Utility Worker 188209

HKA is working on behalf of Jacobs and this role is to support Jacobs’ work through HKA.

Responsibilities:

Performs a variety of tasks in the Parks and Cemetery Department including maintenance of equipment, mowing, ground maintenance and other duties as required per shift.

 Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintains parks, cemeteries and medians/parkways as required; keeps them free of weeds; maintains sprinkler systems and assists in the repair and installation of sprinkler lines and heads.
• Operates loader, backhoe, and snow plow.
• Sweeps, washes, paints, and repairs or replaces park tables.
• Performs a variety of interior and exterior building maintenance tasks such as painting, plumbing, carpentry, mechanical, grounds works and other unskilled and semi-skilled work as required.
• Plants lawn, trees, shrubs and flowers.
• Operates, maintains, and repairs tractors, mowers, chainsaws, weed eaters, light trucks, jack hammers, welders, trucks, steam cleaners, buffers, washers and other equipment as needed.
• Maintains current skills and knowledge in the proper and safe techniques of building and grounds maintenance functions.
• Collects and disposes of solid waste from buildings and grounds; picks up litter from premises.
• Opens and closes and locks and unlocks facilities as needed.
• Cleans snow from park parking lots, cemetery travel lanes and all public facility sidewalks and entrances as needed.
• Assists in setting up and taking down equipment for various park and recreation programs; prepares facilities for park and recreation program use.
• Assists in the construction of new park facilities including clearing, grading drainage, and foundation work.
• Operates a motor vehicle safely and legally.
• Maintains regular job attendance and adherence to working hours.
• Maintains complete and accurate records.
• Responds to after hour unscheduled projects and emergencies.
• Basic knowledge and ability to operate computers and software programs for word processing, spreadsheets, and other applications as required.
• Ability to measure and compute using metric units and ability to convert between English and metric systems.
• Ability to perform heavy manual tasks for extended periods of time; works safely; communicate effectively verbally and in writing; establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, other departments, and the public; and understand and carry out written and oral instructions.
• Follows all safety rules and procedures established for work areas.
• While performing the duties of this position, the employee is frequently required to stand, kneel, sit, communicate, reach and manipulate objects, tools or controls.
• The position requires mobility and ability to operate grounds maintenance equipment/vehicles. Duties involve moving materials weighing up to 30 pounds on a regular basis and may weigh in excess of 50 pounds.
• Manual dexterity and coordination are required over 50% of the work period while operating equipment such as hand and power tools, weed eater, chain saw, sprayers, etc.
• The majority of duties take place outside of buildings with exposure to all types of weather conditions and terrains on a year-round basis.

Qualifications:

• Possess a valid driver’s license
• Some knowledge of equipment, materials and methods used in grounds and facilities maintenance work and related safety precautions.