Grounds Maintenance Technician - Clinton, United States - The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission

The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
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Clinton, United States

3 weeks ago

Mark Lane

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Description

Description:

Please note that the salary range above represents earning potential. The budgeted salary range for this position is
$36,795 - $50,980. Salary is commensurate with experience.


Examples of Important Duties:


  • Operate riding mowers and tractors with attachments to mow parks, ballfields, and brush.
  • Operate nonCDL trucks, truck and trailer combinations, trash trucks, frontend loader, backhoe, skid steer, dump trucks with snowplows and heavy equipment removing snow, grading fields and other park areas.
  • Haul materials and equipment.
  • Perform routine safety inspection and maintenance of vehicles and equipment.
  • Occasionally perform routine custodial maintenance and repairs to park buildings and structures.
  • Maintain athletic fields including lay out of fields (measure, plot and square corners, plot yard lines, and mark lines) and aerate, overseed, and fertilize turf areas.
  • Install amenities such as signs, grills, picnic tables, fence (chain link and split rail), basketball rims and nets.
  • Perform tree maintenance duties. Operates chain saws. Operate chipping machine to grind brush into mulch.
  • Operate stump grinder to remove tree stumps.
  • Assist with transporting supplies and setting up special events.
  • Provide general assistance to park visitors and assist with programs and events
  • Ability to communicate in another language a plus.
  • Performs stormwater facilities preventive maintenance according to the Department of Environment Protection standards.
Maintain bioretention and rain garden facilities with balanced vegetation free of weeds.


Preferred Qualifications

  • Two years of experience in grounds maintenance to include turf maintenance, tree and landscape bed maintenance, experience operating large area and zero turn mowers.
  • Strong work ethic and positive attitude with a focus on teamwork

Important
Skills
and
Characteristics**:


  • Skill in operation of hand and power tools, riding mowers, tractor with attachments and trucks and/or truck trailer combinations.
  • Developed primarily after employment in this job class.

Minimum Qualifications:


  • Pass Commission medical examination.
  • 18 years of age.
  • Two (2) years of experience in groundskeeping, building maintenance or park maintenance, semiskilled trade work (HVACR, plumbing, painting, masonry, electrical, carpentry).
  • An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted, which together total two (2) years.
  • Valid driver's license in accordance with both State and Commission rules and regulations. Driver's license must be unencumbered by restrictions, revocations, suspensions, or points that could limit the employee's ability to drive Commission vehicles or perform driving duties required of their position.

Supplemental Information:


Class/Specification:
Senior Parks/Facilities Maintenance Worker

May work weekends, evenings, and holidays.

Exposed to weather, dirt, waste, odors, caustic chemicals, pesticides, wildlife, and potentially harmful insects (for example, bees, hornets, wasps, etc.).

Ability to lift up to 100 pounds desirable.

**The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate a workplace culture of diversity, equity and inclusion without discrimination or harassment on the basis of
race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, gender identity, or any other non-merit factor.**Applicants with Disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

  • M-NCPPC will make all efforts to reasonably accommodate you.
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