Job Description

Salary and Benefits

Parks Maintenance Worker II Starting Salary Range: 26 ($28,067/year)

Individuals hired in this position have the opportunity to progress up to $42,101/year, which is the maximum salary for this position as of December 2019.

Benefits: Full City Benefits Package. The City of St. George covers 100% of the premiums for the High Deductible health plan for full-time employees and their qualified dependents. New hires also receive 2 weeks of vacation time during their first year of employment, one of which is available to the employee the first day of employment. To find out more about our benefits package, please visit our website at careers.sgcity.org.

Position Summary

Provides specialized care of the parks, right-of-ways, cemeteries, and building grounds for the City of St. George.

Essential Functions (Essential functions, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following tasks, knowledge, skills, and other characteristics.  The list of tasks is illustrative only and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by positions in this class.)

1.    Patrols assigned parks, trails, recreation areas, cemeteries, and facilities performing maintenance and repairs to assure proper functioning of equipment.

2.  Maintains, cleans, repairs, and paints pavilions, playgrounds, restrooms, picnic tables, barbeques, and other park or cemetery features.

3.  May measure and mark burial plots in the cemetery prior to grave opening, ensure grave site is properly prepared for burial and properly closed after burial, including operating backhoe and excavating burial sites.

4.  May assist in selling cemetery plots, answering inquiries and complaints from the public, researching cemetery records, and supplying information regarding cemetery functions.

5.  Waters, mows, and plants lawns with power or hand equipment; plants and prunes trees and bushes; and sprays and cultivates shrubs, trees, turf, and flowers.

6.  Repairs broken water lines or valves. Replaces and/or installs pipes, heads, valves, pumps, and time clocks as necessary to maintain watering system.

7.  May operate single and dual transmission trucks (including 10-wheel dump trucks), tractors, loader, gang mowers, rotary mowers, backhoe, grader, fork lift, front end loader, trencher, lift truck, water truck, and other power equipment incidental to job.

8.  Applies fertilizers, pesticides, and insecticides to turf, trees, shrubs, and flowers.

9.  Supervises seasonal employees as directed.

10. Provides safety training and oversight for seasonal employees as needed.

11. Performs preventative maintenance and checks on power equipment used.

12. Assists with set up and take down for special events, such as the St. George Marathon.

13. Performs other related duties as required.

Typical Physical/Mental Demands/Working Conditions

Outdoor work with exposure to hot, cold, wet, humid, or windy conditions caused by the weather.  Moderate physical activity exerting up to 20-50 pounds of force occasionally and/or 10-25 pounds of force frequently. Uncomfortable working positions such as stooping, crouching, and bending.  Exposure to elements such as heat, cold, dampness, fumes, noise, dust, or grease.  Risk of bodily injury is moderate under normal conditions.  May have disagreeable elements such as appearance of work place, poor ventilation, or uneven temperatures.  Occupational safety and health hazards may be encountered under controlled conditions.  Some exposure to hazardous materials such as fumes, pesticides, cleaning agents, etc. and to high levels of noise.  Exposure to stress as a result of human behavior.

Note:   Requires working extended or irregular hours such as weekends, nights, and holidays.