Maintenance Worker Parks Grounds

About This Role

Assist Parks Division workers to maintain safe, clean, and well-maintained grounds and facilities for the City of Loveland. This role involves landscape maintenance, horticulture tasks, and equipment operation.

Responsibilities

• Work as an effective part of the division and City team, responding to change and special needs with flexibility and in a positive manner
• Assist with ensuring attractive and well-maintained flowerbeds including preparing, planting, fertilizing, weeding, mulching and winterizing
• Assist with ensuring attractive and well-maintained trees by assisting with pruning, tree removal, brush grinding, weed control, mulching, planting, and watering
• Assist to ensure safe and attractive grounds including mowing, sidewalk edging, leaf removal, sod laying, litter cleanup, irrigation work, aerating, fertilizing, weed control, and general landscape type work
• Communicate effectively in writing and verbally with a variety of people directly and by using a two-way radio system
• Operate various types of tools and equipment associated with landscape or facility maintenance
• Remove snow by hand with shovel and snow blower
• Assist with department projects as needed including special events

Requirements

• High School Graduate or GED
• Minimum 18 years of age
• 1 year experience in service, maintenance, parks maintenance or related field
• Valid driver's license
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally
• Ability to operate various types of tools and equipment associated with landscape or facility maintenance

Qualifications

• High School Graduate or GED required
• 1 year experience in service, maintenance, parks maintenance or related field (Level I); 2 years for Level II

Benefits