Parks Maintenance Superintendent | Jonesboro, AR

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  • Location: Jonesboro, AR

  • Company: City Of Jonesboro

is responsible for assisting in the maintenance and activities of the recreation facility to which they are assigned. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES1. Responsible for the overall safety and beauty of Jonesboro's parks and related facilities they are assigned.

Duties include, but are not limited to: inspection and evaluation of the parks, checking equipment for hazards. This duty is performed daily.2. Responsible for the maintenance of the park grounds and facilities. Must respond to work orders generated by citizen requests, City Administration, Parks Director as needed. Duties include, but are not limited to: pruning, mowing, weed eating, digging, planting, trail building, cleaning

facilities, raking leaves, painting, sweeping, and edging. This duty is performed daily.3. Responsible for the maintenance of the equipment used to maintain the grounds and facilities.

Duties include, but are not limited to checking oil and grease in small engines and trucks, replacing mower blades, cleaning equipment, cleaning and organizing the park shop. This duty is performed daily.4. Develop a plan to maintain the natural and landscaped beauty of parks facilities including developing a regular mowing schedule, implement fertilization and chemical programs for turf and landscape and develop a plan for irrigation maintenance. This duty is performed as needed.5. Performs supervisory

duties such as delegating tasks to seasonal workers. Duties include, working with seasonal workers to make sure tasks are being completed, disciplining and praising employees, problem solving, maintaining some employee records.

This duty is performed daily.6. Make purchases and solicit bids, receives, stores and issues equipment and supplies. This duty is performed as needed.7. Responsible for assigned park or cemetery facilities, equipment, and vehicle. This duty is performed daily.8. Oversee stock and supplies and ensure employees have the resources they need to complete their tasks. This duty is performed weekly.9. Perform regular inspections of buildings, playgrounds and infrastructure to ensure safety for public.

This duty is performed monthly.10. Educate employees and ensure a safe work environment for employees and park patrons. This duty is performed daily.11. May render emergency first aid as necessary. This duty is performed as needed.12. May operate off-road park or cemetery equipment and use hand tools. This duty is performed as needed.13. May be required to drive park or cemetery department vehicles. This duty is performed as needed.14. May be required to use appropriate safety equipment for protection of self or the public. This duty is performed as needed.15.

Operating a city vehicle is required for the essential functions.16. Other related duties as assigned.17. Perform any other related duties as required or assigned. QUALIFICATIONSTo perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty mentioned satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCEBroad knowledge of such fields as accounting, marketing, business administration, finance, etc. Equivalent to a four year college degree, plus 3 years related experience and/or training, and 12 to 18 months related management experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

COMMUNICATION SKILLSAbility to effectively communicate information and respond to questions in person-to-person and small group situations with customers, clients, general public and other employees of the organization. MATHEMATICAL SKILLSAbility to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

CRITICAL THINKING SKILLSAbility to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of known variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram formats. REQUIRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONSArkansas Plant Board non-commercial applicator license for turf and ornamentals; valid driver’s license PREFERRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONSNot indicated. SOFTWARE SKILLS REQUIREDBasic: Contact Management, Word Processing/Typing INITIATIVE AND INGENUITYSUPERVISION RECEIVEDUnder direction where a definite objective is set up and the employee plans and arranges own work, referring only unusual cases to supervisor.

PLANNINGConsiderable responsibility with regard to general assignments in planning time, method, manner, and/or sequence of performance of own work, in addition, the work operations of a group of employees, all performing basically the same type of work. DECISION MAKINGPerforms work operations which permit frequent opportunity for decision-making of minor importance and also frequent opportunity for decision-making of major importance, either of which would affect the work operations of small organizational component and the organization's clientele.

MENTAL DEMANDVery close mental demand. Operations requiring very close and continuous attention for control of operations which require a high degree of coordination or immediate response. Operations requiring intermittent direct thinking to determine or select the most applicable way of handling situations regarding the organization's administration and operations; also to determine or select material and equipment where highly variable sequences are involved. ANALYTICAL ABILITY / PROBLEM SOLVINGDirected.

Supervisory and/or professional skills using structured practices or policies and directed as to execution and review. Interpolation of learned things in moderately varied situations where reasoning and decision-making are essential. RESPONSIBILITY FOR WORK OF OTHERSCarries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities may include but not limited to interviewing, hiring and training employees; planning, assigning and directing work; appraising performance, rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Supervises a small group (3-7) of employees, usually of lower classifications. Assigns and checks work; assists and instructs as required and performs same work as those supervised, or closely related work, a portion of the time. Content of the work supervised is of non-technical nature, but presents numerous situations to which policies and precedents must be interpreted and applied. Supervises the following departments: RESPONSIBILITY FOR FUNDS, PROPERTY and EQUIPMENTOccasionally responsible for organization's property where carelessness, error, or misappropriation would result in moderate damage or moderate monetary loss to the organization.

The total value for the above would range from $150,000 to $1,000,000. ACCURACYProbable errors would normally not be detected in succeeding operations and could possibly affect organization-patron relationship, involve re-work, or additional expenditures in order to properly resolvethe error. The possibility of such errors would occur quite frequently in performance of the job. May also cause inaccuracies or incomplete information that would be used in other segments of the organization as a basis for making subsequent decisions, plans, or actions.

ACCOUNTABILITYFREEDOM TO ACTDirected. Freedom to complete duties as defined by wide-ranging policies and precedents with mid to upper-level managerial oversight. ANNUAL MONETARY IMPACTThe amount of annual dollars generated based on the job's essential duties / responsibilities. Examples would include direct dollar generation, departmental budget, proper handling of organization funds, expense control, and savings from new techniques or reduction in manpower. Very small. Job creates a monetary impact for the organization up to an annual level of $100,000.

IMPACT ON END RESULTSModerate impact. Job has a definite impact on the organization's end results. Participates with others in taking action for a department and/or total organization. PUBLIC CONTACTRegular contacts with patrons where the contacts are initiated by the employee. Involves both furnishing and obtaining information and, also, attempting to influence the decisions of those persons contacted. Contacts of considerable importance and of such nature, that failure to exercise proper judgment may result in important tangible or intangible losses to the organization. EMPLOYEE CONTACTContacts with other departments or offices and also frequently with individuals in middle level positions; consulting on problems which necessitate judgment and tact in presentation to obtain cooperation or approval of action to be taken.

Also, important contacts with associates as required in advanced supervisory jobs. USE OF MACHINES, EQUIPMENT AND/OR COMPUTERSRegular use of complex machines and equipment (desktop/laptop computer and software, road and production machines and equipment, driver's license/cdl, etc. )WORKING CONDITIONSOutside working environment, wherein there are extremely disagreeable working conditions most of the time (e.

g. hot mix paving in constant sun). ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONSThe following work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the functions of this job, the employee is continuously exposed to outdoor weather conditions; regularly exposed to work near moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles; occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. PHYSICAL ACTIVITIESThe following physical activities 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 and expectations. Moderate diversity, moderately physical. Work activities which allow for a moderate amount of diversity in the performance of tasks which requires somewhat diversified physical demands of the employee.

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, talk or hear; frequently required to walk; and occasionally required to sit, climb or balance. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds; regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision; distance vision; and depth perception. ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONNot indicated.

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