Maintenance Technician (Grounds & Landscaping)

JOB

Work, Serve, Thrive. With the City of Durham

Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.

A nationally accredited team of passionate professionals devoted to building better lives and a better community through the power of parks and recreation. Our talented team at Durham Parks and Recreation is devoted to community service and provides a diverse range of programs, services, opportunities, and experiences while being united through our core pillars of creating equitable economic impacts; advancing conservation; rejuvenating health and wellness; enhancing quality of life and sustaining social equity.

Hiring Range: Starting at $52,190.00/year

Hours: Monday - Friday 6:30 am - 3:00 pm (some evenings and weekends required)

Position to provide professional landscaping and grounds keeping services for City of Durham parks through the performance of semi-skilled and skilled labor and technical work. Perform standardized work following prescribed procedures and instructions, while completing tasks independently. There is an established and specified routine to be followed, and decision-making is limited with minimal consequence on overall operations. EXAMPLE OF DUTIES • Cleans and maintains grounds including maintaining plant beds, trees and shrubs, mowing grass, trimming weeds and applying fertilizers and chemicals.

• Cleaning, maintaining, and repairing fields, facilities, park amenities, and equipment.
• Operating commercial mowing and landscaping equipment (zero turn mowers, reel mowers, trimmers, edgers, blowers, and other handheld landscaping equipment).
• Turf care, athletic field, and/or ballfield maintenance including the operation of athletic field maintenance equipment including tractors, ballfield groomers, artificial turf grooming equipment, and aerators.
• Trail cleaning and minor maintenance.
• Special event setups/dismantling, athletic field lining/painting for athle...