Parks Maintenance Worker 1/2

Lehi City•Lehi, UT

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Parks Maintenance Worker performs landscape maintenance for parks, park strips, and other areas owned and maintained by Lehi City. The role carries out working-level skilled and semi-skilled duties involving the construction, installation, maintenance, upkeep, and repair of recreation facilities, parks, grounds, and general environments. Primary duties include weed control, basic irrigation maintenance, and keeping assigned parks and restrooms clean and safe. Secondary duties include a variety of landscape maintenance and construction tasks. The successful candidate serves Lehi City residents by providing stewardship of city parks and related areas and responding to changing and sometimes unexpected community needs. The role calls for a positive, improvement-oriented mindset, professional conduct, initiative, ownership, responsibility, teamwork, effective and empathetic communication, and active listening. The job involves long hours, demanding work, and high expectations, while offering an opportunity to improve people's lives.

Requirements

High school graduation or equivalent and two years of progressively responsible experience in maintenance, upkeep, and beautification of turf, parks, facilities, and related environments, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Obtain a valid Utah Non-Commercial Pesticide Applicators License within six months of hire.
Other certifications may be required.
Some knowledge of equipment such as backhoes, loaders, dump trucks, mowers, tractors, power over-seeders, aerators, thatchers, welders, and trimmers.
Knowledge of landscape and sprinkler system maintenance.
Knowledge of hazards and related safety precautions associated with equipment operations.
Knowledge of herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, and pesticides and their proper application.
Knowledge of turf management and weed control.
Interpersonal communication skills.
Pass a pre-employment background check and drug test.

Responsibilities

Perform landscape maintenance for parks, park strips, and other areas owned and maintained by Lehi City.
Construct, install, maintain, upkeep, and repair recreation facilities, parks, grounds, and general environments.
Control weeds and perform basic irrigation maintenance.
Keep assigned parks and restrooms clean and safe.
Perform other landscape maintenance and construction tasks.
Serve as a steward of Lehi City parks and related areas on behalf of city residents.
Respond to changing and unexpected needs of the community.