Park Grounds Maintenance Worker

Shelby (NC); Shelby (NC); On-site; USD 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Shelby (NC) parks maintenance role seeks a reliable groundskeeper to perform turf maintenance, field preparation, and equipment operation. You will maintain athletic fields, golf course greens, and facilities under supervision of Grounds Crew Supervisor, with CPR training encouraged.

Valid NC driver's license required and willingness to obtain CPR within a year. Ability to read maps, follow instructions, and work safely with chemicals and tools is essential.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• CPR certification within one year of hire.
• Valid driver's license in North Carolina.
• General knowledge of turf grass, horticulture, and maintenance work.

Responsibilities

• Mows and maintains athletic fields, golf course greens, fairways, roughs, and playgrounds.
• Trims hedges and weeds around fences, water hazards, play equipment, and other areas.
• Repairs and maintains irrigation systems.
• Operates a variety of maintenance equipment including mowers and tractors.
• Helps set up facilities for events.

Skills

Grounds maintenance

Teamwork

Reading maps

Measuring

Education

High school diploma or GED

CPR certification within one year of hire

Valid driver's license (NC)

Tools

Mowers

Tractors

Irrigation systems

Job description

Performs intermediate semiskilled work maintaining and repairing parks, ball fields, golf course, playground areas, performing general maintenance and grounds keeping duties, and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the moderate supervision of the Grounds Crew Supervisor.

• 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).