Salary : $39,313.00 – $60,510.00 Annually
Location : Durham, NC
Job Type: Full time with benefits
Job Number: 23-04328
Department: Parks and Recreation
Opening Date: 05/30/2023
Closing Date: 6/13/2023 11:59 PM Eastern
Position Description
Work. Serve. Thrive. With the City of Durham
Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.
A nationally accredited team of passionate professionals devoted to building better lives and a better community through the power of parks and recreation. Our talented team at is devoted to community service and provides a diverse range of programs, services, opportunities, and experiences while being united through our core pillars of creating equitable economic impacts; advancing conservation; rejuvenating health and wellness; enhancing quality of life and sustaining social equity.
Hiring Range: $39,313.00 – $42,526.00
Hours: Monday – Friday 6:30 am – 3:00 pm; evenings, weekends and some holidays will be required
Position devoted to providing landscaping services, collecting, transporting, and disposing yard waste/trash and custodial services. Maintaining and repairing Parks and Recreation fields and facilities, City property, and equipment. Incumbents perform standardized work following prescribed procedures and instructions, while completing tasks independently. Maintaining and repairing Parks and Recreation fields and facilities, City property, and equipment. Incumbents perform standardized work following prescribed procedures and instructions, while completing tasks independently.
Responsible for cleaning and maintenance of facilities and grounds; performing basic repairs under the supervision of higher-level staff. Operating commercial mowing and landscaping equipment (Zero Turn Mowers, Reel mowers, trimmers, edgers, blowers, and other handheld landscaping equipment) and responsibilities will be assigned at times relating to turf care, athletic field, and/or ballfield maintenance including the operation of athletic field maintenance equipment including tractors, ballfield groomers, artificial turf grooming equipment, and aerators. Special event setups, field layout and lining/painting for athletic events, and custodial experience in a public setting.
Duties/Responsibilities
- Maintains grounds including maintaining plant beds, trees and shrubs, mowing grass, trimming weeds, and applying fertilizers and chemicals. Cleans and maintains assigned facilitiesfacilities.
- Assignments can include athletic field and ballfield maintenance, dragging and lining athletic fields.
- Performs seasonal duties including snow and ice removal and picking up leaves and other trash.
- Performs basic repairs under the supervision of higher-level staff; performs manual and construction duties; inspects facilities and equipment for maintenance-related issues; reports issues to higher-level staff; and operates light equipment and vehicles, as assigned.
- Performs traffic control duties, including locating identified positions; installing signs; painting and maintaining pavement markings; loading, unloading, and setting up barricades; and directing traffic during special events.
- Maintains reports, records, logs, and other documents as assigned; provides shop assistance; and maintains inventories by stocking, monitoring, and/or ordering supplies. Completes service requests and work orders using City Works.
- Provides customer service, including responding to customer questions and concerns.
- Performs other duties of a similar nature and level as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications & Experience
- High School Diploma or equivalent (GED, HiSet, TASC).
- Two years of maintenance experience related to assignment.
- Valid, unrestricted, North Carolina driver’s license “or” if you currently have another state driver’s license, must be willing and able to obtain a valid NC driver’s license within 60 days of hire.
The City Encourages Diversity in the Workplace
Additional Preferred Skills
- North Carolina Class B Commercial Driver’s License.
- Ability to read and understand written instructions, understand simple processes, and understand the routine operation of machines.
- Experience using a smart phone.
- Willing to work a flex schedule (evenings, weekends, and/or holidays.
Benefits – General Full-Time Employees
- 11-12 paid holidays per year
- 12 standard work days of vacation per year
- 12 standard work days of sick leave per year, which accumulates indefinitely; sick leave may be used toward early retirement
- 2 weeks paid military leave per year
- Medical, dental, vision, and supplemental life insurance plans
- State and City retirement plans
- Short and long term disability plans
- Paid temporary disability leave for specified conditions
- City contribution of 10.15% into the N.C. State Retirement System
- Paid funeral leave
- Employee Assistance Program – personal and family counseling
- Paid life insurance equal to annual salary
- 48 hours for volunteer work each year*
- 4 hours parental leave each year
- Workman’s Compensation Insurance
- 457 Deferred Compensation Plans
Benefits – Part-Time (1,000 hours or more per year)
- 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary)
- State retirement plan
Benefits Part-Time (Average 30 hours per week over 12 month period)
- 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary)
- State retirement plan
- Health Insurance
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Where did you first hear about this opportunity?
- City of Durham Website
- Walk in
- Job fair
- Employee referral
- Professional organization ***Please list the organization in “other” box below***
- Internet posting ***Please list the specific web site in the “other” box below***
- Craig’s List
- GlassDoor
- governmentjobs.com
- Monster.com
- Indeed.com
- Employment Security Commission
- Magazine/Newspaper
- Other
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If you listed “other” above please give specific web site, organization, or publication.
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Do you have a valid, unrestricted, North Carolina driver’s license? (If you have a valid license from a State other than North Carolina, you must be willing and able to obtain a valid, unrestricted NC driver’s license within 60 days of hire)
- I have a valid, unrestricted NC driver’s license.
- I have a valid license from another State and I am willing to obtain a valid, unrestricted NC driver’s license within 60 days.
- I do not have a valid, unrestricted driver’s license.
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Please select your highest level of COMPLETED education.
- Less than a High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED, HiSET, TASC)
- High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED, HiSET, TASC)
- Associates Degree
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Master’s Degree
- PhD or Juris Doctorate
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How many years of related experience do you have?
- No related experience
- Less than 1 year of related experience
- 1 year but less than 2 years
- 2 years but less than 5 years
- 5 or more years
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I . . . . (check all that apply):
- have the ability to read and understand written instructions, understand simple processes, and understand the routine operation of machines.
- have experience using a smart phone.
- am willing to work a flex schedule (evenings, weekends, and/or holidays.
- No item above is applicable to me.
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Please indicate which level of valid, unrestricted, CDL (Commercial Driver’s License) license you currently possess?
- CDL A license
- CDL B license
- CDL permit
- No CDL license
Required Question