Grounds Technician II

City of Gainesville; Gainesville (FL); On-site; USD 23,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Gainesville is seeking a Community Builder to directly shape and improve your neighborhood through hands-on parks maintenance and public service.

This full-time, on-site role involves routine grounds work, operating motorized equipment, assisting skilled staff, and supporting events while delivering excellent customer service to park visitors and residents. You will report to Park Operations and help maintain facilities that reflect the Gainesville way of life.

Responsibilities

• Performs routine trail, grounds and landscaping work, including pruning vegetation, mowing, weeding, spraying herbicide and fertilizer, raking leaves, edging curbs, loading trimmings, picking up trash and cleaning debris from parking lots and sidewalks.
• Installs and maintains trees, shrubs and bedding plants; prepares planting sites, digs holes, plants, waters, and builds supports.
• Operates park maintenance vehicles and equipment, including mowers, tractors, backhoes, dump trucks, trailers, and washing vehicles; conducts basic maintenance and inspections.
• Maintains athletic fields: chalking, dragging, watering infields, painting lines, and handling equipment.
• Assists in installation, maintenance and repair of recreation equipment; performs related trades work as needed (electrical, carpentry, plumbing, painting, concrete).
• Provides excellent customer service to citizens visiting City parks and conservation areas; supports events by setting up displays, barricades, and assisting with crowd control.

Job description

Make a difference in the community you live in! As a Community Builder—an employee with the City of Gainesville— you will have a direct hand in building and improving your community and making a visible impact on the lives of your neighbors. Working for local government is more than a job, it’s a chance to contribute to community success and to help enhance the Gainesville way of life.

Department:

GG_Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs: Park Operations

Salary Range Minimum:

$16.43

Salary Range Maximum:

$26.40

Closing Date:

08/31/2026

Job Details:

This is Manual labor performing semi-skilled tasks, or assisting skilled workers. Positions allocated to this classification report to a designated supervisor and work under direct or limited supervision. Work in this class is distinguished from higher classes by its lack of supervisory duties and from lower classes by its emphasis on semi-skilled parks maintenance and construction.

Job Description:

SUMMARY

Manual labor performing semi-skilled tasks, or assisting skilled workers.

Positions allocated to this classification report to a designated supervisor and work under direct or limited supervision. Work in this class is distinguished from higher classes by its lack of supervisory duties and from lower classes by its emphasis on semi-skilled parks maintenance and construction.

EXAMPLES OF WORK**

**This section of the job description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of duties and responsibilities of the position. The omission of a specific job function does not absolve an employee from being required to perform additional tasks incidental to or inherent in the job. Performance of lower level duties may be required.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Depending on area of assignment:

Performs routine trail, grounds and landscaping work, including but not limited to: pruning or trimming vegetation, pulling weeds, mowing, spraying or applying herbicide and fertilizer, raking or blowing leaves, edging curbs, loading trimmings onto truck, picking up trash and blowing or sweeping debris off parking lots and sidewalks.

Performs basic installation of city trees, shrubs, and bedding plants, including but not limited to: preparing planting sites, digging holes, setting and watering plants and preparing appropriate supporting structures.

Operates motorized equipment such as mowers, tractors, frontend loader, backhoe trucks, dump trucks, and trailers used to transport materials and equipment to maintain parks, grounds, athletic fields and other areas. Operates other equipment as required. Services and washes vehicles.

Inspects and perform scheduled preventative maintenance on assigned equipment, including but not limited to: checking and making appropriate adjustments, lubricating, performing fluid and filter changes, replacing components and lighting maintenance and repairs.

Performs athletic field maintenance, including but not limited to: chalking, dragging and watering infields and warning tracks, packing holes on pitchers mounds, home plates and bullpens, laying out fields, painting lines and bases, picking up trash and removing practice equipment from fields.

Assists with the maintenance, assembly and repair of recreation equipment.

Assists or performs basic electrical, carpentry, plumbing, painting, concrete, and other trade work. Uses and maintains power hand tools, such as drills, nailing guns and circular saws.

Performs hand and bench work in a carpentry shop and performs welding and metal repairs.

Performs excellent customer service by providing information and assistance to citizens who visit the City’s parks or conservation areas.

Supports City special events and programs by updating, repairing and caring for displays and exhibits, moving and lifting of heavy equipment, tables, and chairs, setting up barricades and other temporary traffic control devices, providing flagging services and cleaning up at the end of events.

Assists in moving and storing office equipment and cleaning and maintaining buildings and facilities.

Ensures park facilities are properly secured after normal hours and responds to emergencies and disasters. Enforces compliance with building rules and regulations.

Participates as a member of a trained, professional prescribed burn team.

Participates as a member of a trained exotic pest plant control team.

Prepares and/or enters work orders.

Attends work on continuous and regular basis.

NON-ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

May drive or operate other pieces of light to medium equipment or trucks in the absence of regular equipment operators or truck drivers.

May act in the absence of supervisor.

May direct the work of contractors or volunteers.

May perform work of a lower classification.

May frequently chauffeur other employees, depending upon assignment and work location.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able