Parks Worker II – Athletic Fields/Infield Maintenance

City of Arvada; Arvada (CO); On-site; USD 34,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total Rewards package

Job summary

The City of Arvada is seeking a Parks Worker II to maintain parks and athletic facilities and to help manage athletic fields for multiple user groups. The role requires hands-on turf care, irrigation operation, and equipment handling in all four seasons.

Weekend support and early morning schedules are common, with winter and spring/summer/fall shifts posted. A strong eye for safety, detail, and teamwork will help maintain top-quality parks for the community.

Qualifications

• Experience in grounds maintenance and turf management.
• Ability to work weekends and evenings as required.
• Knowledge of athletic field standards and safety practices.

Responsibilities

• Mow, irrigate, fertilize, aerate, top dress turf and maintain parks.
• Operate and service park equipment (mowers, snowplows, tractors).
• Prepare athletic fields for baseball/softball/soccer/football/lacrosse events.
• Assist with snow removal and weather-related maintenance.
• Program and monitor irrigation systems, including scheduling and repairs.
• Supervise seasonal staff and volunteers during events.

Skills

Athletic field maintenance

Irrigation systems

Equipment operation

Outdoor maintenance

Team collaboration

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Pay Range: $24.41-$33.38 Hourly

Are you passionate about working outdoors and contributing to the care of high-quality parks and athletic facilities? The Parks Division is currently accepting applications for the position of Parks Worker II—a key role in maintaining the safety, appearance, and functionality of our city’s parks and open spaces.

This position is responsible for a wide range of park maintenance duties, including infield maintenance, irrigation, snow removal, minor construction, and general upkeep of park amenities. A major focus of this role involves athletic field programming, including the preparation and maintenance of baseball, softball, soccer, football, and lacrosse fields. This includes dragging, lining, painting, and setting up fields to ensure they are safe, functional, and ready for use by various community user groups.

Weekend support for athletic events is an essential part of this role.

If you’re a team-oriented individual with experience in grounds maintenance and a strong attention to detail—especially around athletic field standards—this is a great opportunity to make a visible impact in our community spaces.

Work Hours:

Winter Schedule (November – February):

• Monday to Thursday: 6:30 AM – 3:30 PM
• Friday: 6:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Spring, Summer, and Fall Schedule (March – October):

• Tuesday to Friday: 6:30 AM – 3:30 PM
• Saturday: 5:30 PM – 11:30 PM

Job Posting on City of Arvada Website

POSTING CLOSES NOVEMBER 6TH

Essential Job Functions

• Maintains a safe working environment for self, co-workers and public.
• Maintains Park integrity through a turf management program (mow, irrigate, chemical application, aeration, fertilization, and top dress), shrub and tree maintenance, trash and graffiti removal, vandalism repair, and snow removal as required.
• Performs duties related to construction: concrete, retaining walls, drainage, grade work, erosion control, and installation of amenities.
• Operates large and small equipment, including but not limited to (mowers, snowplows, tractors, loaders) as required.
• Inspects equipment and tools for safety.
• Inspects, repairs, and maintains traffic medians, park sprinklers, turf, playground equipment, and park amenities.
• Schedules and programs both manual and computerized irrigation systems.
• Performs record-keeping duties for playground, backflow, operation equipment, tasks, expense reports, and pesticide application forms.
• Assists other park maintenance staff with typical standard maintenance duties.
• Prepares parks for special events.
• Assigns and inspect the work of seasonal employees, volunteers, and community service.
• Performs snow removal as assigned.
• Ability to operate snow equipment (manual and machine) during winter storms.
• Athletic Field Programming
• Assists in promoting a safe work environment.
• Maintains Athletic complexes and parks integrity through accepted infield maintenance practices.
• Drags, lines, paints and setups baseball/softball/soccer/football/lacrosse fields at athletic complexes and parks as needed for all user groups.
• Provides weekend support for user groups.
• Frequently operates a personal or City-owned motor vehicle to drive to and from work locations throughout the City.

Other Job Functions

• Attends training, seminars, and meetings as required.
• May perform operation and maintenance of viewing/interactive water fountains.
• May perform maintenance of the Old Town District.
• May perform lake operations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Strong knowledge of sports facilities: tennis/pickleball/basketball courts, skate parks, disc golf, exercise courses, football/soccer/baseball fields, volleyball, and lacrosse.
• Strong knowledge and experience with urban park maintenance, including horticultural practices, landscape, construction, herbicides, and irrigation system maintenance.
• Strong knowledge of irrigation pipe repair, valve repair, and troubleshooting of wiring problems.
• Ability to assign and inspect work of seasonal employees.
• Flexibility to work scheduled and unscheduled overtime.
• Ability to operate large and small equipment efficiently and safely, including, but not limited to, jack hammers, picks, shovels, moles, trenchers, backhoes, pitchforks, and volt-ohm meters, mowers, slope mowers, tractors, dump trucks, loaders, large fertilizer spreaders, snowplows, woodchippers, and pesticide application equipment as required.
• Strong manual dexterity skills to operate maintenance tools including but not limited to chain saws, power tools, push spreaders, string trimmers, snow blowers, pesticide sprayers, edgers, pole and hand pruners.
• Ability to inspect, repair, service and maintain assigned equipment and make minor adjustments and repairs and ensure they’re in safe operating condition.
• Ability to inspect, repair, and maintain trails, fences, irrigation systems, signs, wildlife habitat areas, and other park and open space amenities on soft and hard surfaces.
• Basic computer skills.
• Ability to maintain park and open space integrity through accepted horticultural practices such as mowing, weed species identification, control, fertilization, application of appropriate pesticides, pruning, trash and graffiti removal, vandalism repair, amenity repair and snow removal.
• Ability to effectively communicate information, both verbally and in writing, to support organizational objectives and interact positively and cooperatively with all levels of personnel within the city.
• Ability to work scheduled events on weekends and evenings as needed
• Must be able to operate a motor vehicle.

License & Certification

• Athletic Field Programming: Pesticide License Certified Operator categories Turf #206 and Ornamentals #207. OSHA 10-hour Training.
• Irrigation: Backflow Prevention Assembly Tester certification. OSHA 10-hour Training.

Education Degree

High School/GED

Education Required

Yes

Work Experience Related

One (1) or more years of experience in park maintenance.

Other Qualifications

Must pass a criminal background check and a driving record check, if required by the position.

Physical Demands

Strenuous to extreme physical effort that includes frequent use of heavy objects (e.g., 50+ pounds) and may also use heavy tools or require strenuous application in awkward positions. Individuals in strenuous positions must successfully complete a physical examination to ensure their fitness for duty.

Hazards

Marginal to moderate exposure to conditions that are unpredictable and may lead to injury.

Work Environment

Regular exposure to heat and noise along with working outside in the elements.

The City of Arvada offers a robust Total Rewards package.

Vision

We Dream Big and Deliver

Mission

We are dedicated to delivering superior services to enhance the lives of everyone in our community.

Values

• Innovation: We excel in creativity, flexibility and the use of best practices while valuing diverse backgrounds, ideas and perspectives.
• Passion: We are a high performing, inclusive team inspiring each other to pursue excellence.
• Opportunity: We value our diversity, embrace possibilities, face challenges, persevere and take action to deliver quality results.

The City’s Core values are in every employee’s individual Performance Plan which helps us to reinforce our expectations for living and working by our Core Values.

Every City employee is expected to perform his/her job to the highest professional standards. This includes upholding the City’s values with integrity and accountability, acting in a manner that is respectful and inclusive towards others, and adhering to the City’s policy on employee conduct as detailed in the personnel rules sec. 70-143.

The City is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.