Grounds Maintenance- Stormwater

CITY OF MADEIRA BEACH•Madeira Beach, FL

9d•$17•Onsite

About The Position

Under the direction of Parks Supervisor, this position is responsible for maintaining City grounds and parks and beautification efforts. Description of the roles and responsibilities. Including: Attending work as scheduled. Loading and unloading trucks with plant materials, tools, trimmings, and trash. Planting and maintenance of trees, shrubs, and flowers, including weeding, digging, watering, repotting, trimming, watering, and mulching. Maintaining lawns and grounds including mowing, edging, line trimming, and blowing. Applying insecticides, fertilizers, fungicides, and weed killer as needed. Checking and repairing irrigation systems, including pipe, time clocks, valves, and wiring. Removing and replacing sod. Maintaining beach accesses, including shoveling sand and removing debris such as dead fish, driftwood, tires, etc. Uses small hand and power tools, including mowers, edger’s, weed eaters, weed diggers, shovels, rakes, brooms, blowers, pitchforks, hoses, chain saws, and power pruners. Sweeping restrooms, pavilions and other areas as required i.e. Kitty Stuart Park, Archibald Park, Johns Pass Park, and Village Other similar duties as assigned. Marginal Functions: Cleaning interior and exterior of vehicles. Heavy equipment operation, including dump trucks, back hoes, tractors, utility trailers, sod-cutters and bob cats.

Requirements

Valid State of Florida driver’s license.
High school graduate or GED.
Demonstrated ability to perform job duties listed, either through related experience or specialized course work.
Knowledge of plants and ability to identify.
Skill in use of small hand and power tools, including mowers, edger’s, weed eaters, weed diggers, shovels, rakes, brooms, blowers, pitchforks, hoses, chain saws and power pruners.
Ability to work in adverse weather conditions.
A working knowledge of safety precautions.
Skill in the application of lawn maintenance chemicals, including herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and fertilizers.
Ability to be licensed for pesticide application pursuant to Florida Statute.
Able to work occasional overtime and civil defense recall if required.

Responsibilities

Attending work as scheduled.
Loading and unloading trucks with plant materials, tools, trimmings, and trash.
Planting and maintenance of trees, shrubs, and flowers, including weeding, digging, watering, repotting, trimming, watering, and mulching.
Maintaining lawns and grounds including mowing, edging, line trimming, and blowing.
Applying insecticides, fertilizers, fungicides, and weed killer as needed.
Checking and repairing irrigation systems, including pipe, time clocks, valves, and wiring.
Removing and replacing sod.
Maintaining beach accesses, including shoveling sand and removing debris such as dead fish, driftwood, tires, etc.
Uses small hand and power tools, including mowers, edger’s, weed eaters, weed diggers, shovels, rakes, brooms, blowers, pitchforks, hoses, chain saws, and power pruners.
Sweeping restrooms, pavilions and other areas as required i.e. Kitty Stuart Park, Archibald Park, Johns Pass Park, and Village Other similar duties as assigned.
Cleaning interior and exterior of vehicles.
Heavy equipment operation, including dump trucks, back hoes, tractors, utility trailers, sod-cutters and bob cats.