Overview

Position Title:Contract Maintenance Worker

Company:City Of Aurora

Location:Aurora, CO

Job Description:

Parks, Recreation, and Open Space are seeking motivated, positive people with a passion to learn and excel, people who want to give back and make a difference, people who want to be at the heart of this city and have a hand in creating its future.

The position of Contract Parks Worker supports the Parks, Recreation, and Open Space’s vision of connecting with the community and being acknowledged as an essential service defining the quality of life in Aurora. When you join our team you will be able to employ your unique skills and passion to undertake important and meaningful work within the urban park’s environment that is critical to the success of our department and to the City of Aurora as a whole.

Responsibilities:

  • Operates, maintains, and performs preventative maintenance repairs on hand and power tools, vehicles, and equipment used for this function
  • Fertilizes and aerates turf
  • Coordinates and monitors assigned temporary employees
  • Learns from and assists skilled workers in performing required activities
  • Plants flowers, trees, and shrubs
  • Maintains turf
  • Maintaining grounds and facilities
  • Perform additional duties as assigned
  • Performing routine custodial maintenance
  • Entering data; preparing logs and records
  • Assists with snow removal activities
  • Assists work crews in the installation, repair, and maintenance of parks, irrigation lines, parks facilities, and other City facilities and structures
  • Loads and unloads tools
  • Apply Mulch to shrub beds
  • Operating motorized vehicles and equipment
  • Clears limbs and branches
  • Apply top dressing to turf
  • Operation and minor repair of equipment infrastructure, tools, and/or related items
  • Maintaining an inventory of equipment and supplies
  • Perform unskilled or semi-skilled maintenance and/or operational activities in building streets, parks, or in assigned area of responsibility

Requirements:

  • Heavy physical work requiring ability to lift a maximum of 100 pounds with or without assistance
  • Frequent lifting and carrying of objects weighing up to 50 pounds
  • Considerable walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, climbing
  • Regular pushing, pulling, and bending
  • Hand/eye and foot/eye coordination to operate mowing and other motorized equipment
  • Hearing and listening for receiving and interpreting information and warning signals
  • Vision to read operating manuals and instructions to read operating manuals and instructions