Parks Maintenance Worker II Parks - Riverview, Hohokam and Fitch Park

City of Mesa•Mesa, AZ

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Parks Maintenance Worker II works independently performing semiskilled to skilled tasks across two or more trades or skill areas, such as carpentry, welding, electrical, masonry, painting, or plumbing. Work includes maintaining, repairing, altering, and constructing facilities, fixtures, and equipment at City parks, basins, athletic and sports fields, and other recreational areas. Tasks may include chain-link fence repair and installation, and repair of parks, playgrounds, stadium structures, facilities, and related equipment. Employees may provide functional supervision, lead direction, and training to Parks Maintenance Assistants, Parks Maintenance Worker I employees, temporary agency workers, or volunteers. For the Riverview, Hohokam Stadium, and Fitch Training Complex assignment, the position performs construction, maintenance, repair, and skilled labor related to City athletic and sports fields and Riverview Park. Work spans general trades and skilled maintenance, repair, alteration, and construction involving facilities, fixtures, playground equipment, and irrigation systems. Duties include landscape maintenance, safety inspections, independently scheduling or completing repairs, athletic field game preparation, advanced repair and programming of computerized irrigation systems, organizing work activities, and applying fertilizers, insecticides, fungicides, and herbicides. The role is distinguished from Parks Maintenance Worker I by its advanced skill level and independence, and from Trades Worker by not performing the full range of journey-level tasks in a single trade. Supervision is received from a Parks Maintenance Leader or Parks and Community Facilities Maintenance Foreman, depending on assignment, through observation, conferences, reports, and spot checks. Employees must use appropriate safety equipment and procedures. The position may involve yearly rotational standby duty and 24-hour call-outs, as well as evening, early-morning, and weekend shifts. This class is FLSA nonexempt.

Requirements

Any combination of training, education, and experience equivalent to graduation from high school or GED.
Two years of experience in commercial irrigation systems, flood irrigation, golf course maintenance, or sports turf maintenance.
Must qualify to wear a tight-fitting respirator by passing a medical evaluation under CFR 1910.134 by the hire or promotion date and maintain certification.
Must possess a valid Class D Arizona Driver's License by the hire or promotion date.
Must obtain Arizona Office of Pest Management certification as a Pest Management Professional in categories C-Ornamental and Turf, E-Aquatics, F-Right-of-Way, and G-Industrial/Institutional/Structural Pest within six months of hire.
Expected to uphold and exhibit the City of Mesa's shared employee values of Knowledge, Respect, and Integrity.

Responsibilities

Perform semiskilled to skilled maintenance, repair, alteration, and construction tasks across two or more trades or skill areas at City parks, basins, athletic and sports fields, and recreational areas.
Repair and install chain-link fencing and repair parks, playgrounds, stadium structures, facilities, and related equipment.
Maintain and repair athletic and sports fields and Riverview Park, including facilities, fixtures, playground equipment, and irrigation systems.
Perform landscape maintenance in stadium common areas and the park.
Conduct safety inspections and independently schedule or complete related repairs.
Prepare athletic fields for games.
Repair and program computerized irrigation systems.
Plan and organize work activities.
Apply fertilizers, insecticides, fungicides, and herbicides.
Provide functional supervision, lead direction, and training to Parks Maintenance Assistants, Parks Maintenance Worker I employees, temporary agency workers, or volunteers as needed.
Use appropriate safety equipment and procedures while performing assignments.