Grounds Maintenance

JThis is a temporary position that may go permanent. Effective July 15, 2019, the City of Dayton adopted the Tobacco and Nicotine Free Hiring Policy (HR 1.03). Applicants offered employment with the City will be required to pass a nicotine screening.

Purpose

To provide growing season facility and grounds maintenance and/or to assist in various leisure time programs during a growing season. During the season there may be days were work is not available due to rain and there may be additional days to make up for rain days.

Examples of Work Performed

This is a multi-incumbent seasonal classification. Work locations can be indoors and/or outdoors, but will be primarily outdoors in all weather conditions. Incumbent works individually or as a member of a crew. Work is performed under close supervision until work is familiar to the employee. After that, the employee works without direct supervision.

Primary functions include but are not limited to performing special assignments related to Public Works operations; performing maintenance duties as required to ensure program success and to provide a clean and safe working environment.

Primary outside maintenance work roles include but are not limited to parks, athletic fields, vacant lots, highways, roadways, cleaning rest rooms; operating various pieces of mowing equipment; maintaining soil and plants; minor painting; replacement of playground equipment parts or units; fence repair; minor carpentry; horticultural practices at a greenhouse or nursery or cleaning park facilities; tree removal; trash pick up, and festival set-up. Operates and performs minor maintenance on tractors and accessories which includes driving a pick-up and trailer combo, small motorized equipment and hand tools. Limit on lifting is 60 pounds.

City of Dayton supervision will provide training on all equipment that will be required to be used.

Required Knowledge, Abilities and Skills

Incumbent is expected to stay abreast of...