FOL Tech 3

Wheeling Park Commission • Wheeling, WV

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About The Position

The FOL Tech 3 assists with maintaining the Festival of Lights (FOL) show, performs general grounds work, and supports guests. The role involves maintaining and repairing light displays, helping install decorations, inspecting displays during the FOL season, and carrying out routine park maintenance. The employee interacts positively with guests, addresses problems and complaints appropriately, and works cooperatively with employees and external contractors. Duties also include operating grounds and maintenance equipment, refuse collection, snow and ice control, tree and shrub care, minor repairs, shelter cleaning, and assisting with special events. Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED), or one to three months of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to work alongside a team or independently.
• Ability to use grounds-maintenance hand tools and operate the equipment specified for grounds and display maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Interact with the public in a cheerful, positive manner, resolve guest problems and complaints appropriately, and maintain harmonious working relationships with employees and external contractors.
• Work independently or as part of a team to accomplish goals and assigned tasks.
• Assist in maintaining inventory of Festival of Lights displays.
• Inspect and repair display frames and light strings, and follow display light patterns.
• Assist with construction and installation of light displays, landscape lighting, and facility decorations, including decorating and undecorating trees, structures, and buildings.
• Assist with nightly inspections of lights and displays throughout the Festival of Lights.
• Keep walkways, parking lots, roadways, and driveways clear of debris and litter.
• Operate equipment for grounds maintenance, including blowers, chainsaws, log splitters, trimmers, mowers, tractors, skid steers, and trailers.
• Use hand tools for grounds maintenance, including shovels, trowels, rakes, cultivators, posthole diggers, brooms, axes, forks, pruners, loppers, and shears.
• Operate grinders, cutters, saws, and other equipment for routine maintenance of Festival of Lights displays and structures.
• Operate one-ton dump trucks, pickup trucks with snow plows, bucket trucks, and man lifts.
• Mow and trim around Festival of Lights displays and other assigned areas.
• Split, stack, and deliver firewood.
• Collect refuse park-wide, including from cottages, roadways, parking lots, and shelters.
• Clean shelters after rentals.
• Remove snow and control ice on roadways, parking lots, driveways, and walkways using tractors, snow plows, shovels, brooms, and ice-control chemicals.
• Prune trees as needed and assist with removing fallen trees and limbs, as well as dead or damaged trees and shrubs.
• Maintain clearance, make minor repairs, and paint fences and gates.
• Perform minor repairs to roadways and parking lots.
• Keep grounds, drainage ditches, and culverts free of litter and debris, including dead animals.
• Assist with setups and teardowns for special events.
• Complete applicable training listed on the Human Resources Training Matrix.
• Follow Wheeling Park Commission safety rules and policies, and refer safety concerns to the department manager, safety committee, or Human Resources.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED