Maintenance Worker

Pay Rate: $17.11 - 21.31/hr

Job Posting Closing on: Friday, October 29, 2024

Workdays & Hours: We have a vacancy for our City Wide Mowing. Work Schedule:  6:30 am to 3:00 pm, 40 hours per week, schedule varies.

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities, and much more.

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.

A Maintenance Worker - Citywide Mowing job is available with the City of Fort Worth Park & Recreation Department. The Park and Recreation Department maintains more than 200 parks and public spaces citywide as well as providing recreational activities and educational programming that makes Fort Worth a great place to live, work and play.

We have a vacancy for our City Wide Mowing. Work Schedule:  6:30 am to 3:00 pm, 40 hours per week, schedule varies.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma/GED and no experience required.
• Valid Driver’s License.
• Must pass physical and drug test.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Landscape maintenance experience.

The Maintenance Worker - Citywide Mowing job responsibilities include:

• Perform a variety of construction and maintenance activities in the completion of assigned divisional services and operations.
• Operate a variety of hand and small power tools and equipment such as push mowers, weed eaters, shovels, rake, trucks, pick axes and various other equipment in support of a variety of maintenance and construction operations.
• Perform grounds maintenance duties such as mowing grass, operating a weed eater, removing and trimming shrubbery, raking leaves and removing trash.
• Clean debris from ditches, culverts, and creek beds; collect and haul trash, garbage, debris, dirt, sand and gravel; backfill jobs as required.
• Perform additional construction and maintenance tasks such as grading, pouring concrete, asphalt, spreading, and fill­ing potholes.
• Work with and around heavy construction equipment; complete and assist in strenuous repair, installation, or construc­tion activities.
• As assigned, operate medium and light equipment such as tractors, riding mowers, frontend loaders, truck, trailers and various other equipment in support of a variety of maintenance and construction operations.

Working Conditions

Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, walking, repetitive motions, climbing, balancing, pushing, pulling and lifting; depending on assignment. Incumbents may be exposed to moving mechanical parts, odors, dusts, poor ventilation, chemicals, oils, extreme temperatures, inadequate lighting, intense noises, gases, vibrations, chemicals, oils and workspace restrictions.

Physical Demand

Heavy Work – Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly having to move objects.