Park Grounds Maintenance Worker

City of Shelby; Shelby (NC); On-site; USD 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Shelby is seeking a dedicated parks and grounds worker to maintain athletic fields, golf course areas, and playgrounds. You will perform mowing, trimming, line marking and field prep to ensure safe, ready facilities for daily play and events.

Responsibilities include applying fertilizers and pesticides, operating maintenance equipment, inspecting facilities, and assisting with event setup. A high school diploma or GED and a valid NC driver’s license are required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED and moderate experience in athletic turf maintenance, grounds keeping, or parks maintenance work; equivalent education/experience accepted.

Responsibilities

• Mows and maintains athletic fields, golf greens, fairways, roughs, and playgrounds; plants shrubs and sows grass.
• Trims hedges and weeds around obstacles; prepares fields for play and marks lines.
• Sprays fertilizer, herbicides, and fungicides; fertilizes and aerates greens and fairways.
• Operates equipment such as mowers, aerator, spreader; performs light maintenance on tractors and tools.

Skills

Reading maps

Communication

Physical stamina

Safety awareness

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

• Mows and maintains athletic fields, golf course greens, fairways, roughs, and playgrounds; plants shrubs, sows grass, blows leaves, and maintains beds.
• Trims hedges and weeds around fences, water hazards, play equipment, and other areas not accessible by mower.
• Prepares athletic fields for play; marks lines on playing fields; reshapes mounds; resets bases; performs general field maintenance duties.
• Sprays fertilizer, herbicides, and fungicides on greens, fairways, and athletic fields; fertilizes and aerates greens and fairways.
• Prepares and maintains golf course; rakes sand traps; changes tee markers and moves pins for daily golf play; Repairs and maintains irrigation systems.
• Performs minor electrical and plumbing work on buildings and picnic shelters.
• Paints walls and parking lots as instructed.
• Helps set up facilities for events.
• Operates a variety of equipment including aerator, reel gang mower, fertilizer spreader, pull behind rotary mower, and hand tools in the performance of tasks.
• Performs light maintenance of tractors and equipment; checks and changes oil, water, and fluid levels; changes filters.
• Checks and inspects facilities, grounds, and equipment for necessary repairs.
• Empties garbage cans; picks up litter and debris.

High school diploma or GED and moderate experience in athletic turf maintenance, grounds keeping, or parks maintenance work, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Obtain CPR certification within one year of hire. Valid driver's license in the State of North Carolina.

General knowledge of the tools, materials, and equipment used in general construction, turf grass, horticulture, and maintenance work; general knowledge of the materials, equipment, tools, and techniques of the standard building trades; some knowledge of safety precautions applicable to the duties of the class; ability to understand and follow specific oral instructions; ability to read maps and take measurements; ability to operate mowers, tractors, and related machinery and equipment; ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates, contractors, vendors, and the general public.To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This work requires the regular exertion of up to 10 pounds of force, frequent exertion of up to 25 pounds of force and occasional exertion of up to 50 pounds of force; work regularly requires standing, speaking or hearing and reaching with hands and arms, frequently requires walking, sitting, using hands to finger, handle or feel, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, pushing or pulling and repetitive motions and occasionally requires tasting or smelling and lifting; work has standard vision requirements; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels and to receive detailed information through oral communications and/or to make fine distinctions in sound; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, visual inspection involving small defects and/or small parts, using of measuring devices, assembly or fabrication of parts within arm’s length, operating machines, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities; work regularly requires exposure to wet humid conditions (non-weather), working near moving mechanical parts, exposure to fumes or airborne particles, exposure to outdoor weather conditions and exposure to vibration, frequently requires working in high, precarious places and exposure to blood borne pathogens and may be required to wear specialized personal protective equipment and occasionally requires exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals, exposure to extreme heat (non-weather), exposure to the risk of electrical shock and wearing a self-contained breathing apparatus; work is generally in a loud noise location (e.g. grounds maintenance, heavy traffic).