Seasonal Parks Maintenance Worker

City of Salem; Salem (OR); Sur place; USD 22 000 - 31 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Paid vacation

Sick time

Wellness programs

Résumé du poste

City of Salem is seeking a Seasonal Parks Maintenance Worker to support Parks & Recreation operations across 91 parks and 2,300+ acres. The role involves outdoor maintenance, equipment operation, irrigation, landscaping, and assisting with events in shelters and amphitheaters.

Applicants must pass a background check, hold an Oregon driver license, and have two years of landscape maintenance experience. This is a non-remote, outdoor position with benefits including paid vacation and competitive

Qualifications

• Must pass the pre-employment background check.
• Must have an Oregon Driver license and a driving record that meets the City of Salem's driving standards.
• Two years’ experience in landscape maintenance and construction related to multi-use parks and facilities or similar experience.
• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities include hazards and safety precautions, customer service, safe work practices, basic math, reading technical documents, and effective communication.

Responsabilités

• Assist in all Parks & Recreation maintenance activities supporting diverse recreation programs.
• Maintain and clean restrooms, lighting, picnic areas, and playgrounds; inspect areas for safety hazards.
• Perform maintenance and construction tasks such as painting, carpentry, plumbing, welding, or cement finishing.
• Operate dump trucks, backhoes, loaders, trenchers, mowers, edgers, and related tools.
• Care for turf fields, monitor irrigation, water plants, and winterize/activate irrigation systems.
• Follow landscaping plans, lay sod, plant, mulch, and maintain garden beds; greenhouse work as needed.

Connaissances

Landscape maintenance experience

Customer service

Reading technical documents

Safe work practices

Outils

Oregon Driver License

Power tools

Diagnostic tools

Description du poste

Seasonal Parks Maintenance Worker### Seasonal Parks Maintenance WorkerApply: Shops 1457 23rd St SE: Full time: Posted 3 Days Ago: End Date: November 2, 2026 (3 days left to apply): JR260096**Original Job Posting Date:**2026-10-26Seasonal Parks Maintenance WorkerSalary Range: $19.35 per hour**Make an impact:** The City of Salem has an extensive park system with 91 parks and over 2300 acres of property, including a variety of Neighborhood and Community parks, nationally recognized softball complex, large event amphitheaters, reservable shelters, high use soccer and multi-use sports fields as well as hard court surface facilities including pickleball, tennis, and basketball. **What you will do:** The successful candidate for this position would assist in all Parks & Recreation Department maintenance activities that would support a divers recreation program as well as assist in large and small events that occur in the many shelters and amphitheaters operated by the City of Salem. **Additional information on job responsibilities:*** Performs maintenance tasks including clean and repair restrooms, replace light bulbs, collects debris and garbage, clean and maintains picnic areas, inspect parks, picnic and playground areas for safety hazards, shovel snow.* Individually or as a member of a crew, perform maintenance and construction tasks such as painting, carpentry, plumbing, welding, cement finishing, or other similar trades.* Operate dump truck, backhoe, loader, trencher, mower, edger, diagnostic tools and power tools related to parks maintenance.* Care for natural turf fields, making sure the underlying soil has the required composition to allow proper drainage and to support the grasses used on the fields.* Water lawns, trees, turf, and plants. Monitor irrigation methods to adjust the amount of water consumption and to prevent waste. Maintain irrigation systems, including winterizing the systems and starting them up in spring.* Follow planned landscaping designs to lay sod, sow grass, or plant flowers or foliage and apply mulch. Maintain beds by weeding, edging, applying fertilizer, herbicides or other chemicals as required.* Operate and maintain a greenhouse and related facilities; perform horticultural or greenhouse work including propagation, cultivation, and care of a large variety of trees, shrubs, ground covers, or plants. **What can we offer you for all your hard work?*** Paid vacation and sick time in accordance with City policies.* Competitive pay.* Employee wellness programs.* Position schedule varies* We encourage you to clearly describe how you meet the minimum qualifications and essential attributes in your application materials. Learn more about Equal Pay.**What are the minimum qualifications?*** Must pass the pre-employment background check.* Must have an Oregon Driver license and a driving record that meets the City of Salem's driving standards.* Two years’ experience in landscape maintenance and construction related to multi-use parks and facilities or similar experience.* Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities* Occupational hazards and the safety precautions necessary in area of work assignment.* Positive and effective customer service principles.* Safe work practices.* Basic mathematical concepts.* Modern office equipment including computers and relevant software.* Read and interpret technical documents.* Establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, officials, and the public. Communicate information so others will understand both orally and in writing. Hiring managers do not have access to view resumes as part of the application review process, please make sure to give detailed information in your application that includes your experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as requested in the supplemental questions and job advertisement. **What you will bring along:*** Heavy work; exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.* Visual acuity necessary to perform an activity such as: reading blueprints or drawings, operating a motor vehicle; viewing a computer terminal; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly of fabrication of parts at distances close to the eyes.* Perform tasks that may require the incumbent to climb, stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, stand for prolonged periods of 2 hours or more, walk, lift, use manual dexterity, repetitive motions, and grasp with or without reasonable accommodations.* Receive detailed information through oral communication.* Work is primarily performed in the outdoors in all weather conditions.* This classification is not eligible to work remotely due to performing the essential work functions out in the field or other locations. **Where can I find out more about the position?**Go to the menu option for Class Specifications and search for Maintenance Worker or view by clicking here. **Work Shift:****Benefits Information:***Hiring managers do not have access to view resumes as part of the application review process, so please make sure to give detailed information in your application that includes your experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as requested in the supplemental questions and job application.****In some cases, if we are unable to hire a qualified candidate for this classification, we may also consider candidates for related classifications.******If applicable for this posting, other job classifications that may be considered are listed below:***Maintenance Worker***As applicable for this posting, the pay range(s) below include the combined hourly and/or salary ranges for all classifications listed above. The exact pay range will depend on the specific classification for which you are hired.*****This position's estimated compensation is:**$19.35 - $19.35/ Hourly## Job Type: ## Department:Noe Marquez) ## Location:Shops 1457 23rd St SE## Opening Date:2026-10-26**About us:**Salem is the second largest city in Oregon and the capital city. Centrally located in the Willamette Valley, Salem is 49 square miles in size and extends across to counties, Marion and Polk. The community has well-established neighborhoods and carefully preserved historic buildings with wide diversity and a family-friendly ambiance. The city is home to nearly 180,000 residents. For a full community profile detailing demographics and housing statistics, visit the City of Salem website.The City of Salem organization has eight primary departments: Community Services, Finance, Fire, Enterprise Services, Legal, Police, Public Works, and Community Planning and Development. Several departments also have functional divisions within their department. The City of Salem employs roughly 1,350 talented and dedicated staff members and works collaboratively with five labor unions.The Salem Police Department is the fourth largest agency in Oregon. We are a full-service department with myriad special teams and career advancement opportunities. In November 2020, the department moved into a modern 104,000-square-foot facility with many amenities for employees, featuring purposeful efficiency design for operations and amenities that promote employee wellness.The Public Works Department values employees and their professional development. If you are someone that takes pride in collaborating on innovative ideas, proactively responding to community needs, and being a good environmental and financial steward, we look forward to meeting you! The Public Works Department promotes a healthy work life balance, while maintaining the utmost dedication to the health, safety, and welfare of our community, including our team!The Urban Renewal Agency and the Salem Housing Authority are separate municipal corporations. The Agency contracts with the City for services and the Authority is led by the Housing Administrator within the Urban Development department.**How can I apply?**The City of Salem invites individuals of all diverse communities and backgrounds to apply for our available job opportunities as we strive to provide the best service to everyone. The City of Salem is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all and has a culture that values diversity, equity, and inclusion. We believe that by welcoming differences, encouraging new ideas and views, listening to, and learning from each other, we are better able to serve the community. Select the “Apply” button to complete your application. Make sure that you specify how you meet the qualifications outlined in the class specification and complete the application. Applicants that meet the minimum qualifications as outlined above but not selected for this position may be placed on an eligibility list, and candidates may be hired from the list. Eligibility lists are valid for six months. The City will send email notifications to eligible candidates about potential hiring opportunities so please ensure your email settings accept our system generated email notifications. You may subscribe for automatic notification of job openings at the City by setting up Job Alerts, you will receive an email confirming you want to Opt-In to Job Alert communications from the City of Salem.For more information about employment at the City of Salem, please visit our Career Site.THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT AN IMPLIED CONTRACT AND MAY BE MODIFIED OR REVOKED WITHOUT NOTICE