G113 - Parking Enforcement Officer - Parking Management - Part Time

Columbus Consolidated Government; Columbus (GA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Columbus Consolidated Government is seeking a Parking Enforcement Officer to issue parking citations and explain violations to citizens, ensuring compliance and facilitating court appearances. The role includes delivering court summons to violators and handling garage-related contracts at RiverCenter.

Additional duties include supervising in the supervisor’s absence, inspecting facilities, boots for unpaid citations, and directing traffic during events.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of city parking ordinances.
• Strong math skills.
• Experience resolving conflicts and diffusing tense situations.
• Valid driver’s license or ability to obtain one.

Responsibilities

• Issue parking citations and explain violations to citizens.
• Deliver court summons for violators to appear in court.
• Handle contracts for customers leasing parking spaces in RiverCenter garage.
• Perform duties of supervisor in absence of the supervisor.
• Inspect parking garages; report repairs needed; monitor city garage cameras.
• Boot vehicles with unpaid citations; record information.
• Direct traffic flow at garages during events; prepare incident reports.
• Respond to citizen questions and complaints; maintain courtesy and professionalism.
• Report abandoned vehicles in garages or lots; assist with emergency transportation if needed.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Oral & written comms

Basic math

Problem solving

Motor vehicle operator

Education

HS diploma

Tools

Computer systems

Handheld devices

Job description

This position is responsible for issuing citations for parking violations.

• Issues parking citations; explains violations to citizens as needed; delivers court summons for parking violators to appear in court for resolution; handles contracts for customers leasing parking spaces in the RiverCenter garage.
• Performs the duties of the supervisor in his or her absence.
• Maintains knowledge of all city ordinances pertaining to non-moving vehicle violations.
• Repairs gate as needed and; troubleshoot equipment failure.
• Performs daily inspections of parking garages to determine property damage, needed repairs, and vehicle damage; reports needed repairs for city vehicles; monitors surveillance cameras for city owned garages and parking lots.
• Boots vehicles with unpaid citations; records information on booted vehicles.
• Pulls revenue and tokens from units; counts money and tokens; cleans revenue units and gate boxes periodically.
• Directs traffic flow at garages during special events.
• Prepares incident and accident reports as needed.
• Responds to irate citizens, answers parking questions and listens to citizen complaints and concerns.
• Reports abandoned vehicles in garage or parking lot.
• Provides transportation to Homeland Security support in the event of an emergency (Small Bus Only).
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Knowledge of city parking ordinances and violations.
• Knowledge of basic mathematics.
• Knowledge of problem solving and conflict resolution techniques.
• Skill in interpersonal relations.
• Skill in the operation of computers, handheld devices, and various software programs.
• Skill in oral and written communication.
• Ability to operate a motor vehicle.
• Ability to read, write, and perform mathematical calculations.

Knowledge and level of competency commonly associated with the completion of specialized training in the occupational field, in addition to basic skills typically associated with a high school education.Sufficient experience to understand the basic principles relevant to the major duties of the position, usually associated with the completion of an apprenticeship/internship or having had a similar position for one to two years.Possession of or ability to readily obtain a valid driver's license issued by the State of Georgia for the type of vehicle or equipment operated.

The work is typically performed while intermittently sitting, standing, stooping, walking, bending, or crouching. The employee occasionally lifts light objects and distinguishes between shades of color. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:

• Balancing – maintain equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching.
• Crouching – bending body forward by bending leg, spine.
• Grasping – applying pressure to object with fingers, palm.
• Handling – picking, holding, or working with whole hand.
• Hearing 1 – perceiving sounds at normal speaking levels, receive information.
• Hearing 2 – receive detailed information, make discrimination in sound.
• Kneeling – bending legs at knee to come to rest at knees.
• Manual Dexterity – picking, pinching, typing, working with fingers rather than hand.
• Mental Acuity – ability to make rational decisions through sound logic, deductive reasoning.
• Reaching – extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Repetitive Motion – substantial movements of wrists, hands, fingers.
• Speaking – expressing ideas with spoken word, convey detailed, important instructions accurately, concisely.
• Standing – for sustained periods of time.
• Stooping – bending body downward, forward at waist, with full motion of lower extremities and back.
• Talking 1- expressing ideas by spoken word.
• Visual Acuity 1 - prepare, analyze data, transcribing, computer terminal, extensive reading.
• Visual Acuity 2 - color, depth perception, field of vision.
• Visual Acuity 3 - determine accuracy, neatness, observe facilities/structures.
• Visual Acuity 4 - operate motor vehicles/heavy equipment.
• Visual Acuity 5 -close acuity for inspection of small defects, machines, use measurement devices, or fabricate parts.
• Walking - on foot to accomplish tasks, long distances, or site to site.

The work is typically performed in an office, library, computer room, or outdoors where the employee may be exposed to dust, dirt, grease, and cold or inclement weather.