Grounds Technician II

cityofgainesville; Gainesville (FL); On-site; USD 34,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Gainesville seeks a Community Builder for Park Operations. This role involves manual labor and semi-skilled tasks within city parks, contributing to grounds maintenance, landscaping, and community spaces.

Responsibilities include operating park maintenance equipment, assisting skilled workers, and performing related trades work as necessary to support events and park facilities. This is a hands-on, outdoors position serving Gainesville residents.

Qualifications

• Manual labor with semi-skilled tasks in a parks setting.
• Ability to operate basic tools and equipment used in grounds maintenance.
• Willingness to perform outdoor work in varying weather conditions.

Responsibilities

• Performs routine trail, grounds and landscaping work including mowing, pruning, weeding and litter removal.
• Operates mowing tractors, front-end loaders, backhoes and other vehicles as needed.
• Performs basic carpentry, painting and minor repairs in park facilities and equipment.

Job description

Department

GG_Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs: Park Operations

Salary Range

Salary Range Minimum: $16.43

Salary Range Maximum: $26.40

Closing Date

08/31/2026

Make a difierence 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.

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

• 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 transmit 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.
• Performs other related duties as a

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 a