Senior Parks Maintenance & Landscaping Technician

City of Orangeburg; Orangeburg (SC); On-site; USD 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Orangeburg is seeking a skilled Maintenance Worker II to perform maintenance, landscaping, and construction tasks across city parks, fields, cemeteries, and recreation facilities. The role requires at least two years of experience in parks maintenance and a valid SC driver's license.

Starting pay is $35,631.00 per year. You will operate a wide range of equipment, assist with special projects, and ensure safety and quality across parks facilities and ball fields.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required; supplemented by two years of experience in parks maintenance; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job.

Responsibilities

• Performs a variety of landscaping duties; mows grass; plants flowers and shrubs; weed eats around signs and fence lines; edges curb lines; clears leaves, tree limbs and other debris from park areas; spreads and hauls ground cover, dirt, or mulch; sprays weed killer and fertilizer; prunes trees and shrubs; weeds flower beds; spreads grass seed; services irrigation systems; grooms and lines ball fields.
• Installs and repairs roofs on park buildings and structures; performs light plumbing and electrical repairs and installations; performs general construction; repairs and maintains parks, picnic or other public facilities; repairs sports and playground equipment; paints interiors and exteriors; cleans and restocks park restrooms; places grave markers; and empties trash cans, cleans floors, etc.
• Assists with special projects and seasonal work: maintains ball fields; installs and removes decorations, staging, sound systems, etc.; sets up chairs and tables; clears parks areas of debris following special events; and removes and replaces staging materials from sites as needed.
• Performs manual labor in support of parks maintenance: lifts, moves, loads, and unloads materials, equipment, tools, and supplies; retrieves supplies, materials, tools, equipment and other items and runs various errands as needed; and collects and transports materials, supplies, tools, and equipment to and from the worksite.
• Maintains inventory of equipment, parts and supplies; initiates orders materials and equipment needed for each job; performs routine safety inspections on equipment; advises supervisor of needed repairs.
• Operates a variety of equipment and machinery to complete tasks including tractors, finish mowers, brush hog, trimmers, blowers, sprayers, spreaders, aerators, split seeders, chain saws, brush chipper, ball field stripers, chalkers, power saws, hand saws, drills, power tools, miscellaneous hand tools, pickup trucks, dump trucks, snow plows, salt spreaders, hand spreaders, bobcat, backhoe, golf cart, utility vehicle, and other equipment as needed to complete essential duties.

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

The City of Orangeburg is seeking a skilled Maintenance Worker II to perform maintenance, landscaping, and construction tasks across city parks, fields, cemeteries, and recreation facilities. The role requires at least two years of experience in parks maintenance and a valid SC driver's license.

Starting pay is $35,631.00 per year. You will operate a wide range of equipment, assist with special projects, and ensure safety and quality across parks facilities and ball fields.