Parks & Forestry/Plymouth Ice Center Maintenance Worker

Parks & Forestry (May-October)
Perform a wide variety of semi-skilled and skilled tasks independently or as a team member. Tasks involve the maintenance, repair, and construction of parks, trails, buildings, horticulture, and arboriculture using equipment designed for recreation and city facilities.
Plymouth Ice Center (November-April)
Perform a wide variety of corrective and preventative maintenance and repair for ice arena facility and equipment under little or no supervision. Tasks involve the cleaning, maintenance and repair of ice arena surfaces, facilities and equipment.

Provides exceptional customer service to internal and external customers.

• Constructively exchange information with city staff and managers; keep immediate supervisor promptly informed of developments in areas of accountability to foster coordinated program efforts
• Help to create and maintain a respectful workplace culture and champion diversity and inclusion.
• Interact with city staff, contractors, and general public in a manner that is professional and inspires open communication; professionally respond to inquiries, requests and complaints
• Participate in citywide training designed to strengthen competencies in areas such as communications, leadership, decision-making and problem solving.

• Assist in reforestation program including the determination of planting locations, installation and maintenance of plants in accordance with industry best practice standards.
• Properly identify tree diseases, hazards, and infestations
• Perform routine trail and boulevard trimming to assure safety.
• Perform applications of chemicals on trees, invasive and other plant materials.

• Remove snow from trails, walks, parking lots and streets using but not limited to shovels, blowers, plows, and larger equipment.
• Plow, sweep, shovel, and flood ice rinks

• Perform scheduled inspections and maintenance on bridges, boardwalks, playground, beaches, hard surface courts, retaining walls, trails, park buildings and other park amenities.
• Inspect and repair play areas.

• Install and inspect goals and nets.
• Layout and paint field lines
• Drag and prepare infield and pitching mounds.

• Plan for the event including equipment and supply acquisition, site preparation and other duties.
• Dismantle site and event equipment and supplies.
• Provide event support as duties become apparent.

• Reports all equipment damage or accidents immediately in writing.
• Perform daily or routine maintenance on the various assigned equipment.

• Maintain building inventory and develop a protocol for cleaning, preventive maintenance reports, and routine inspections. Provide maintenance solutions to Plymouth Ice Center manager or supervisor
• Sweep, mop and vacuum as required; clean and disinfect all bathrooms; clean outdoor dumpster area; complete trash pick-up, disposal and proper recycling.
• Perform minor repairs and coordinate items requiring major repair; fix doors, shelves, faucets, toilets, drains, pumps and performs other minor carpentry work

• Maintain ice resurfacer to ensure consistent machine operation
• Assist in rink layout and painting of lines, and arena surfaces
• Operate ice resurfacer to achieve high quality, consistent skating surface; edge, shave, and resurface ice as needed for best facility operation

• Assist in training; give work direction to temporary part-time arena staff to ensure efficient facility operation
• Perform general attendant duties and provides support during special events; collect fees, answer questions about ice/skate rentals, sharpen skates and answer phones
• Help enforce rules, regulations and disciplinary action programs
• Help with concession set-up, cleaning, inventories and sales

• Monitors Plymouth Ice Center parking lot for maintenance and repair
• Maintain and makes changes to exterior signs
• Monitor contractual outdoor mowing
• Remove snow and ice from entryways, stairs, and walkways

• Monitors systems daily to assure consistent conditions
• Identify faulty equipment, plumbing, electrical, elevator, roofs and furnishings and repairs
• Maintain records on time, date and item repair using the appropriate software
• Maintains water treatment program for evaporation condenser
• Maintains batteries on resurfacer and other battery operated equipment

Minimum Qualifications

• Must have six months building, grounds, arboriculture and/or urban forestry maintenance experience or equivalent.
• Must have knowledge of the tools, methods and materials used in general maintenance work.
• Must demonstrate the ability to :
• Availability to work overtime and/or varying shifts to meet public service needs, including late evenings, early mornings, weekends and holidays
• Must have basic technology skills and have the aptitude to learn inspection and other parks and forestry applications.
• Must have six months building, grounds, arboriculture and/or urban forestry maintenance experience or equivalent.
• One year of ice maintenance experience

• Working knowledge of tree anatomy and biology; materials, equipment and methods used to plant and maintain trees; OSHA and ANSI safety standards for tree work.
• Ability to read and interpret plans, specifications, schematics, instruction manuals, blueprints related to the development and maintenance of gardens, park structures, trails and athletic play surfaces.
• One year experience related to arboriculture and/or urban forestry maintenance.
• Must have mechanical aptitude to perform routine maintenance on equipment.
• Certifications/Licenses:
• Ability to operate any and all types of parks, forestry and or asphalt maintenance equipment and hand tools (including sprayer, hedge trimmer, chain saw, forestry mower, sod cutter, field groomer, aerial bucket truck, woodchipper, log loader, pick-up truck, one-tone dump trucks, front end loader, Toolcat, backhoe, skid loader, roller, patching equipment and/or plow truck).
• Two years of ice maintenance experience
• Six months experience in tree felling using chain saws.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Physical Activities

• Occasional (sometimes required to perform the job): stationary desk or bench work with neck bent forward are usually required to perform the job.
• Frequent (usually required to perform the job): sitting, crawling (moving about on hands and knees), crouching (bending at knees), bending at waist, use of leg muscles over extended periods, overhead work (over shoulder height)
• Very Frequent (frequently required to perform the job): standing, walking, lifting, pushing/pulling, carrying, climbing, kneeling (bending leg at knee and resting on knee), reaching (extending hands and arms in any direction), handling objects (grasping, turning or otherwise using hands or hand), use of arm muscles over extended periods, repetitive hand motion

• The employee must be able to lift items up to 100 pounds occasionally.
• Items lifted/carried include items such as tools, ladders, buckets, branches, logs, paint, fencing lumber, 50lb bags, seed, fertilizer, blocks.
• The employee must be able to lift/carry items from 0 – 50 pounds.

• Working outdoors in varying weather conditions; working indoors; operating forklifts, machinery, or vehicles; working with chemicals; working near fumes/vapors; driving city vehicle to perform work functions; wearing/using respirators and other safety equipment.