Seasonal Grounds Maintenance Worker

Are you looking for a summer job that gets you outdoors? Enjoy being part of making your community shine? A seasonal, full-time position with Elkins Parks and Rec may be the perfect fit for you!

The Seasonal Grounds Maintenance Worker is an entry-level position. 

The Elkins Parks and Recreaction Commission (EPRC) provides year-round recreation opportunities with programs and facilities on over 70 acres in the city’s five parks: Bluegrass Park, Davis Street Park, Elkins City Park, Glendale Park and River Bend Park. The EPRC also operates the Phil Gainer Community Center. 

We are looking for someone who enjoys working outdoors, is dependable, and has a strong work ethic.  We need someone good with their hands and has a strong work ethic. The ideal candidate will be ok not working a continuous scheduled shift, there may be some evenings and weekends.  The rate for this position is $13.00 per hour. 

Position Status: Seasonal/non-exempt 

Job Summary: Under moderate supervision, performs general maintenance for the city’s park system. Work includes landscaping or maintaining the grounds and property using hand or power tools or equipment. Grounds maintenance worker is responsible for responding to and completing maintenance service requests as instructed by the Director of Parks. Maintenance Workers typically perform a variety of tasks, which may include any combination of the following: mowing, trimming, pruning, planting, digging, raking, painting, light construction, and other general preventative maintenance and customer service as needed.

Performs other related duties as assigned. Reports to: Parks and Recreation Director

Tasks: 

• Ensure all seasonal grounds duties are completed in a timely and efficient manner and with the highest quality standards; regularly inspect all facilities to ensure proper standards are maintained.
• Gather and remove litter, sticks, and leaves. Empty trash cans. Use blower to sweep pavilions and walkways.
• Repair ruts in the ground caused by vehicles.
• Use hand tools such as shovels, rakes, brooms, pole saws, loppers, hedge clippers, or axes.
• Operate vehicles or powered equipment such as pickup trucks, trailers, mowers, tractors, string trimmers, blowers, chainsaws, hedge trimmers, roto-tillers, or pole chain saws.
• Prune or trim trees, shrubs, hedges, brush, and vines.
• Mix and spray herbicide onto unwanted vegetation, using hand sprayers.
• Follow planned landscaping designs to determine where to sow grass or plant flowers and trees.
• Spread mulch in flower beds and around trees.
• Light construction maintenance on park equipment (playgrounds, picnic tables, benches, trash cans).
• Clean up and weed flower beds.
• Paint picnic tables, trash cans, pavilions, restrooms, playgrounds, and other park equipment as needed.
• Clean and stock supplies for public restrooms.
• Lock and unlock public restrooms.
• Manage multiple priorities and organize daily activities to complete required work within agreed deadlines and commitments.

Minimum Training and Experience:  One to two years of experience in groundskeeping desired, but not required

Physical Requirements: Must be physically able to operate machinery and park maintenance equipment. Position involves walking, reaching, bending, and lifting and requires physical endurance.  Lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling of items of moderately heavy weight (up to 50 pounds) and occasionally very heavy weight (up to 100 pounds).

The employee regularly works primarily in outdoor areas. The physical activity level is described as physically active performing some strenuous daily activities.

Elkins, West Virginia is a dynamic and growing community of 7,000 people, serving as a tourism hub of the mid-Atlantic and a gateway to a vast outdoor recreation area that includes national forests, state parks, wilderness areas, ski resorts, hiking and biking trails, scenic train excursions and much more.

The City of Elkins is an equal opportunity employer including disability and protected veteran status.  All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment.

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