CDL Driver's License, Communication Skills, Construction, Dump Truck/Tipper, Fast Food, Forestry, Loading/Unloading, Maintenance Services, Procedure Development, Safety/Work Safety, Writing Skills
LOCATION
Wichita, KS
POSTED
10 days ago
This job was posted by https://www.kansasworks.com : For more
information, please see: https://www.kansasworks.com/jobs/13596673
The City of Wichita is NOT an E-Verify Employer.
**Distinguishing Features of Work**
This is part-time seasonal general maintenance work in park maintenance,
forestry maintenance and/or golf course maintenance activities. As work
experience is gained, employees may be assigned to somewhat more
difficult tasks. Work is performed under the direction of a supervisor
who issues general instructions for routine jobs and specific
instructions at the beginning of each new job when departures are made
from established procedures.
**\*\*Posting may close at any time\*\***
**Examples of Work Performed**
- Mowing, trimming and other duties related to turf care.
- Operate motorized vehicles such as tractors, riding lawn mowers, and
trucks.
- Trash pick around athletic fields, parks and ROW.
- Loads and unloads stone, gravel, dirt, timber, leaves, and similar
items.
- Assists skilled and semiskilled workers in varied park maintenance,
golf maintenance and other repair activities.
- Shovels snow and breaks ice from streets and walks and loads snow on
trucks or piles it in designated places.
- Waters lawns, trims shrubs and trees, spades, rakes, and otherwise
prepares ground and assists in related ground maintenance work.
- Waters, spreads fertilizer, and cares for flowers, shrubs and trees
as directed.
- These examples are not intended to be all-inclusive.
- Other job-related duties may be assigned as needed.
**Requirements of Work**
- Ability to acquire within a reasonable period of time, knowledge of
the procedures, tools, equipment and materials used in maintenance
work
- Ability to follow simple oral or written instructions
- Ability to work outdoors when inclement weather conditions exist
- Ability to shovel, snow, sand, gravel, to or from dump truck bed
- Ability to safely operate mowing tractor over rough terrain for
several hours at a time
- Ability to tolerate airborne nuisances associated with open grounds
and windy conditions
- Ability to lift and carry bulky items weighing up to 50 pounds
- Ability to be continuously performing tasks that require one to
push, pull, climb (ladders and in and out of vehicular equipment),
bend, twist, reach, stand, and walk about (up to a half mile at a
time) for most of an eight hour shift
- Ability to communicate effectively
- Will require possession of and ability to maintain a valid Kansas
commercial driver\'s license (CDL)
- An employee shall not pose a direct threat to the health or safety
of other individuals in the workplace.
Offers of employment are contingent upon passing a pre-employment
physical, which includes drug screening, and upon satisfactory
evaluation of the results of a criminal record check.
Please note that this position is part of a random drug testing pool,
and employees are subject to random drug testing in accordance with
company policies and applicable laws.
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