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Grounds Maintenance Specialist

2 months ago


Gainesville, Florida, United States City of Gainesville Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Grounds Technician IV to join our team at the City of Gainesville. This is a challenging and rewarding role that requires a strong background in laboring work, leadership, and maintenance and construction methods.

Key Responsibilities
  • Oversee field operations involving landscape maintenance and maintenance and construction activities within City Parks.
  • Provide leadership and knowledgeable guidance to crew members.
  • Perform skilled trail, grounds and landscaping work including pruning or trimming vegetation, pulling weeds, mowing, spraying or applying herbicide and fertilizer, raking or blowing leaves, edging curbs, loading trimmings onto truck, picking up trash and blowing or sweeping debris off parking lots and sidewalks.
  • Utilize a specialized knowledge of trees, shrubs, and bedding plants and horticultural practices to perform and oversee installation of city trees, shrubs, and bedding plants.
  • Operate motorized equipment such as mowers, tractors, frontend loader, backhoe trucks, dump trucks, and trailers used to transport materials and equipment to maintain parks, grounds, athletic fields and other areas.
  • Inspect and perform scheduled preventative maintenance on assigned equipment.
  • Perform excellent care and cultural maintenance of athletic fields.
  • Perform skilled upkeep, maintenance and the assembly and repair of recreation equipment.
  • Assist or perform skilled electrical, carpentry, plumbing, painting, concrete, and other trade work.
  • Perform excellent customer service by providing information and assistance to citizens who visit the City's parks or conservation areas.
  • Support City special events and programs by updating, repairing and caring for displays and exhibits, moving and lifting of heavy equipment, tables, and chairs, setting up barricades and other temporary traffic control devices, providing flagging services and cleaning up at the end of events.
  • Assist in moving and storing office equipment and cleaning and maintaining buildings and facilities.
  • Ensure park facilities are properly secured after normal hours and respond to emergencies and disasters.
  • Enforce compliance with building rules and regulations.
  • Participate as a member of a trained, professional prescribed burn team.
  • Participate as a member of a trained exotic pest plant control team.
  • Diagnose weed and pest problems within City landscapes and perform corrective measures.
  • Prepare and or enter work orders.
  • Perform skilled cemetery site location work.
  • Perform skilled pre- and post-burial site work.
  • Assist Cemetery Coordinator with general inquiries directed to the office, lot sales, diagramming lots, and genealogy requests.
  • Research cemetery ownership and perpetual care records relative to burials and schedules services as necessary.
  • Ensure all ownership and authorization processes are properly completed and obtains official documents.
  • Prepare daily work reports and visitor reports in a timely manner.
  • Train employees in cemetery field operations including rules and regulations, map reading and grave location procedures, equipment usage and methods of safe and efficient operations.
Requirements
  • Completion of high school or possession of an acceptable equivalency diploma, and three or more years experience in laboring work, with at least two years as a lead worker or supervisor including the use of hand and power tools and motorized equipment including trucks, trailers, mowers and tractors, equipment maintenance, repair and construction work.
  • A valid Florida Driver License is required, a class A or B CDL may be required at time of appointment or within 3 months of hire depending on job assignment and work location.
  • May be required to obtain and maintain CPR and First Aid certifications.
  • May be required to obtain and maintain certifications for: S:190/S-130, I-100 and Standards of Survival, and other specialized prescribed fire courses.
  • May be required to obtain Sawyer Certification, Natural Areas Weed Management Certification or other training required to conduct natural resource management maintenance.
  • May be required to obtain State of Florida Dept. of Corrections Inmate Training certification within 6 months of employment.
Selection Factors
  • Knowledge of types and uses of common hand tools, materials, and standard equipment used in maintenance, construction, and repairs.
  • Knowledge of horticultural practices and the tools and equipment used in landscape and grounds keeping.
  • Knowledge of maintenance and construction methods related to parks, athletic fields and recreation equipment and playgrounds.
  • Knowledge of precautions necessary to work safely with tools and mechanized equipment and around the public.
  • Knowledge of Florida native plants and non-native invasive species.
  • Ability to perform manual tasks involving physical strength and endurance under varying climatic conditions including working with herbicides and around smoke and extreme heat during prescribed burns.
  • Ability to work effectively with coworkers and the general public, including angry and/or abusive individuals.
  • Ability to read and understand detailed plans, complex work schedules and diagrams.
  • Ability to work independently with little supervision.
  • Ability to conform to grooming and dress codes (uniforms furnished).