Parks Maintenance Technician at City of Durango, CO

About the Department

Join the City of Durango's Parks and Recreation Department as a Parks Maintenance Technician and help keep our city beautiful. You'll assist in the upkeep of city parks and open spaces by maintaining everything from landscaping, grounds, turf, and trails to irrigation systems and athletic fields.

You'll handle a variety of projects that change with the seasons and the needs of our community. This could mean anything from raking leaves and planting flowers to using light to heavy equipment for excavation and snow removal. We're looking for someone who is safety-oriented and can use their skills in carpentry, plumbing, and painting to maintain park amenities and playgrounds. You'll also represent the Parks and Recreation team, providing great customer service to city employees and the community.

Position Duties

What You’ll Do in This Role: 

• Maintain parks and grounds through a variety of tasks, including mowing, trimming, fertilizing, pruning, irrigating, excavating, and building and maintaining fences.
• Care for landscaping, including irrigating, removing weeds, raking leaves, and cultivating shrubs and trees.
• Test, diagnose, adjust, repair and replace irrigation system components and operation.
• Install and maintain park equipment.
• Operate power tools and heavy equipment, including wood saws, chainsaws, leaf blowers, weed trimmers, backhoes, dump trucks, farm tractors, and Toolcats.

Minimum Qualifications

You Have: 

• One to two years of experience in building and grounds maintenance.
• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• A valid state driver’s license and the ability to obtain a commercial driver’s license (CDL).
• Knowledge of irrigation system operation and repair.
• Knowledge of traffic laws, ordinances, and rules involved in heavy equipment operation.
• Commitment to following standard safety practices.

Other Qualifications

What We Can Offer You:

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance. 
• Ample personal time off (PTO) and 11 paid holidays.  
• 401(a) retirement plan and optional deferred compensation plan.   
• Basic life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) coverage.  
• Long-term disability coverage. 
• Paid Family and Medical Leave (FMLA). 
• Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP).  
• Free access to the Durango Community Recreation Center and Chapman Hill Ice Rink & Ski Area. 
• Holistic Employee Wellness Program, addressing physical, mental, financial, and professional well-being. 
• Free transit pass and family member discounts.  
• Reimbursement for job-related classes to foster continuous learning.  
• Sixteen hours of volunteer time off per year to support local non-profit organizations.

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