(Seasonal) Grounds Maintenance Worker Job at Huron-Clinton Metroparks, Harrison Township, MI

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  • Huron-Clinton Metroparks
  • Harrison Township, MI

Job Description

PAY RATE: $13.75 per hour (up to 600 hours per year or 120 days per season).

Eligible part-time employees will receive up to a $5.75 per hour retention bonus for all hours worked from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Additionally, eligible seasonal employees will receive a $0.60 per hour seasonal bonus for all hours worked. For details, click here .

GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES: Work activities in this position primarily involve the maintenance of park grounds.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES: The list below is intended to describe the general nature of duties only. Employee shall perform additional duties as assigned.

  • Plants and cares for trees, shrubs, and turf areas
  • Empties trash barrels
  • Cleans picnic areas, restrooms, and roadsides
  • Picks up litters using a prod, by hand, or machine
  • Operates push mower and weed whip to maintain lawn areas
  • Operates golf cart and utility vehicles
  • Operates 1 ton dump truck for park maintenance
  • Operates irrigation system where applicable
  • Operates light riding mower to maintain lawns

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Ability to use hand tools and power tools.
  • Ability to work in all weather conditions.
  • Ability to operate push/power driven mowers and other turf equipment.
  • Ability to work varied hours depending upon park demands.
  • Ability to traverse sandy, marshy or wooded areas with even or uneven terrain.
  • Ability to load, unload and move materials between work locations.
  • Ability to get along with co-workers, supervisors, and park visitors.
  • Ability to distinguish letters and symbols.
  • Ability to perform essential functions.

GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions.
  • Ability to apply knowledge of materials, tools, practices and methods of grounds maintenance. 
  • Ability to apply knowledge of turf maintenance & tree planting and care.
TOOLS & EQUIPMENT USED: Hand & power tools, golf carts, telephone, radio.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is routinely required to walk, sit, talk and hear. The employee is routinely required to use hands to handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is routinely required to run, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, or crouch and must have the ability to traverse sandy, marshy, or wooded areas with uneven terrain. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee routinely works in outside weather conditions. The employee may be exposed to heat, wet and/or humid conditions, chemicals, animals, foliage and vegetation, etc.

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Part time, Seasonal work

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