Senior Park Maintenance Worker - Grounds

City of Olathe • Unincorporated Santa Monica Mountains, CA

4d • $20 - $24 • Onsite

About The Position

The City of Olathe is seeking a Senior Park Maintenance Worker to join their Grounds team. This role is responsible for leading maintenance efforts in City parks and public spaces, ensuring the manicured beauty of landscaping and green spaces. The position requires experience operating heavy machinery and offers leadership opportunities. The City of Olathe provides competitive compensation and benefits, including tuition reimbursement, paid parental leave, and an onsite health clinic.

Requirements

• Two years of park maintenance or forestry experience is required.
• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• A valid driver's license and favorable driving record is required.
• A class A commercial driver's license with tanker and air brake endorsement is required within twelve months of employment.
• Ability to lift and maneuver up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to move frequently, maintain a stationary position for periods of time, and to frequently traverse uneven outdoor areas.
• Ability to perform physical activities that require considerable use of one's arms and legs moving one's whole body to climb, lift, balance, walk, twist, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl while handling materials.
• Ability to frequently ascend or descend stairs and ladders and work at heights.
• Ability to lift and carry weight independently or with someone else.
• Ability to operate a variety of hand and power tools sometimes while working at heights.
• Ability to drive or ride from site-to-site multiple times throughout the day.
• Ability to work in distracting situations including high volume traffic areas and city medians.

Nice To Haves

• A high school diploma or equivalent is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Displays advanced skill and heightened awareness while operating a variety of equipment such as riding mowers, chippers, tractors, athletic field preparation equipment, trucks with trailers, snow removal equipment, lifts, chainsaws, and hand tools; operates specialized equipment based on their continually advancing knowledge and skills.
• Performs a wide variety of manual labor tasks such as shoveling, landscape bed clean-up, snow removal duties, dragging brush, dragging and chalking athletic fields, mulching, lifting, weed control, planting trees, shrubs and flowers.
• Participates in public grounds landscaping, clean-up, and a variety of housekeeping duties.
• Displays heightened degree of safety and responsibility; provides leadership and guidance to team members in the absence of a supervisor.

Benefits

• Tuition reimbursement
• Eight weeks of paid parental leave
• Onsite health clinic providing free onsite physical and behavioral healthcare for employees enrolled in the City’s medical coverage.

What This Job Offers

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