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Ready to lead a crew that keeps Mansfield’s parks beautiful and functional? Join us as a Parks Crew Leader and bring your skills in supervision, outdoor maintenance, and equipment operation to help maintain spaces our community loves!
Salary Range:
$48,555.00 - $57,797.00/Annual
$23.34 - $27.78/Hourly
Under general supervision of the Park Operation Supervisor, plan and direct skilled maintenance work in the City’s parks and City’s properties. Supervise subordinate tradespersons.
EXAMPLES OF WORK TO BE PERFORMED:
- Plan and direct maintenance and repair work on a regularly scheduled basis without direct supervision.
- Assist crews in the planning and execution of their assignments providing technical assistance as required.
- Train new workers in acquisition of skills and knowledge necessary to the adequate performance of duties.
- Tamp, pack, and level dirt, asphalt, or other material.
- Load and unload materials and equipment.
- Trim trees, pick up and load brush onto a truck.
- Cut grass using a push, power or tractor mower, or power trimmer.
- Perform light maintenance, aquatic water testing, and construction duties.
- Occasionally operate an oil or dump truck or other light equipment.
- Perform such other duties as may be assigned.
OTHER DUTIES:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- Extensive knowledge or training of the methods, tools, and equipment of assigned trades area.
- Working knowledge of the methods, tools, and equipment of other maintenance functions.
- Ability to supervise the work of others.
- Ability to analyze problems and plan solutions.
- Ability to maintain records on materials needed and used.
- Ability to operate mower, weed eater, edger, chainsaw, spreader, blower, trench shovels, pruning tool, plug pusher, cup changer, rake, and machinery tools.
- Ability to work in extreme cold, heat, temperature swings, outdoors, indoors; exposure to the sun, and mechanical hazards.
- Ability to read and converse in the English language and hear clearly.
- Carry, hold, lift, pull, and push 50 lbs.
- Clean, climb, crawl, kneel, sit, squat, stoop, twist, and walk in performing duties.
- Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs.
- Ability to work outside in extreme weather conditions (very hot or cold), bend, stoop, walk through brush or entangled areas.
REQUIRED EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Valid Texas operator’s license.
DESIRED TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:
- Previous supervisory experience preferred.
ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL FUNCTIONS:
The physical activity of this position
- Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized.
- Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling and walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces.
- Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.
- Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
- Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
- Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.
- Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
- Particularly for sustained periods of time.
- Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another, or walk through brush or entangled areas.
- Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
- Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
- Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
- Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
- Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
- Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
- Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
- Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.
- Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
The physical requirements of this position
- Very heavy work. Exerting in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or in excess of 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
The visual acuity requirements including color, depth perception, and field vision.
- The worker is required to have visual acuity to operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment.
The conditions the worker will be subject to in this position
- The worker is subject to environmental conditions. Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes.
- The worker is subject to outside environmental conditions. No effective protection from the weather.
- The worker is subject to both environmental conditions. Activities occur inside and outside.
- The worker is subject to extreme cold. Temperatures typically below 32° for periods of more than one hour. Consideration should be given to the effect of other environmental conditions, such as wind and humidity.
- The worker is subject to extreme heat. Temperatures above 100° for periods of more than one hour. Consideration should be given to the effect of other environmental conditions, such as wind and humidity.
- The worker is subject to noise. There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above ambient noise level.
- The worker is subject to vibration. Exposure to oscillating movements of the extremities or whole body.
- The worker is subject to hazards. Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals.
- The worker is subject to atmospheric conditions. One or more of the following conditions that affect the respiratory system of the skin: fumes, odors, dust, mists, gases, or poor ventilation.
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES
The City of Mansfield complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and it is our policy to ensure that no person is discriminated against based on their disability. The City of Mansfield offers equal employment opportunity to qualified individuals and strictly prohibits the discrimination against qualified individuals on the basis of disability. The City of Mansfield shall provide reasonable accommodates to applicants and employees who are otherwise qualified to perform the essential job duties when doing so does not create an undue hardship for the city.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
The City of Mansfield provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. The City of Mansfield is mandated by federal law to provide a drug-free working environment for the safety of its employees and the public. All employment is contingent upon passing a post-offer employment drug test and /or physical.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $23.34 - $27.78 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
