Park Attendant

City of High Point; High Point (NC); Presencial; USD 17.000 - 25.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Discounted golf at city courses

Paid holidays

Tuition reimbursement plan

Descripción de la vacante

The City of High Point is seeking a Park Attendant – Operations for our municipal golf courses. You will participate in daily maintenance, equipment operation, and guest services, including setup, turf care and light janitorial tasks.

The role requires outdoor work, basic arithmetic, and a valid North Carolina driver’s license. Training is provided; shifts may include nights, weekends and holidays; discounted golf at city courses is available.

Formación

• Must be comfortable in a customer service role and working in an outdoor setting.

Responsabilidades

• Performs basic golf course maintenance and repair work on grounds, facilities, and equipment including litter pick-up.
• Performs regular maintenance of grounds, including mowing, raking, weed eating, trimming, digging, planting trees and shrubs.
• Performs regular janitorial/custodial tasks at golf course facilities, including cleaning bathrooms and common areas.
• Uses chemicals under direction of supervisor.
• Prunes and mulches trees and shrubs; handles basic landscape tasks and turf care.
• Washes and cleans vehicles used to transport employees and equipment.
• Assists with driving range operations, as needed.
• Ensures all work complies with OSHA and City safety standards and policies.

Conocimientos

Customer service

Outdoor work

Computer skills

Educación

Basic arithmetic / business math

Descripción del empleo

Who We Are:

At the City of High Point, we celebrate the creator in everyone. Building on our rich cultural history steeped in industrialism and innovation, our employees seek not only to transform themselves, but the world around us. We are collaborators, we are makers, we are visionaries.

Our Core Values:

• Integrity : Saying what we mean and consistently doing what we say with no desire other than the good of the citizens we serve. It means standing up for beliefs.
• Responsibility : A continual process that emphasizes a high level of personal accountability by each member of the organization.
• Partnership : Adding competitive value and quality to the services provided to our residents, businesses, and visitors through responsible fiscal stewardship, increased innovation, greater use of technology, and expanded civic, neighborhood and regional partnerships.

What We Offer:

The City of High Point offers a competitive salary commensurate with education and experience. We also offer generous benefit package for full-time employees which include but are not limited to:

• A guaranteed life-long monthly pension, once vested after 5 years of service
• 401K and 457B Retirement Plans
• PTO earned within first year
• 12 Paid Holidays per year
• Tuition Reimbursement Plan
• Competitive medical, dental, and vision plans effective day one

What You’ll Do:

Your Purpose:

The golf course Park Attendant position will assist in the duties and tasks associated with the normal operation of a municipal golf course. Operation of golf course equipment will be necessary upon completion of training. This will primarily include utility vehicles, hand tools, sand pro vehicle, weed eaters, backpack blowers, push mowers, and greens mower triplex operation. Knowledge of the game of golf and previous landscape equipment operation will be an asset for this position. Work schedule may include nights, weekends and holidays. Work is performed under the immediate supervision of the Assistant Golf Superintendent and Crew Supervisor. Discounted golf at both of the City’s golf courses is a benefit of this position.

Essential Tasks & Responsibilities:

What You’ll Do:

• Performs basic golf course maintenance and repair work on grounds, facilities, and equipment including litter pick-up, lifting and emptying trash and garbage cans;
• Performs regular maintenance of grounds, including preparation of and addition to grounds, involving mowing, raking, weed eating, trimming, digging, planting of trees and shrubs, etc.;
• Performs regular janitorial/custodial tasks at both golf course facilities, including but not limited to: emptying trash, cleaning bathrooms, vacuuming common areas, sweeping, mopping, etc.
• Uses chemicals, including herbicides and pesticides, under direction of supervisor;
• Prunes and mulches trees and shrubs; cuts down and removes dead trees; weeds flower beds; hand grades, seeds, fertilizes and sods turf areas;
• Washes and cleans vehicles used to transport employees, equipment and tools;
• Assists with driving range operations, as needed;
• Ensures that all work is performed in accordance with OSHA and City Safety Standards and Policies.

Qualifications:

• Formal Education, which includes basic arithmetic and/or business math.
• Must be comfortable in a customer service role and working in an outdoor setting.
• Must have experience operating a computer.
• Valid North Carolina Driver’s License

Physical/Mental Requirements:

Physical Requirements

Hearing/Speaking - Expressing and/or receiving information by means of spoken word are both necessary to converse with customers in taking food and merchandise orders, when renting items and selling fishing needs, and when customers call on the telephone for information.

Visual Abilities – the ability to perceive via eyesight is required for this position:

• Acuity, far – clarity of vision at 20 feet or more. Must be able to see people in around the marina, lake, and surrounding park area. Both eyes 20/25 – R 20/30 – L 20/30 corrected
• Acuity, near – clarity of vision at 20 inches or less. Must be able to see resale items, cash register, and other work items close at hand, such as numerous documents that are inspected (licenses) or prepared on the job. Both eyes 20/22 corrected
• Depth perception – Three-dimensional vision and the ability to judge distance and space relationships so as to see objects where and as they actually are. Must be able to judge distances so as to use both hands in performing different tasks at the same time. Depth perception – 4
• Field of Vision – the area that can be seen up and down or to the right or left while eyes are focused on one point. Must be able to see a wide span to cover lake and surrounding park area and customers entering and leaving area.
• Accommodation – Must be able to adjust the eye lens to glance quickly. This item is especially important when doing near-point work at varying distances from eye. Must be able to adjust eye lens to focus readily when glancing from near work (equipment operation, observer near at hand, etc.) to distance work (people walking around in vicinity of equipment) to monitor activities and ensure safety at all areas.

Physical Strength – degree of physical demands typically associated with this position include:

• Medium to Heavy Work
  • Exerting up to 50 pounds of force frequently in preparing sailboats or other watercraft for rent, which involves draining, lifting, and transporting; and/or
  • A negligible amount of force constantly to handle or move materials related to the position.
  • Work requires walking, standing, stooping, bending, lifting, stretching, pushing, and pulling, although worker does sit on occasions. There is significant use of arms, hands, feet, and legs.
• Type of Physical Demands
  • Reaching - Extending the hand(s) or arm(s) in any direction.
  • Handling - Seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with hand(s).
  • Fingering - Picking, pinching or otherwise working with fingers primarily rather than the entire hand or arm.

Mental Activity/Requirements

Reasoning

• Ability to apply principles of logical thinking to work tasks and practical situations and requests made by supervisor or members of the general public; to comprehend and respond to a variety of situations in an expedient manner. Good judgement is important because the individual will interact directly with the public on a constant basis and may be working in the absence of a supervisor.

Mathematics Ability

• Using arithmetic and/or Statistics: Ability to use arithmetic to add charges to concession purchases and ticket sales, price merchandise, calculate tax percentages, count money and make change, figure daily revenue collections, and make various reports.

Language Ability

• The ability to speak, read and write the English Language are required for this position.

Environmental Conditions

Physical Surroundings

• The Park Attendant – Operations employee is subject to Outside Environmental Conditions: Exposed to the various weather conditions and temperatures. Combining the type of work performed with the typically hot weather conditions, the worker should be one who can work outside in a hot environment. The position is best suited for someone who likes working in and around water.

Hazards

• The Park Attendant – Operations employee will be exposed to trash, garbage, lake, and cleaning chemicals. Work is subject to final standards of OSHA on bloodborne pathogens.

Machinery/Tools/Work Aids/Other Equipment

• Items which may be representative, but not all inclusive, of those commonly associated with this type of work: Concession items and merchandise, packaged products, soft drinks, milk, juices, cash register, calculator, mop, broom, First Aid supplies, scissors, telephone, receipt books, push button horn, hoses, whistle, office supplies, The work location of this job will be 320 Nathan Hunt Dr High Point, North Carolina.

Our Commitments

The City of High Point is dedicated to fostering a work environment that values individuals from all backgrounds and seeks to attract and retain the most qualified partners in service to the citizens of High Point. As an at-will employer, the City allows employees to terminate their employment, or be terminated at any time, with or without cause, as long as it is not prohibited by law.

The City of High Point is committed to classifying and compensating its employees fairly for the work they do, weighing both the internal capabilities and the external market. While the job description is not intended to and does not create a contract of employment, we are excited to use this “living document” as a guide for managing performance and positions to ensure job descriptions are reflective of the current work required by the incumbent or expected by any candidate to whom an offer of employment is extended.

The City of High Point is committed to providing a safe, comfortable working environment for all employees. To that end, we are proud to comply with all Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements, as well as make reasonable accommodations to candidates and employees as we are able in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Candidates selected for employment must undergo (a.) a drug screening, in accordance with the City’s drug and alcohol policy and (b.) a background screening to determine whether there is any current, pending, or previous charge, conviction or other infraction deemed incompatible with service in the capacity for which the candidate is being hired. In lieu of or in addition to background screening, candidates selected for employment in a position that requires working with children in any capacity must be fingerprinted and undergo a criminal history record check conducted by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation. Certain positions are considered so critical to the health and safety of others that a candidate cannot be placed in any such position without passing a pre-placement physical exam. The City offers employment to successful candidates conditioned upon the City’s receipt of satisfactory results from all required screenings, checks, and exams, as applicable.