Grounds Technician

City of Baytown • 2407 Market St. Baytown, TX

11h • Onsite

About The Position

Join our team as a Grounds Technician and help keep our parks safe, clean, and beautiful! You'll perform a variety of maintenance tasks, including trimming, weeding, and ensuring restrooms and park facilities are in top shape. If you enjoy working outdoors and take pride in maintaining community spaces, apply today! The Grounds Technician ensures safety, cleanliness, and operability of park grounds and facilities. This includes performing the full range of grounds maintenance: mows, rakes, edges and trims lawns, trims trees, waters and weeds shrub and flower beds and assists at City-sponsored events when needed. This position operates power mowers, edger, and other small grounds maintenance equipment; monitors irrigation systems. Operates various sprayers to apply chemicals for the control of weeds; uses knowledge of fertilizer formulations for use in spreaders and or other proper fertilizer applicators. This position is responsible for daily maintenance of restrooms; litter pick-up; paints, and performs minor repairs on facilities, equipment, park furnishings and amenities.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent (GED).
• Valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record (must obtain TX driver’s license within 90 days).
• Ability to perform minor repairs, follow written and oral instructions and operate tools and machinery necessary for maintenance and repairs.

Nice To Haves

• Previous lawn maintenance experience.

Responsibilities

• Operates weed eaters, rakes, blowers, push mowers, planting plants and cleans in/around parks and medians.
• Loads equipment, pole saw, weed eater, blower, hedger, chainsaw, generator, on truck and trailer for job to be completed, and may drive to locations.
• Prunes and removes dead or damaged trees and shrubs.
• Minor playground assembly and concrete work.
• Prepares for special events, Christmas, tournaments, Special Olympics, and July 4th etc.
• Performs preventative maintenance including checking and changing oil and minor repair of equipment including vehicle, pole saw, chain saw, blower, and weed- eater.
• Performs all other related duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

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