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Gloucester County Government Park Maintenance Technician in Gloucester, Virginia
Gloucester County is currently accepting applications for a Park Maintenance Technician position. This role is essential to maintaining the integrity and appearance of our parks, recreational facilities, athletic fields, and other landscaped areas, ensuring a safe and welcoming environment for our community. Under general supervision and direction, performs a variety of landscaping and maintenance duties in the care and maintenance of our parks, athletic fields, playgrounds, landscaped areas, and facilities throughout the County. Work involves using a variety of procedures, equipment and supplies to maintain shrubs, trees, turf, athletic fields, fences, playground equipment and facilities. May guide, direct and monitor the work of volunteers and/or other employees assisting with grounds upkeep.
Reports to Park Maintenance Supervisor.
Job Highlights:
- Performs a variety of landscaping and grounds maintenance duties to include mowing, aerating, seeding, applying herbicides and pesticides, fertilizing, planting, watering, etc.
- Maintains athletic fields.
- Safely uses chain saws to cut down and/or remove dead or fallen trees throughout parks.
- Opens parks and collects trash in athletic fields, landscaped areas, surrounding areas, parking lots, and public boat landings.
- Cleans restrooms, portable toilets, picnic shelters and other park facilities.
- Inspects and maintains playground equipment.
- May guide, direct and monitor the work of volunteers and/or court appointed individuals, or other employees assisting with grounds upkeep.
- Performs preventive maintenance and routine repair on tools and equipment as needed to attain serviceability.
- Repairs picnic tables, benches, fences, playgrounds, etc.
- Safely operates vehicles, trailers, tractors, infield groomers and common hand tools at work sites.
- Assists in the breakdown of stages, tables, chairs, supplies and equipment for special events and tournaments.
- Assists with designing landscaping plans to include the selection of appropriate plants, flowers, and trees for parks.
- Assists in maintaining Safety Data Sheets for each park.
- Performs other duties as assigned.