Groundskeeper - Natural Areas and Trails - Part Time

Full Salary Ranges:$15.14 - $18.93 Hourly

Anticipated Hiring Ranges: $15.14 - $17.04 Hourly

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The City of Greeley is proud to offer a robust benefits package in addition to your wages. This package includes health and wellness retirement savings discounted access to Greeley facilities and more.

Benefits: This position is benefits eligible. Please view our benefits guidehere.

Job Summary:

The Natural Areas & Trails division within the Citys Culture Parks and Recreation Department manages over 1000 acres of natural areas and the citys 30-mile trail system including over ten miles of the regional Poudre River Trail. This new and growing division is seeking innovative creative and motivated professionals to join the team to strive toward the divisions vision of a community connected to nature.

The Natural Areas & TrailsPart Time Groundskeeperposition assists the Natural Areas & Trails Division with various maintenance and management practices in the Citys natural areas. Primarily duties include daily trailhead cleaning & stocking services and cycle-scheduled maintenance of vegetation in City natural areas along trail corridors dog parks and other public grounds. Groundskeepers have a high level of public interaction/inquiries about property conditions amenities wildlife & management projects. This position also aids in amenity installations & guided volunteer projects. Rain or shine there is always something to do.

Hours/Schedule:

• Typical Schedule: 7:00a.m. - 3:30 p.m. 3-5 Days/Week M-F.

Experience Knowledge Skills:

Minimum Requirements:

• Must be 18 years old.
• Must possess a valid drivers license with 2 years of driving experience.

Preferred:

• One (1) or more years experience with native landscape maintenance or parks/forestry maintenance.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to operate pickups be trained to tow trailers.
• Ability to operate machinery such as power tools string-trimmer edger lawnmower brush-mower blower and/or be trained for UTV/ATV 72 industrial riding mower small tractors with implements brush chipper chainsaw rowboat.
• Ability to plant and water trees & shrubs pruning using proper techniques.
• Ability to work as a team member as well as independently.
• Interpersonal skills including the ability to facilitate interaction communication and teamwork between others.
• Ability to prioritize work meet deadlines and stay on task when completing special projects and daily assignments.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and reliable professional judgment as well as collaboratively with a team to achieve desired results.

Essential Functions:

• Communicates effectively with staff and members of the public.
• Follows workplace safety rules at all times identify & report unsafe conditions.
• Works in a team setting and accomplishes tasks independently.
• Cleans trailhead daily.
• Maintains vegetation.

Work Environment and Physical Requirements:

• Work outside with exposure to ALL weather elements- Sun Heat Cold Wind Hail.
• Long periods of time involved in performing landscape maintenance duties amenity cleaning property cleanup digging painting/staining.
• Exposure to noise dirt dust chemicals plant allergens and thorns insects.
• Cleanup roadside litter storm debris downed trees flooding mudslides rock-falls.
• Exposure to trash dog feces living and deceased wildlife stagnant water.
• Property grounds of varying topographical & vegetation cover conditions including shortgrass prairie water bodies wetlands streams and rivers and irrigation canals.
• Maintenance of concrete and soft-surface trails primitive paths gravel roads and parking lots.
• Limited access to on-grid power drinking water restroom cell reception and lunches and breaks may be and out in the field away from facilities.
• Manual labor prolonged standing kneeling bending & walking climbing ladders & stairs.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds on a frequent basis traveling across uneven ground.
• Ability to lift arms above shoulder level to manipulate and/or move objects.
• Ability to lift up to 65 pounds infrequently.
• Manual dexterity enough to operate hand & power tools.
• Vision enough to perform above functions drive read printed instructions.
• Hearing enough to take note of cautionary alarms/alerts and/or warning callouts.

EOE Statement:The City of Greeleyprovides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.

ADA Statement: We are committed to an inclusive and barrier-free search process. We provide accommodations for applicants requesting accommodation through the search process such as alternative formats of this posting. Individuals with disabilities in need of accommodations throughout the search process should contact the ADA Coordinator at: .

Conditions of Employment: Candidates must successfully complete all pre-employment screenings and employment eligibility verification. Pre-employment screenings include a drug test a background and national sex offender search a motor vehicle record search and for some positions a physical demands evaluation. For more information about City policies and practices during the recruitment process including but not limited to EOE Reasonable Accommodation and pre-employment screenings please visit our career pageHERE.