Southeast Region Senior Park Worker

Make a positive impact on the community by joining the Johnson County Park and Recreation District team and help us enhance the lives of thousands through excellence in parks, recreation, culture, education, and public service. As a JCPRD employee, you'll be part of a locally, regionally, and nationally acclaimed organization that annually hosts nearly 7 million park visitors and engages nearly 3 million participants in 4,000+ programs. With excellent benefits, retirement plans, employee incentives, and a great organizational culture, JCPRD is building a thriving park and recreation system that inspires play, culture, and education, supporting healthy and fulfilling lives for all. Come work where you play!

This position performs routine and complex maintenance of Heritage Park and Southeast Region Parks.  A 1238-acre park located in the southeast region of Johnson County Parks and Recreation District.  These parks contain: shelters, multipurpose trails, restrooms, playgrounds, ponds, and a dog off-leash park.

Essential Duties:

• Assists in the planning, supervision and scheduling for the daily operation of multiple parks, streamways, and facilities within their respective region, with direct oversight and management of the park/facilities of their primary/assigned location. Oversees and coordinates the maintenance of all structures, buildings, vehicles and equipment, ensuring safety standards are maintained.
• Advises of materials and supplies needed to complete park maintenance and special projects within the region, and handles purchasing of such materials as needed.
• Assists in the planning, prioritizing, and completion of regional projects within specified time.
• Serves in the role manager in the region park manager's absence.
• Ensures effective execution of special event requests and special interest groups' park usage. Addresses and/or ensures appropriate resolution of customer issues, concerns and complaints.

Duties and responsibilities, as required by business necessity may be added, deleted or changed at any time at the discretion of management, formally or informally, either verbally or in writing.  Scheduling and shift assignments and work location may be changed at any time, as required by business necessity.

Minimum Job Requirements:

• Position performs park maintenance and field level supervision for JCPRD parks and facilities including but not limited to boat dock and ramp, restrooms, shelter house, picnic areas, playgrounds, hiking and biking trails, and other outdoor activities.
• This position assists the park manager in the performance and field level supervision of maintenance duties that includes-snow removal, mowing, trimming, weeding, trash disposal, cleaning of grounds, bathrooms, and picnic shelters.
• The position also routinely provides daily direction regular maintenance and repairs on irrigations systems, vehicles, tractors, small engines, water line repairs, electrical, carpentry, and other related duties.
•  High school diploma or equivalent.

Preferred Job Requirements:

• Five years’ experience in parks and recreation with field supervisory experience.

Education/Experience Substitutions:

  Yes          Experience may be substituted for degree.

  Yes          Education may be substituted for experience.

Physical, Environmental, and Special Working Conditions:

• Sensory abilities, including special vision and/or hearing.    
• Excessive standing and/or walking: 50 %
• Exposure to extreme temperatures.
• Exposure to fumes and/or chemicals.           
• Exposure to heights.
• Exposure to loud noises.
• Lifting 50 lbs.
• Weather essential job
• Uniform Required
• Travel required 25% local and 5% outside of county.                                                    

JCPRD requires reference/background screening for all positions.  Specified criteria may vary by Department.