FOL Tech 3

Wheeling Park Commission•Wheeling, WV

6d•$13 - $15

About The Position

Assist with maintaining the Festival of Lights show, performing general grounds work, and providing guests with support services and satisfaction. The role involves maintaining and repairing Festival of Lights displays, installing decorations and lighting, conducting inspections, and completing a broad range of park grounds, maintenance, cleaning, and seasonal tasks. The employee may work as part of a team or independently and is expected to interact positively with the public and coworkers, follow safety policies, and complete required training.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED, or one to three months of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to interact positively with the public and work harmoniously with employees and external contractors.
Ability to work independently or as part of a team.
Ability to operate the listed grounds-maintenance equipment, vehicles, and tools.
Ability to perform non-licensed electrical work on Festival of Lights displays.

Responsibilities

Interact cheerfully and positively with the public, resolve guest problems and complaints appropriately, and maintain harmonious working relationships with employees and external contractors.
Work alongside a team or independently to accomplish goals and job tasks.
Assist with maintaining inventory of Festival of Lights displays, limited to non-licensed electrical work.
Inspect and repair display frames and light strings, and follow display light patterns, limited to non-licensed electrical work.
Assist with constructing and installing 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 grounds-maintenance equipment, including blowers, chainsaws, log splitters, trimmers, mowers, tractors, skid steers, trailers, and other equipment.
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 needed for routine maintenance of Festival of Lights displays and structures.
Operate a one-ton dump truck, pickup truck with snow plow, 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 at cottages, roadways, parking lots, shelters, and other assigned areas.
Clean shelters after rentals.
Remove snow and control ice on roadways, parking lots, driveways, and walkways using tractors, snow plows, shovels, brooms, and ice chemicals.
Prune trees as needed and in a proper manner.
Remove fallen trees and limbs and assist with removing dead or damaged trees and shrubs.
Maintain clearance and make minor repairs to fences and gates, and paint them.
Perform minor repairs to roadways and parking lots.
Keep grounds, drainage ditches, and culverts free of litter and debris, including dead animals.
Assist with setup and teardown for special events.
Complete appropriate 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.