Are you passionate about nature, maintaining beautiful green spaces, and ensuring a clean, safe park experience for visitors? Metroparks is hiring a Wide Area Mower Assistant to help us keep our parks pristine and welcoming. Whether you’re mowing, edging, or trimming, you'll play a key role in preserving the natural beauty of our community parks! 

POSITION DESCRIPTION: Wide Area Mower Assistant        

POSITION GOAL: To provide a clean, safe, and natural park experience for visitors by performing lawn maintenance activities including: mowing, edging, blowing and trimming.

CLASSIFICATION: Hourly - Seasonal 

COMPENSATION: $13.50 per hour. Employer and employee contribute to Public Employees Retirement System.

SCHEDULE: Monday - Friday *No weekends!

REPORTS TO: Park Services Supervisor or Park Services Crew Leader

DIRECT REPORTS: None

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform basic lawn maintenance including mowing, edging, blowing and trimming.
• Perform various cleaning and maintenance duties including cleaning restrooms, picking up litter and trash removal.
• Purchase materials with supervisor approval.
• Safely drive park on-road and off-road vehicles with trailers between work assignments on park trails and roadways; exhibit proper regard for avoiding damage to vehicles and resources.
• Operate equipment with supervision; exhibit proper care and maintenance of equipment.
• Comply with all safety rules and regulations.
• Guide new employees in similar types of positions on the performance of certain tasks by demonstration and providing information.
• Keep supervisor or designee fully and accurately informed concerning work progress, present and potential work problems.
• Suggest improvements for work processes and procedures.
• Attend trainings, meetings, and workshops to learn new skills and keep up to date on Metropark communication.
• Respond to customer questions, comments and suggestion in a courteous and timely manner.
• Maintain proper work appearance.
• Use MS Outlook to send and receive email communication
• Other Park District duties as assigned.

EQUIPMENT USED: Mowers, service and utility vehicles, power and hand tools, safety equipment; on-road and off-road vehicles including large and small trucks with trailers, golf carts and ATVs.

MINIMUM POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

Alternates to the following position requirements may be made as Metroparks finds appropriate and acceptable.

Education: High School Diploma or equivalent.

Experience: Some landscape and/or lawn mowing experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Must be 18 years of age and possess a valid driver’s license with acceptable driving record.
• Knowledge of basic home and maintenance safety procedures.
• Knowledge of basic home and yard maintenance activities and procedures.
• Some knowledge of the proper operating procedures for home and garden equipment.
• Ability to learn how to drive a truck and trailer.
• Ability to communicate well with others.
• Able to understand and follow oral and/or written policies, procedures and instructions.
• Able to use logical and creative thought processes to solve problems.
• Willingness to support Metroparks mission, operating principles, goals and objectives. 
• Ability to get along well with others and work as a part of a team.
• Ability to perform a wide variety of duties and responsibilities with speed and accuracy under the pressure of deadlines.
• Basic knowledge of operating computer equipment and utilizing e-mail communication preferred.

Working Conditions/Physical Requirements:

• Work schedule: Up to 40 hours per week; occasional evening and holiday.
• Term of employment varies from March through December based on need.
• Requires regular lifting up to 40 lb. and occasional lifting up to 60 lb.; will work mostly outdoors in most weather conditions.
• May require business use of personal vehicle.
• Work locations: Providence, Farnsworth, Side Cut, Oak Openings, Blue Creek Metroparks.

Metropark Toledo is an Equal Opportunity Employer