RECREATION MAINTENANCE WORKER I (SEASONAL) - DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS - City of Manchester, NH

Grade 10

Pay Range: $14.99/hr

General Statement of Duties:

Performs safety, operational, and maintenance activities within an assigned area of the Parks, Recreation and Cemetery Department; performs related work as required; performs directly related work as required.

Examples of Essential Work:

• Performs light to heavy labor tasks, including shoveling and moving snow, chopping ice, sweeping floors, mopping up spills, emptying garbage cans and hauling the collected waste;
• Plants, waters, fertilizes, cultivates, mows and rakes grass;
• Trims fence lines and the banks of drainage ditches;
• Collects litter and debris;
• Uses hand tools such as picks, shovels and rakes;
• Operates power equipment, including chain saws, edgers, weed eaters, push and riding mowers, and field painters, snow gun, and mechanical ski lift;
• Maintains assigned work areas in a safe and usable manner and enforces facility and safety rules;
• Inventories assigned areas and informs supervisor of any needed repairs and/or maintenance;
• Cleans, weeds and mulches flower beds, and waters as appropriate;
• Prunes shrubbery as necessary;
• Cleans and paints concession stands, field houses and related Parks, Recreation and Cemetery facilities;
• Repairs windows, doors, plumbing and other fixtures;
• Performs manual tasks in the installation of water lines, irrigation systems, fencing, flag poles, benches and picnic tables;
• Constructs and maintains pitcher’s mounds and related components of athletic fields;
• Loosens, levels and maintains dirt infields and baselines;
• Prepares playing fields through measuring and applying paint or marble dust;
• Installs and maintains soccer goals, outdoor basketball posts, football goalposts, bleachers, gates, fencing, backstops and netting;
• Repairs worn areas of playing areas by cultivating, leveling grades and/or replacing grass;
• Prepares athletic fields for competition by setting out bases or related equipment as needed;
• Monitors and maintains equipment in a safe operating condition and reports all damages to supervisor;
• Checks and maintains air, oil, fuel, spark plugs, mower blades, tires etc.;
• Cleans equipment and work area;
• Removes grass for replanting over completed graves;
• Digs graves according to specifications;
• Covers open grave with plywood until the ceremony is held and the burial is complete;
• Sets up tents and all related equipment for burials;
• Fills and settles graves and installs markers and vases;
• Performs various cashier assignments, including selling tickets, collecting cash payment, making change for cash transactions, counting money in cash till, and keeping daily account balances of cash received and tickets sold (ice guards only);
• Performs various clerical tasks, including answering phones, providing information to the public and simple record keeping as required in assigned area;
• Prepares reports such as public attendance reports, incident and accident reports, and minor injury reports as required in assigned area;
• Resolves conflicts, complaints and public relations issues as required in assigned area;
• Locks up and secures facilities upon completion of event;
• Provides needed information and demonstrations concerning how to perform certain work tasks to new employees in the same or similar class of positions;
• Keeps immediate supervisor and designated others fully and accurately informed concerning work progress, including present and potential work problems and suggestions for new or improved ways of addressing such problems;
• Attends meetings, conferences, workshops and training sessions and reviews publications and audio-visual materials to become and remain current on the principles, practices and new developments in assigned work areas;
• Responds to citizens’ questions and comments in a courteous and timely manner;
• Communicates and coordinates regularly with appropriate others to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of interdepartmental operations and activities;
• Performs other directly related duties consistent with the role and function of the classification.

Acceptable Experience and Training:

• Graduation from High School or possession of a GED; and
• Some experience in ski areas, ice arenas, park facilities and other related areas; or
• Any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to perform the work.

Required Special Qualifications:

• None.