Description
If this sounds like you, the Montgomery County Department of Parks, Northern Parks Division, is the place you want to be! We are currently seeking multi-faceted, highly motivated individuals to fill the role of Senior Parks/Facilities Maintenance Worker at Olney Manor Recreational Park.
The Olney Manor, Recreational Park Area, contains 44 parks, 50 athletic fields, 28 basketball courts, two (2) community garden, two (2) dog park, one (1) golf course, one (1) equestrian center, four (4) handball court, one (1) nature center, fifteen (15) picnic shelter, 50 outdoor tennis courts, and one (1) park activity building. The area is also responsible for the inspection, repair, and surface maintenance of 36 playgrounds. Under the supervision of a Parks/Facilities Maintenance Leader, this role performs park and maintenance work involving considerable responsibility, complexity, and variety. The successful candidate will support various park maintenance programs and perform a variety of general park maintenance tasks such as equipment operation, routine ground maintenance, playground repairs, trash removal, local athletic field renovation and maintenance, trail maintenance, and tree planting, pruning, and aftercare by working with other team members. The ideal candidate should possess skills to operate light automotive and motorized power equipment; trucks, tractors with attachments, large riding mowers, loaders, forklifts and apply chemical pesticides. Position requires working days, nights, and weekends.
The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) is a six-time National Recreational and Parks Association Gold Medal Award Winner, has a career staff complement of nearly 800 employees, and we serve a diverse population of more than one million residents in the Washington, DC area. We manage 419 parks on over 37,100 acres of parkland. Visit our website to learn more: https://www.montgomeryparks.org/
Please Note: The salary range listed above represents the earning potential for this position. Salary is commensurate with education and experience.
- Competitive Employment Sign on Bonus and Employee Referral Program available until December 31, 2024 (commensurate with education, experience and other MNCPPC eligibility criteria). Check out our website to learn more.
- Very flexible benefits package!
- All applicants to this job posting will be considered for this and future Senior Parks/Facilities Maintenance Worker job openings for 6 months or until all qualified candidates have been exhausted from this job posting. At that time, a new job posting may be available for application to future openings.
Examples of Important Duties
- Operate riding mowers and tractors with attachments to mow parks, ballfields, and brush.
- Operate trucks, non-CDL truck and trailer combinations, non-CDL trash trucks, front-end loader, backhoe, skid steer, non-CDL 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.
Important Skills and Characteristics:
- Knowledge of work procedures, steps and standard tasks and techniques for routine (1) grounds maintenance and trails maintenance; (2) landscaping; (3) basic building maintenance and custodial work processes; (4) safety procedures; (5) cleaning agents, procedures, and equipment; (6) pesticides and fertilizers and their applications; and (7) Commission organization, policies and procedures*.
*Knowledge is typically acquired or fully developed by on-the-job training in this job class.
- Skill and ability to (1) operate hand and power tools, chainsaws, and power saws, woodchippers, push and riding mowers, small tractors with attachments, small trucks or vans with small trailers; (2) operate various computerized software programs; (3) provide courteous service; and (4) perform First Aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED).
- Skill in problem solving to select, organize and logically process relevant information (verbal, numerical or abstract) to solve a problem.
- Skill in communication to understand verbal and written information (including facts, descriptions and ideas) and to express such information so that others will understand. Examples include reading and understanding labels; and reading and writing routine reports and correspondence.
- Interpersonal skills to interact effectively and establish and maintain effective working relationships as a member of a team.
Minimum Qualifications
- Pass Commission medical examination.
- 18 years of age.
- Two (2) years of experience in groundskeeping, building maintenance or park maintenance, semi-skilled 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.
