Parks Maintenance Worker

Ocean State Job Lot; Franklin (TN); Hybrid; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Franklin is seeking a Maintenance Worker to support Parks and Recreation. Responsibilities include handling plumbing, electrical, carpentry tasks and routine/traveling maintenance across City facilities, trails, and playgrounds.

The role requires readiness for holidays, weekends, and night shifts during events. Strong teamwork, safety awareness, and problem-solving skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of basic construction, electrical, carpentry, and plumbing practices.
• Ability to operate, maintain, and repair a variety of tools.
• Willingness to learn safety procedures and follow standardized instructions.

Responsibilities

• Perform general maintenance on all City facilities in Parks and Recreation.
• Respond to routine or emergency work orders.
• Repair and install plumbing, electrical, carpentry, and related systems.
• Maintain and inspect facilities, backflow preventers, and systems.
• Oversee trail maintenance and coordinate with the public on planning.

Skills

Safety procedures

Teamwork

Reading/writing comprehension

Problem solving

Mathematical skills

Language skills

Education

One-year certificate or 6-12 months carpentry/construction experience

Tools

Plumbing tools

Electrical tools

Carpentry tools

Job description

The City of Franklin is a progressive community, as well as a great place to live and work. There are tremendous opportunities to establish a career with the City's municipal government. Job responsibilities at the City of Franklin are many and varied, as well as challenging and rewarding. Working for the City of Franklin instills a sense of civic pride and gratification for serving the needs of the public.

About City of Franklin

The City of Franklin is a progressive community, as well as a great place to live and work. There are tremendous opportunities to establish a career with the City's municipal government. Job responsibilities at the City of Franklin are many and varied, as well as challenging and rewarding. Working for the City of Franklin instills a sense of civic pride and gratification for serving the needs of the public.

About City of Franklin

The City of Franklin is a progressive community, as well as a great place to live and work. There are tremendous opportunities to establish a career with the City's municipal government. Job responsibilities at the City of Franklin are many and varied, as well as challenging and rewarding. Working for the City of Franklin instills a sense of civic pride and gratification for serving the needs of the public.

About City of Franklin

The City of Franklin is a progressive community, as well as a great place to live and work. There are tremendous opportunities to establish a career with the City's municipal government. Job responsibilities at the City of Franklin are many and varied, as well as challenging and rewarding. Working for the City of Franklin instills a sense of civic pride and gratification for serving the needs of the public.

About City of Franklin

The City of Franklin is a progressive community, as well as a great place to live and work. There are tremendous opportunities to establish a career with the City's municipal government. Job responsibilities at the City of Franklin are many and varied, as well as challenging and rewarding. Working for the City of Franklin instills a sense of civic pride and gratification for serving the needs of the public.

Performs general maintenance on all buildings and other facilities in the Parks and Recreation Department. Must be able to work holidays, weekends and nights during meetings, special events and tournaments.

A. Facilities and Maintenance

• Responds to routine or emergency work orders as needed.
• Maintains and inspects all facilities on Park properties.
• Performs plumbing on sinks, toilets, water fountains, and water lines.
• Performs electrical work installing, repairing, and or troubleshooting electrical problems in facilities, with streetlights and sports field lighting.
• Performs carpentry on facilities and repairs building structures as needed. (Examples include roofing, siding, drywall, trim, tiling, install fencing, painting)
• Maintains, inspects, and installs backflow preventers.
• Builds forms for concrete repair, pours and finishes concrete.
• Installs and/or repairs new plumbing fixtures, backflow systems, window frames, door locks, heating systems, HVAC units, window air conditioning units and bleachers.
• Builds and/or repairs partitions, roofs, ceiling, doors, furniture, shelves, fencing and drywall.
• Assists the IT Department with providing on-site coordination of fiber optic cabling installation, modification, and splicing within the telecommunications system. This includes the physical installation of cabling and surveying job sites to determine the best installation practices.
• Assists the IT Department with the installation of security camera systems.

B. Trails

• Oversees the maintenance the entire trail system within the parks system.
• Responsibilities include maintaining along trail edges and surfacing of all trails.
• Performs routine maintenance to all trails including the mountain bike trail system along with installation and/or repairs of any amenities within the parks system.
• Shall perform monthly inspections of each trail section throughout the entire parks system.
• Performs special projects which include but not limited to signage, benches, trailheads, trash cans, water fountains and other structures.
• Coordinates upon request with general public and special interest groups with trail planning and construction.

C. Training

• Professional training as it relates to the position.

III. Other Job Duties

Performs other job duties as assigned, including:

• Maintenance Workers may be tasked with inspecting and maintaining all playgrounds on Park grounds for safety.
• Perform related duties and responsibilities to assist other divisions in the department as required.

IV. Primary Job Challenges

Primary challenges of this position include having to troubleshoot and accurately assess problems associated with plumbing, electrical, and structural issues and taking appropriate actions to solve problems.

V. Equipment Operated

• May operate backhoe, track hoe, front-end loader, tractor, skid steer, posthole digger, plumbing tools, electrical tools, and carpentry tools.
• Computer and computer software including virtual meeting platforms such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams and other office equipment.
• Job Content Knowledge: Is knowledgeable of basic construction, electrical, carpentry and plumbing practices as necessary in the completion of daily responsibilities. Must know how to operate, maintain and repair a variety of tools used for, making repairs and doing construction. Must be knowledgeable of safety procedures.
• Language Skills: Read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Write routine reports and correspondence. Speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Mathematical Skills: Calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Reasoning Ability: Solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. In decision-making, some choices are known while others may need to be identified. Some reliance on precedent. Interpret a variety of complex instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Teamwork: Develops constructive and cooperative working relationships with others. Encourages others to express their ideas and opinions. Provides input into identifying and solving problems. Anticipates need of others for information about job tasks and work environment and provides it to them in a timely manner. Willingly assists others with job tasks when appropriate.

VII. Physical Demands and Work Environment

Physical Demands: Performance of the essential duties of this job requires the incumbent to:

• Remain active and moving above 50% of the time.
• Regularly move about around different worksites.
• Regularly operates equipment or machinery such as backhoe, track hoe, front-end loader, tractor, posthole digger, plumbing tools, electrical tools, and carpentry tools.
• Frequently positions self to maintain work area and items needed to complete daily tasks.
• Regularly communicates information verbally and written via cellphone and ideas so others will understand. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.
• Occasionally ascends/descends equipment/ladders.
• Frequently moves/transports up to 25pounds.
• Occasionally moves/transports upto100pounds.

Work Environment: Performance of the essential duties of this job requires:

• Occasional worknearmovingmechanicalparts
• Occasional workinhigh,precariousplaces
• Occasional exposure to fumesorairborneparticles
• Regular exposure to outdoorweatherconditions
• Occasional exposure to riskofelectricalshock
• Occasional exposure to loud noises, vibrations while using heavy equipment

The work environment is loud (examples: metal can manufacturing department, large earth-moving equipment).

Education and Experience: The required knowledge, skill, and abilities to satisfactorily perform job duties are normally acquired through obtaining a one-year certificate from a college or technical school; or six to twelve months of carpentry or construction related experience and/or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

The City of Franklin is dedicated to providing equal opportunity for employment to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class. The City of Franklin adheres to Title VI as well as Title VII.

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