Park Maintenance Laborer I

City of Yukon (OK); Yukon (OK); On-site; USD 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Yukon (OK) is seeking a dedicated parks maintenance worker to perform daily landscaping, maintenance, and restoration across the City’s parks and green spaces. The role includes setting up and taking down Christmas lights and displays for the annual Christmas in the Park event.

You will operate a variety of landscape equipment, help with special projects, and contribute to the upkeep of athletic fields and city facilities.

Qualifications

• Must possess a valid Oklahoma State Driver’s License.
• Commitment to maintaining a safe, clean, and fun work environment.
• Willingness to learn and cooperate with coworkers.

Responsibilities

• Care for park landscapes including flowerbeds, trees, and lawns.
• Perform routine landscaping, maintenance, and restoration in city parks and facilities.
• Assist with setup and cleanup of Christmas lights and displays seasonally.
• Operate city vehicles and landscape equipment as assigned.
• Support projects to improve the aesthetic appeal of parks and City property.

Skills

Driver's License

Safety-conscious

Teamwork

Job description

This classification is a safety-sensitive position as defined by the United States Department of Transportation drug and alcohol testing regulations and/or the Oklahoma Standards for Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Act. As a safety-sensitive classification, you will be subject to drug and alcohol testing, including random testing. Marijuana is one of the substances included in the drug panel screening. Possession of a medical marijuana certification will not excuse you from the testing process, or the consequences of testing positive for marijuana.

GENERAL PURPOSE

The candidate will perform day to day landscaping, maintenance, restoration, and project work in the maintenance and operations of the City of Yukon’s parks, grounds, athletic fields, and other green spaces. The candidate will also perform duties related to the set-up and cleanup of Christmas lights, Christmas displays, and other Christmas decorations for Christmas in the Park.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Cares for park and facility flowerbeds, trees, plants, and other green spaces
• Performs landscaping work throughout the park system
• Trims trees and waters sod, flowerbeds, trees, and other areas
• Performs minor semi-skilled maintenance such as painting, carpentry, and other semi-skilled trade work
• Plants sod, trees, shrubs, and flowers
• Picks up trash and maintains cleanliness of parks
• Carries out the seeding, fertilizing, aerating, topdressing, soil conditioning, watering, and the pest and weed control of the City’s parks and open spaces
• Operates various types of equipment including City vehicles, skid steer, mowers, weed eaters, trailers, etc.
• Mows and maintains parks and other areas such as athletics fields and facilities
• Helps with the setup and cleanup of Christmas lights, decorations, and displays for Christmas in the Park on a seasonal basis
• Performs project work to improve the amenities and the aesthetic appeal of the parks, fields, and other City property
• Works special events at City parks and facilities
• This is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of essential duties. Candidate performs any other related duties as required or assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Committed to maintaining a safe, clean, and fun work environment
• Good attitude
• Being on time and ready to work
• Willingness to learn new things
• Cooperation with fellow workers
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Valid Oklahoma Driver’s License

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in landscaping and care of flowerbeds and other green spaces
• Experience in trimming trees
• Experience operating large mowers and weed eaters
• Pesticide/herbicide licenses or willingness to obtain them

PHYSICAL AND WORKING CONDITIONS

• Primarily outdoors in all weather conditions
• Subject to continuous exposure to outside environment wherein there are disagreeable working conditions some of the time
• Subject to frequent low-level to loud outside noise
• Subject to working irregular workdays during certain periods of time if needed
• Moving mechanical parts
• Heights between 10’ to 40’ high
• Works with chemicals
• Regularly lifts, pushes, or pulls equipment over 100 pounds as a team
• Specific vision requirements of this job include close vision, distance vision, use of both eyes, ability to distinguish basic colors and shapes; depth perception, peripheral vision, and have the ability to adjust focus
• Walking, bending, stooping, crawling, working on your hands and knees
• Finger dexterity enough to operate equipment
• Speech and hearing enough to communicate clearly and distinctly in person and by telephone
• Flexible enough to use hands and arms to grab, hold, reach, etc.
• This is not an all-inclusive list; there are other conditions that the candidate will need to adapt to relating to day-to-day situations.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

• Must possess a valid Oklahoma State Driver License
• Must pass post offer drug screen and post offer background tests, if 18 or older
• Must be able to work nights, weekends, and holidays occasionally