Parks Specialist II - Trades and Construction

Parks Specialist Ii

The Parks Specialist II position leads three or more full-time employees in daily park maintenance activities and operates independently in providing journey-level maintenance, repair, diagnosis, trouble-shooting, construction, fabrication and preventive maintenance in a public park setting. This position requires technical skills, experience and knowledge in the area of park maintenance. Accountable for activities and ensures services or products comply with written procedures, engineering drawing, specifications, contracts, industry standards and statutory codes and requirements.

Essential Functions :

• Leads and oversees the daily maintenance activities of three or more Park Technician I or II or Park Helper employees, which includes : assigning work tasks and ensuring maintenance activities are completed as delegated;
• Performs quality control analysis on equipment, supported systems, turf management, ball field preparation, and all other park assets included in assigned property;
• Performs journey-level tasks of the parks and recreation specialization;
• Conducts on-the-job training for assigned staff and performs all essential functions of Park Technician I or II or Park Helper;
• Maintains comprehensive activity, operations, service and usage records on supported vehicles, equipment and systems;
• Prepares oral and written activity reports;
• Identifies common and abnormal conditions and diseases of turf grasses, trees, ornamental shrubs and directs remedial actions;
• Monitors contracted employee performance;
• Performs skilled maintenance in environmentally-sensitive locations, historic restorations, fencing, equestrian complexes, camping facilities, ponds, trails, adobe buildings, habitat restorations, erosion prevention and control of invasive species.

Minimum Qualifications :

Completions of an industry-recognized apprenticeship program in a Parks & Recreation specialization appropriate to assigned duties AND one year of journey-level experience in the same trade, craft or operations area of required expertise. (Relevant five years of journey-level experience in the trade, craft or operational area of required expertise may substitute for completion of a recognized apprenticeship program.) OR : One (1) year experience with Pima County as a Parks Specialist I. (Relevant experience and / or education from an accredited college or university may be substituted.) Qualifying education and experience must be clearly documented in the "Education" and "Work Experience" sections of the application. Do not substitute a resume for your application or write "see resume" on your application.

Preferred Qualifications : (Be specific in describing your experience in your application. Ensure the descriptions provided illustrate your competencies, specifically addressing the required and preferred qualifications.) Minimum two (2) years experience in landscape / park maintenance, turf, irrigation, ball field care, plant care, vegetation management, weed identification / control, and / or playground maintenance. Minimum one (1) year experience with trail, pathway, hardscape and / or soft path maintenance (ex-asphalt, concrete, decomposed granite and earthen). Minimum one (1) year experience in general building maintenance to include plumbing, masonry, painting, light car