Posting number: 05517
Department: Parks and Recreation
Job classification: Member Crew
Posting type: Open
Categories: Parks and Recreation, Miscellaneous, Parks, Grounds & Landscaping
If you have submitted an application previously for this recruitment, you need "NOT" apply again. All applications are still under consideration.
Estimated Hiring Salary Range: $41,600-$43,922. Full Salary Range: $41,600 - $59,734
We offer an outstanding benefits package that supports your well-being.
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8 am-4:30 pm, rotating weekends
The Greensboro Parks and Recreation Department is a nationally accredited department and four-time National Gold Medal Award winner for Parks and Recreation Excellence. We are committed to enhancing our department's existing assets; expanding our offerings through strengthening partnerships and creating transformational programs; and connecting communities with a vibrant, healthy, and equitable park system. We are seeking talented and enthusiastic individuals, with positive attitudes, strong work ethic, and passion for making a difference in Greensboro. If this sounds like a vision and commitment that you share, please consider the opportunity below.
As a crew member of the Municipal Cemeteries Section, you will participate in a variety of skilled and unskilled maintenance tasks associated with the field operation and maintenance of the City of Greensboro’s four (4) municipal cemeteries. Your duties will include performing all ground maintenance tasks, operating specialized lawn care and/or grounds maintenance equipment to include: commercial mowers, dump trailers, tractors, backhoe, trenchers, line trimmers and power tools. This position will also assist in opening and closing graves for interments. The cemetery crew member will perform daily cemetery clean up and set up tasks such as placing signs for services, providing assistance to vault companies and funeral homes as needed, emptying trash receptacles, removing dead floral arrangements and prohibited items from graves, cleaning up storm debris, general policing and cleaning of grounds for trash, assist in pesticide and fertilizer application programs, water line repairs, construction projects (carpentry), welding, and small engine repair.
The physical duties include standing, stooping, climbing, walking on uneven surfaces, shoveling and heavy lifting up to 50 lbs. Work is performed outside in all weather conditions. Work schedule includes rotating weekend coverage. This job is classified as service critical and employee will be subject to emergency call out for situations such as snow and ice removal or storm clean up. Class A Commercial Driver’s License is required within the first six (6) months of employment.
Women, Minorities, and Veterans Are Encouraged to Apply!
This job is Non-Exempt and is subject to the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
The City of Greensboro works with the community to improve the
quality of life for residents through inclusion, diversity, and trust. The
City has a professional staff of more than 3,000 employees who
maintain the values of honesty, integrity, stewardship, and respect.
Greensboro is governed by a council-manager form of government with
a mayor and eight council members.
For more information on the City, call 336-373-CITY (2489).
Description
We exist to partner with the community to build the desired quality of life for Greensboro. All of our actions are guided by our commitment to and measured by our success in building public trust and the future we and the community desires.
General Information
Greensboro is a city in of North Carolina. It is the third-largest city by population in North Carolina and the largest city in Guilford County and the surrounding Piedmont Triad metropolitan region. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, Greensboro's population stands at 269,666.
