguish smells and colors; and visually inspect work sites and facilities.
Ability to work in extreme environmental conditions and tolerate noisy conditions, fumes, dust, smoke, and extreme temperatures.
Ability to operate City cars, trucks, golf carts, tractors, and a skid steer loader, and to use various hand tools and power equipment.
Eligible for the current Snow Incentive program.
Successfully pass a background check, drug screen, physical exam, and essential functions test.
Legally eligible to work in the United States and able to provide proof of eligibility if selected for hire.

Responsibilities

Maintain, repair, and construct Farmstead facilities, including plumbing, electrical work, asphalt and concrete patching, painting, welding, sign maintenance, and playground equipment maintenance.
Maintain outdoor structures, including buildings, fences, irrigation systems, the windmill, benches, swings, and walkways.
Perform general construction tasks such as measuring, forming, placing, and finishing concrete; grading; backfilling; roofing; carpentry; painting; and plumbing.
Maintain, inspect, repair, lubricate, and clean equipment and tools according to manufacturer specifications and City policies and procedures.
Assist with planting and maintaining landscape beds, including shrubs, perennials, and annual flowers; perform mulching, weeding, watering, grading, and fertilizing.
Use water tanks, mowers, string trimmers, chain saws, and pole saws.
Perform other assigned duties, including removing trash and debris from the park and cleaning the shop area.
Assist with contacting and managing contractors and supervising contract work.
Operate or assist operators of front-end loaders, skid loaders, excavators, backhoes, tractors and attachments, dump trucks, trenchers, trailers, and snow-removal equipment as needed.
Assist in overseeing temporary and seasonal laborers, laborer helpers, gardeners, and volunteers; directly supervise seasonal or temporary Maintenance Staff and, from time to time, volunteers.
Assist with special events and emergency operations, including snow removal as required.
Meet attendance, punctuality, work-deadline, assignment start and end time, and scheduled break requirements.