Job Description

Do you love fresh air, community events, beautiful parks, and leading awesome teams? Are you the kind of person who notices crooked playground signs, dead grass spots, or overflowing trash cans before anyone else does? Then we want YOU on our team!

Cottonwood Heights Parks & Recreation Service Area is looking for an energetic, hands-on, people-first Parks Supervisor to help keep our parks safe, beautiful, welcoming, and running smoothly year-round. This is more than mowing grass and fixing sprinklers — it’s about creating spaces where memories happen.

Position Title: Park Supervisor

Position Characteristics: Non-seasonal Benefitted full time position, 11 paid holidays, 1 personal day, accrued PTO (80 hours per fiscal year) and sick leave (120 hours per fiscal year), Utah Retirement Systems non contributory Retirement, 401K match, 457 match, Company Sponsored Health/Dental/Life Insurance, FREE Family Ultimate Membership, family friendly atmosphere. Primarily weekday shifts however an occational evening, Saturday, Sunday, or holidays may occur.

Position Reports To: Parks Manager

Positions Directly Supervised: Groundskeepers, Park Workers

Position Purpose:

Responsible for maintaining Service Area parks and grounds efficiently so as to provide a clean, safe, and comfortable atmosphere for patrons. Park Supervisors will be assigned to a specific area: Butler Park & Recreation Center, Bywater Park, Mountview Park, Antczak Park, and City Areas. He/She may also be assigned as a Project Leader. Complete refurbishing and cleaning duties as assigned by Parks Manager or Executive Director. Perform regular turf acre, complete daily maintenance of all courts and athletic fields, and schedules maintenance crews as needed.

Nature and Scope:

This position requires attention to detail, good physical health and strength, and the ability to work well independently. Incumbent must be able to operate all related equipment and machinery and possess good time management skills in order to successfully execute this position.

Essential Functions and Basic Duties:

1. Assume responsibility for effectively and efficiently maintaining Service Area grounds and parks.
2. Park Supervisors will be assigned to an Area to supervise. Areas include: Butler Park & Recreation Center, Bywater Park, Mountview Park, Antczak Park, and City Areas.
3. Inspect the turf irrigation system regularly. Check for proper operations and repairs as needed.
4. Care for turf areas regularly. Mow, edge, trim, prune, weed, spot water, and perform other duties as necessary.
5. Complete refurbishment and major cleaning duties as assigned by Parks Manager or Executive Director.
6. Maintain ball diamonds, soccer fields, tennis courts daily.
7. Inspect and perform minor repairs on playground equipment.
8. Clean restrooms and pavilions daily.
9. Inspect ground and facilities to ensure a safe environment.
10. Assume responsibility for establishing and maintaining effective working relations with area personnel and with management.
11. Schedule maintenance crew activities as necessary to ensure a clean and safe park atmosphere.
12. Attend staff meetings as required.
13. Keep management well informed of area activities and of any significant problems.
14. Assist area staff as needed.
15. Maintain a current and accurate inventory of tools and supplies.
16. Assume responsibility for other duties as assigned.
17. Follows established safety procedures.
18. Keeps work area clean and free of clutter.
19. During the off season (Novemeber-February), will assume the duties of Visual Maintenance and refurbishment as assigned by the Parks Manager. These duties will also include snow removal and scheduled hours will be adjusted to meet the needs of Service Area.
20. Assume responsibility for supervision of Groundskeeper and Park Worker.
21. Ensure that each park is efficiently managed.
22. Ensure all safety procedures are being followed by the Groundskeepers and Park Workers.
23. Inspects playground equipment, ball diamonds, grounds, restrooms, and pavilions for cleanliness and safety.

Performance Measurements:

1. Service Area parks are safe, comfortable, and well-maintained.
2. Turf areas are cared for regularly and effectively.
3. Preventative maintenance is performed as scheduled on lawn equipment.
4. Scheduling of maintenance crews is efficient and effective.
5. Management is well informed of area activities.
6. Safety procedures are followed in accordance with established standards.

Requirements

Qualifications:Training/Education/Certification:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Valid Driver’s License and a copy of their Motor Vehicle Record to be provided prior to employment.
• Approved Criminal Background Investigation check if over 18 years of age.

Required Knowledge:

• Familiar with a wide variety of power driven machinery and gas powered lawn equipment.

Experience Required:

• Minimum of 1 year turf management experience.
• Experience in building or landscaping preferred.
• Experience as a leadsman or foreman or equivalent of 1 year supervisory experience.

Skills/Abilities:

• Good physical health and strength.
• Good organization skills.
• Able to work evenings and weekends.
• Basic mechanical and handyman abilities.

Working Conditions:

• Works both inside and outside. Subject to weather.
• Must work in extreme heat for more than an hour. Temperatures above 100 degrees.
• Must work under hazardous conditions including high places, chemical exposures, electrical current, moving machinery, exposure to blood, etc.

Mental Activities and Requirements of this Position:General Education-Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed, involved instructions and to deal with problems involving several concrete variables.General Education-Mathematics Ability: Ability to perform very basic math skills including adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing two digit numbers; to perform the four basic arithmetic operations with coins as part of a dollar; to perform operations with units such as inch, foot, and yard; ounce and pound (or their metric counterparts).General Education-Language Ability: Ability to recognize the meaning of 2,500 (2 and 3 syllable) words; to read (by sight or Braille) at a very slow rate; to compare similarities and difference between words and between series of numbers. Ability to print and communicate in simple sentences.

Physical Activities and Requirements of this Position:

Climbing: Including ladders, scaffolding, ramps, poles, etc. Amount and type of climbing is more than that needed for ordinary movement.

Balancing: May involve walking, standing, crouching on narrow, slippery or moving surfaces.

Stooping: Bending downward and forward at the waist. Requires full use of lower extremities and back muscles.

Kneeling: Resting on knee or knees.

Crouching: Bending downward and forward at the leg and spine.

Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

Standing: For extended time periods.

Walking: Especially for short distances.

Pushing: Using upper body to draw, drag, haul, or tug objects.

Pulling: Using upper body to draw, drag, haul, or tug objects.

Lifting: Occurs frequently and requires substantial use of upper body and back muscles.

Finger Dexterity: Pinching, typing, etc., primarily with fingers only.

Talking: Especially when one must frequently convey detailed or important instructions or ideas accurately, loudly, or quickly.

Grasping: Using fingers and palm on an object.

Hearing: Able to hear average or normal conversations and receive ordinary information.

Seeing: Average, ordinary, vision acuity necessary to prepare or inspect documents or products, or operate machinery.

Physical Strength: Very heavy work, exert more than 100 lbs. of force occasionally and/or more than 50 lbs. frequently, and/or more than 20 lbs. regularly.

OPEN UNTIL FILLED; WILL BEGIN REVIEWING CANDIDATES JUNE 1, 2026.