Lake Maintenance Technician

City of Burlington NC•Burlington, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Burlington Recreation and Parks seeks a Lake Maintenance Technician to perform routine manual work that keeps the city’s lakes and marinas safe, clean, and attractive for residents. This role performs the most responsible level of maintenance work among crew members and requires sound judgment and maturity. Duties include grounds and building maintenance, equipment care, purchasing and recordkeeping, signage, and occasional assistance with marina operations and customer service.

Requirements

High school diploma and considerable work experience in maintenance, preferably at a park or marina, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Valid North Carolina driver’s license.
Valid North Carolina Pesticide Applicator License, or ability to obtain one within six months of employment.
Ability to operate a boat or experience operating a boat.
Ability to work evenings, weekends, and holidays.
General knowledge of groundskeeping and maintenance work.
Proficiency operating maintenance equipment, including mowers, tractors, leaf blowers, weed eaters, and stump grinders.
Skill in seeding, strawing, fertilizing, mowing, shoveling, and raking.
Ability to identify and report maintenance needs and adhere to safety principles and practices.
Tact and courtesy in public interactions, effective teamwork, and ability to maintain positive working relationships with supervisors, colleagues, and the public.
Ability to learn and follow standards, policies, and procedures related to boats and boating, and to diligently carry out supervisors’ instructions.
Physical ability to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, stand, walk, push, pull, lift, finger, grasp, feel, talk, hear, and perform repetitive motions.
Visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of assigned work.

Responsibilities

Maintain grounds across three lakes by mowing, weed eating, applying herbicides, planting flower beds, cutting and pruning trees, fertilizing, seeding, blowing and raking leaves, and grinding stumps.
Operate groundskeeping equipment and city trucks, including mowers, tractors, weed eaters, leaf blowers, and stump grinders.
Clean and maintain three lake facilities by mopping, sweeping, collecting garbage, cleaning windows, checking water and air filters, changing light bulbs, and performing minor repairs.
Maintain and clean groundskeeping tools and equipment by checking and adding fluids, changing oil, replacing mower blades, and restringing weed eaters.
Purchase necessary supplies, tools, and equipment; write purchase orders and maintain purchase records.
Craft and paint signs for the lakes.
Assist marina operators with checking in boats, operating the cash register, answering customer questions, and managing rental reservations.
Identify and report maintenance needs at lakes and marinas to supervisors.
Follow safety practices, respond appropriately in emergencies, and carry out supervisors’ instructions.
Perform additional maintenance and related duties as required.