Park Laborer (Part-Time)

St. Croix County•Hudson, WI

2d•$18 - $20•Onsite

About The Position

Are you looking for a fun, active, and rewarding summer job? Do you love spending time outdoors and want to earn extra money while making a difference? Join our team as a Park Laborer! This is a great opportunity for college students, teachers, or anyone who has summers off and enjoys working in nature. Gain hands-on experience in park operations, customer service, and facility maintenance while spending your summer in a beautiful outdoor setting! Why You’ll Love This Job: ✔ Spend your summer outdoors in a beautiful park setting. ✔ Flexible hours – great for students or those with summer availability. ✔ Gain valuable experience in customer service, maintenance, and park operations. ✔ Work with a fun, supportive team while making a difference in your community. POSITION SUMMARY: This position reports directly to the Park Manager and is expected to perform a variety of semi-skilled work in the construction, maintenance, conservation, and repair of County park facilities, trails, and natural areas.

Requirements

This position requires a valid driver's license.
Must be at least 18 years of age.
Familiarity with state and federal laws, regulations, and policies that pertain to the job, including Wisconsin Statutes and administrative codes.
Knowledge of effective customer service practices and the ability to apply them in a public sector environment.
Ability to interact professionally, respectfully, and tactfully with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
General knowledge of standard office procedures, practices, and equipment.
Strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize tasks, manage time effectively, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to adjust to changing priorities, policies, and work demands.
Ability to work effectively as part of a team, collaborating with colleagues across departments to achieve common goals.
Ability to apply ethical judgment and maintain confidentiality regarding business-related files, reports, and conversations, within the provision of open records law and other applicable State and Federal Statutes and Regulations.
Ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing, with a wide range of individuals, including the public, colleagues, and supervisors.
Ability to read, interpret, and apply information from complex documents such as laws, regulations, policies, procedures, and reports.
Ability to engage with the public, handle inquiries, resolve conflicts, and build positive relationships with a diverse population.
Ability to identify and define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to make decisions that are sound, well-informed, and timely, even in stressful situations.
Ability to analyze situations, consider various perspectives, anticipate potential issues, and make recommendations or decisions based on logical reasoning.
Ability to interpret complex information, recognize patterns, and understand the implications of actions or decisions.
Ability to think conceptually and understand the relationships between ideas that are not immediately obvious.
Sufficient vision to perform tasks such as reading documents, operating vehicles, or working with detailed data.
Verbal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.
Ability to hear and understand speech at normal levels for tasks such as communicating with the public, colleagues, or over the phone.
Work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data and observing general surroundings and activities.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience operating maintenance equipment such as riding lawnmowers, chainsaws, large trucks, construction equipment or farm equipment, and UTVs preferred.
Previous landscape, construction, or maintenance experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Perform grounds maintenance activities including, but not limited to, mowing, trail maintenance, use area maintenance, herbicide application, hazard tree and brush removal and other related tasks.
Assist in the construction, maintenance and repair of park buildings and park structures.
Identify equipment needs for each assigned project, maintain work logs and records, and maintenance and repair logs.
Safely operate and maintain park vehicles/equipment (trucks/trailers, tractors and other heavy equipment, ATV/UTV, boats, riding mowers, gas/electric power tools, stationary shop tools and other equipment, etc.).
Enforce all park rules, County policies, regulations and the County Park Ordinance, Chapter 30. Patrol park property to ensure compliance, prevent accidents, and reduce vandalism.
Conduct minor plumbing repairs such as clearing clogs, replacing shower or faucet heads, adjusting plumbing valves and replacing washers.
Conduct minor electrical repairs such as resetting GFCI outlets, replacing light bulbs, replacing faceplates, testing outlets or fixtures.
Participate in county-required safety training.
Cleaning of restroom and shower facilities. Clean out fire-rings and grills.
Provide information to park visitors.
Empty trash and recycling containers and pick up litter.
Perform other duties as assigned.