About Our Job

With competitive pay great benefits and endless opportunities working for the City and County of Denver means seeing yourself working with purpose for you and those who benefit from your passion skills and expertise. Join our diverse inclusive and talented workforce of more than 11000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver Denver.

What We Offer

The City and County of Denver offers a competitive salary commensurate with education and experience. The starting pay for this position is $20.06 /hour - $25.08/hour. We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees which include but are not limited to:

• A guaranteed life-long monthly pension once vested after 5 years of service

• 457B Retirement Plan

• 140 hours of PTO earned within first year 11 paid holidays 1 personal holiday and 1 volunteer day per year

• Competitive medical dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date

Location

Denver Parks and Recreation (DPR) is seeking a Parks Utility Worker I to support park maintenance operations in Denvers East district. This position will work Monday Friday 6:00 a.m.2:30 p.m. and will work some weekends to accommodate special events/projects or respond to snow removal. To see a map of the parks within this district please click here.

What Youll Do

This is a full-time benefited position that will perform a wide variety of general park maintenance duties including restroom maintenance and janitorial duties. This position is an opportunity for a proven high-performing park professional to take the next step in their career.

DPR recognizes the importance of diversity in the representation of our organization to best serve our customers and community. To that end DPR is committed to:

• Examining department policies and processes that value diverse perspectives and eliminate barriers to inclusion

• Identifying where inequities exist and implementing strategies to ensure equitable outcomes

• Strengthening diversity in Parks and Recreation services by transforming policies to institutionalize equity

• Reinvesting in resources aimed at ensuring DPR is an equitable and just organization

Specifically as a Utility Worker I you will:

• Perform restroom maintenance and janitorial duties

• Perform general park maintenance duties such as trash removal vandalism repair and graffiti removal

• Work outdoors in parks using and maintaining various hand-powered tools and motorized equipment in a safe and efficient manner

• Provide a focus to supporting park operations involving small to large permitted parks events

• Landscape maintenance duties such as:

  • Turf maintenance (e.g. laying sod fertilizing mowing edging raking)

  • Irrigation (minor maintenance repair troubleshooting and use of central control systems)

  • Ornamental/garden maintenance (planting weeding minor pruning)

• Perform infrastructure maintenance and repair such as fencing asphalt concrete trails work grade work/erosion control

• Interact with and learn alongside more seasoned park maintenance generalists and/or specialists such as Irrigation Maintenance Technicians Horticultural Workers Park Horticulturists and other experts in unique green industry fields and skilled trades work

• Perform snow removal operations such as plowing shoveling and de-icing

• Perform other duties as assigned

What Youll Bring

We value diversity of ethnicity race socioeconomic status sexual identity gender religion language ability and experience and exemplify this through the makeup of our team at all levels. Youll be right at home here if you cultivate strong relationships and push yourself your work the people around you and Denver to the next level.

We are seeking a reliable and driven individual who is looking to grow and develop on a foundation of sound park maintenance skills. Our ideal candidate will enjoy working outside be adept with safety considerations and is eager to learn a variety of functions. Additionally our ideal candidate will have:

• Parks maintenance experience

• Proficiency with various hand-powered tools and motorized equipment

• Experience with and willingness to apply chemicals

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Education: None

• Experience: None

• Licensure/Certification(s): Requires a valid Drivers License at the time of application. Licenses and certifications must be kept current as a condition of employment

Application Deadline

This position is expected to stay open until May 22nd 2026. Please submit your application as soon as possible and no later than May 22nd 2026 at 11:59 p.m. MST

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The City and County of Denver provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability genetic information age or any other status protected under federal state and/or local law.

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