Job Title: Grounds Maintenance Worker / Landscaper
Pay rate: $20.16/hr. on w2 without benefits
Location: Colorado Springs, CO, 80907
Duration: 6 + Months
Shift Hours/week: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM 40hrs
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Construct and maintain shrub and turf areas in parks, medians, and green spaces; turf area aeration and thatching; pruning shrubs, trees, and undergrowth; mowing of turf areas in parks and County right-of-ways.
- Inspects and maintains the County's stormwater facilities. Performs inspection and maintenance of private stormwater facilities in accordance with NPDES requirements.
- Advises supervisor of problems with the facilities and recommends improvements.
- Operate a variety of light-duty maintenance equipment necessary to create, maintain, and repair grounds and facilities. Examples of equipment operated include; pickups, 1 to 5 yd dump trucks, front-end loader and a variety of mowers and tractors with attachments such as flail, whirley, hole auger, seeder, thatcher, aerator, plows and disc.
- Assists Grounds Maintenance Specialists in installing and maintaining structures such as fences, gate barriers, signs, and picnic tables in County parks and green spaces.
- Assists Parks & Vegetation Control Specialists in installing and maintaining trees, turf and shrub beds and irrigation systems.
- Maintain facilities such as restrooms, and bathhouses by sweeping floors and scrubbing walls, ceilings and sanitary fixtures, filling paper and soap dispensers; changing light bulbs, and clearing the facilities of litter and garbage.
- Maintain adequate inventory of supplies, equipment required for ongoing activities and special projects.
- Assist with crowd control at public events such as rowing regattas by providing traffic control and enforcement of park rules.
- Respond to the public's questions, complaints and requests for services in a courteous and helpful manner.
- Perform other duties as may be necessary to maintain and improve the appearance and quality of Clark County grounds.
Required Qualification:
- Experience involving parks or grounds maintenance; landscape construction and/or maintenance or any other labor intensive work experience that directly involves the skills required to operate machinery, small tools, power tools, vehicles or equipment.
- Must possess or be able to obtain at time of hire; a valid motor vehicles operators license.
- Must possess or be able to obtain with five (5) months of hire, a Class B Commercial Drivers License. (CDL) with 'N' tanker endorsement.
- Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities will be considered.
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