Public Services Seasonal Laborer

Department: Public Services

Supervisor: Water/Wastewater Manager or Public Works & Facilities Manager

Salary/Wage Range: $15.82 $20.42 based on experience

Application Deadline: April 15 2025

Under direct supervision of the Electric Manager Public Works & Facilities Manager Recreation Manager or Water/Wastewater Manager/Supervisor the Public Services Seasonal Laborer performs routine unskilled and semiskilled work in the maintenance of parks lawns grounds and recreation areas; cleans and maintains equipment and facilities and other related functions as assigned or apparent.

To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position. The Essential functions listed below are intended as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them if the work is similar related or a logical assignment to the position.

Essential Functions of the Job:

• Operates power mowers or small tractors with attached mowers to cut grass on fields expressways courts streets parkways and other grounds and facilities.
• Plants transplants and trims trees shrubs and flowers.
• Drags and marks athletic fields and courts installs and maintains athletic field equipment.
• Cleans restrooms picnic pavilions facilities vehicles and equipment.
• Operates tractors pickup trucks brush chippers chain saws lawn mowers trimmers and other powerdriven equipment and tools.
• Performs other manual labor such as digging ditches mixing cement vacuuming and brushing outdoor pool walls and floor and cleaning trash from streets and grounds.
• Assists in inspection and abatement.
• Supports special events.
• Assists in locating utilities jetting and maintenance of storm and sanitary sewer and painting hydrants.
• Performs physical demands and work environment requirements for this position.
• Attends regularly scheduled work hours and outside regular hours as necessary.
• Effectively and respectfully communicates and interacts with other employees supervisors individuals from other organizations and citizen customers.
• Performs other related functions as assigned or apparent to achieve the goals and objectives of the Public Services Department.

Equipment Used:

This position utilizes a wide variety of motorized and electric hand tools and equipment as well as vehicles including:

• Small hand tools
• Floor scrubber
• Mops and brooms
• Vacuum
• Mowers and whips
• Trimmers
• Pickups
• Blower
• UTV

Minimum Qualifications:

Must be at least 18 years of age.

Preferred Qualifications:

Previous experience in a related position.

Conditions of Employment:

• Must possess a valid Minnesota Drivers License or the ability to obtain within thirty days of employment with the City.
• Must satisfactorily pass a criminal background examination.
• Must comply with organizational and departmental policies.

Work Schedule:

The typical schedule will be 7:00am 4:00pm Monday Thursday and 7:00am 1:30pm on Friday. Weekends as necessary 8:00am 12:00pm.

Work Environment/Physical Demands:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position requires the employee to work alone with others around others and have contact with the public. This position will work inside outside in confined spaces and on uneven ground. This position may be exposed to the following: dust dirt fumes gases chemicals and other substances noise pressurized equipment moving objects heat extreme heat cold extreme cold wetness humidity and marked changes in wetness/humidity. Activities that will occur continuously more than 7 hours are: hearing. Activities that will occur frequently 4 to 7 hours are: standing seeing with near and far vision. Activities that occur occasionally 1 to 3 hours are: sitting walking bending/stooping squatting kneeling pushing handling use of feet/foot for repetitive movements use of right foot left foot and both feet at the same time talking seeing with depth perception and carrying and lifting up to 24 pounds. Activities that occur infrequently up to 60 minutes are: crawling; crouching pulling twisting climbing staircases and heights reaching at above and below shoulder level with the right shoulder left shoulder and both shoulders at the same time fine manipulating; sense of touch seeing with accommodation color vision and field of vision/peripheral vision and carrying and lifting up to 75 lbs. This position will require the ability to drive a vehicle.

This job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.