Maintenance Worker 1 Grounds Parks

Burlington County Resource Conservation Division of Parks has an opening for a fulltime Maintenance Worker 1 Grounds.

This position is responsible for basic park maintenance duties including landscaping groundskeeping and event set-up/breakdown.

Under supervision performs routine work in the care and maintenance of outdoor areas such as park grounds recreational areas lawns playgrounds and plant beds including tree work fall clean-ups and snow/ice response; maintains and repairs park infrastructure such as benches and fences; participates in event set-up and breakdown; operates and performs minor maintenance on a variety of equipment tools and machinery used to care for and maintain grounds; performs trash management and other related maintenance duties as required.

Work hours: Monday through Friday 7am 3:30pm pm plus mandatory and voluntary overtime; this is an essential personnel position.

REQUIREMENTS:

AGE: minimum of 18 years of age

LICENSE: Appointees must possess a drivers license valid in New Jersey.

EDUCATION: Graduation from high school vocational high school or possession of an approved high school equivalency certificate.

EXPERIENCE: One (1) year of experience in landscaping or park maintenance including operation of ride-on equipment and trailer towing.

PREFERRED: Related course work certification or degrees in one of the following areas: turfgrass horticulture groundskeeping park and recreation management.

SALARY: $41916.35

Interested applicants should send resume to . Please put Parks - Maintenance Worker 1 Grounds in the subject line.