Salary: $16.39 Hourly
Location : Parks & Recreation, GA
Job Type: Full-Time Regular
Job Number: 2023-00000142
Department: Parks & Recreation
Division: Aquatic Center
Opening Date: 07/05/2023
Closing Date: 10/6/2023 11:59 PM Eastern
Major Duties and Responsibilities
- Places fences at special events; sets up stages, podiums, flags, and stairs.
- Mows grass, operates a weedeater, edges grass, and blows leaves.
- Assembles bleachers, benches, and permanent trash cans.
- Installs, maintains, and repairs barbecue grills.
- Prepares sports fields for games and tournaments; marks fields; adjusts endzone goal posts to proper width for college or high school games.
- Applies fertilizer to sodgrass.
- Plants trees and shrubs.
- May inspect, install, maintain, and repair playground equipment.
- May order parts and supplies; may transport parts and equipment to work sites; may maintain tools and equipment.
- May install, maintain, and repair basketball goals, nets, and poles.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Knowledge of the methods and techniques used in park maintenance activities.
- Knowledge of the techniques used in the maintenance of assigned equipment.
- Skill in the installation, repair, and maintenance of playground equipment.
- Skill in problem solving and decision making.
- Skill in the operation of hand and power tools.
- Skill in oral and written communication.
- Ability to read, write, and perform basic mathematical calculations.
Minimum Educational and Training Requirements
Knowledge and level of competency commonly associated with the completion of specialized training in the occupational field, in addition to basic skills typically associated with a high school education. Sufficient experience to understand the basic principles relevant to the major duties of the position, usually associated with the completion of an apprenticeship/internship or having had a similar position for one to two years. Must possess a valid driver’s license.
Physical Requirements
The work is typically performed while intermittently sitting, standing, bending, crouching, walking, or stooping. The employee occasionally lifts light and heavy objects, climbs ladders, uses tools or equipment requiring a high degree of dexterity, and must be able to distinguish between shades of color.
- Balancing – maintain equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching.
- Crouching – bending body forward by bending leg, spine.
- Feeling – perceiving attributes of objects by touch with skin, fingertips.
- Grasping – applying pressure to object with fingers, palm.
- Handling – picking, holding, or working with whole hand.
- Hearing 1 – perceiving sounds at normal speaking levels, receive information.
- Hearing 2 – receive detailed information, make discrimination in sound.
- Kneeling – bending legs at knee to come to rest at knees.
- Lifting – raising objects from lower to higher position, moving objects side to side, using upper extremities, back.
- Manual Dexterity – picking, pinching, typing, working with fingers rather than hand.
- Mental Acuity – ability to make rational decisions through sound logic, deductive reasoning.
- Pulling – use upper extremities to exert force, haul or tug.
- Pushing – use upper extremities to press against objects with force, or thrust forward, downward, outward.
- Reaching – extending hands or arms in any direction.
- Repetitive Motion – substantial movements of wrists, hands, fingers.
- Speaking – expressing ideas with spoken word, convey detailed, important instructions accurately, concisely.
- Standing – for sustained periods of time.
- Stooping – bending body downward, forward at waist, with full motion of lower extremities and back.
- Talking 1- expressing ideas by spoken word
- Talking 2 – shouting to be heard above ambient noise.
- Visual Acuity 1 – prepare, analyze data, transcribing, computer terminal, extensive reading.
- Visual Acuity 2 – color, depth perception, field of vision.
- Visual Acuity 3 – determine accuracy, neatness, observe facilities/structures.
- Visual Acuity 4 – operate motor vehicles/heavy equipment.
- Visual Acuity 5 -close acuity for inspection of small defects, machines, use measurement devices, or fabricate parts.
- Walking – on foot to accomplish tasks, long distances, or site to site.
The work is typically performed in throughout the facility. The employee is exposed to noise, dust, dirt, grease, machinery with moving parts, and irritating chemicals. Work may be performed outdoors where the employee may be exposed to cold or inclement weather.
Part Time/Temporary Positions: There are no benefits associated for these positions.
The Columbus Consolidated Government is proud to offer an exceptional compensation and benefits package. Benefits include the following:
- Low-cost Medical Insurance
- Prescription Drug Plan
- Dental Plan
- Vision Plan
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Life Insurance
- Supplemental Life Insurance
- Long Term Disability
- Credit Union
- Direct Deposit
- 11 Paid Holidays
- Vacation Leave
- Sick Leave
- PERK Time Off
- Retirement Plan
- Supplemental Retirement Plan
- Free and Discounted Services
- Employee Assistance Program
Take advantage of these free and discounted City Services offered to all City Employees.
- Discounted Movie Tickets
- Free Notary Services
- Ride a Metra Bus for Free
- Free Mulch
- Free Fire/Safety Home Inspection
- Sunray Cleaners discounts
- Adopt a pet for Free from Animal Control
- Driver’s Training for Employee Dependents
- Oxbow/Bull Creek Golf Course discounts
- River Center Discounts
- Cell Phone Carrier Discounts
Retirement Plan
The Columbus Consolidated Government offers a defined benefit retirement plan to eligible employees who work in General Government and in Public Safety. Employees in the pension plan must meet both age and years of service requirements to qualify for retirement. The current vesting period is ten years, and the current pension contribution rate is 8% of your gross salary.
Supplemental Retirement Plan
The Columbus Consolidated Government offers a Deferred Compensation Plan or supplemental retirement plan that is tax deferred. This plan allows employees to contribute a portion of their salary, before federal and state taxes, to a retirement account. Your compensation is more than a paycheck, it allows you to plan for your financial future as well.
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Which best describes your level of education?
- No High School Diploma
- GED
- High School Diploma
- Technical College
- Some College
- Associate’s Degree
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Master’s Degree
- Doctorate’s Degree
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How many years of work experience do you have as a Parks Maintenance Worker or in a related field?
- None
- 0 – 1 year
- 1 – 3 years
- 3 – 5 years
- 5 years more
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Do you possess a valid driver’s license?
- Yes
- No
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Do you have any work experience with the methods and techniques used in park maintenance activities and maintenance of assigned equipment?
- Yes
- No
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If you answered, “yes” to the question above, please explain. If you answered, “no” just type in n/a.
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Do you have any work experience with installation, repair and maintenance of playground equipment and with the operation of hand and power tools?
- Yes
- No
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If you answered, “yes” to the above question, please explain. If you answered, “no’ just type in n/a.
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