Preservation Park Maintenance Supervisor na City of Jacksonville, FL

About the Department

Are you looking for a position with a work/life balance? Do you want to earn four (4) weeks off during your first year of employment? Do you want low and no cost health insurance options? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you need to complete your application now. Work for the city you love!!!

The Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department is actively seeking a Preservation Park Maintenance Supervisor.

Did you know as a City of Jacksonville employee, you would also have twelve (12) paid holidays and a personal leave day as well? In addition to health insurance, dental, vision, life insurance and flexible spending plans are also available. City of Jacksonville employees are also eligible for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness after ten (10) years of public service and on-time payments.

Position Duties

• Schedules, assigns, monitors, directs, reviews and evaluates the work of assigned subordinates, administering counseling and discipline when necessary.
• Coaches, instructs, trains and provides technical assistance to assigned staff.
• Identifies and removes exotic plant species by mechanical means.
• Completes daily grounds and facility maintenance including mowing, trail trimming, and trash removal, fence and gate repairs, door adjustments, wood railing repairs and oversees the completion of these activities by others.
• Identifies maintenance needs, and creates and implements preventative maintenance plans.
• Identifies supply needs, purchase of necessary supplies, tracking of expenditures and processing of invoices.
• Investigates service requests and complaints to determine appropriate actions, meeting with citizens to mediate resolutions when necessary.
• Inspects work sites, personnel, equipment and activities to ensure adherence to policies and procedures.
• Coordinates complaint resolution and work requirements with other departments and private companies.
• Repairs chainsaws, blowers, weed eaters, small engines.
• Completes and/or coordinates all preventative maintenance on vehicles, small engines, 4-wheelers, etc.
• Maintains water park pumps including pH balancing.
• Reviews work of contractors performing work on city parks.
• Inspect the work of contractors to assure compliance with service agreement.
• Enforces administrative and safety regulations.
• Reviews time sheets and material and equipment records.
• Determines priorities of jobs.
• Investigates accidents and equipment failure and prepares reports and maintains records of work performed, problems encountered and disposition of same. 
• Provides information, direction and assistance to park visitors.
• Operates a motor vehicle, backhoe, beach rake, tractor, dump trucks, etc. Operates hand tools.
• Operates standard office equipment such as personal computers using word processing, spreadsheet, database and other related software, peripheral and electronic devices, copiers, calculators and scanners.
• Communicates clear direction, manages for results, and leads organizational change.
• Assigns responsibility, takes corrective action, demonstrates leadership in evaluating, and motivating employees.
• Demonstrates proficiency in the City of Jacksonville’s competencies.
• Performs related work as required.

Minimum Qualifications

• Knowledge of rules, regulations, and procedures governing construction and maintenance activities at a public park.
• Knowledge of native, invasive and exotic animal and plant species found in Northeast Florida.
• Knowledge of control techniques for exotic plants and animals.
• Knowledge of equipment, tools, and materials used in construction and maintenance activities.
• Knowledge of organizational policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of principles, practices and techniques used in developing and supervising staff.
• Knowledge of safety procedures and occupational hazards for construction and maintenance activities.
• Knowledge of standard construction and maintenance principles.
• Ability to identify ground wasp nests, venomous snakes and other potentially hazardous species.
• Ability to do concrete, masonry, wood work repairs.
• Ability to operate waterpark pumps.
• Ability to do small engine repairs.
• Ability to investigate complaints and service requests.
• Ability to read and interpret construction plans, drawings and maps.
• Ability to read, comprehend and apply policies, rules, and regulations.
• Ability to schedule, assign, monitor, direct, review and evaluate the work of assigned subordinates.
• Ability to prepare written reports.
• Ability to communicate effective both orally and in writing.
• Ability to operate a motor vehicle.
• Ability to operate hand tools.
• Ability to work outdoors and lift 50lbs or more.
• Ability to operate standard office equipment such as personal computers using word processing, spreadsheet, database and other related software, peripheral and electronic devices, copiers, calculators and scanners.

Other Qualifications

• Five-years of education, and/or experience in construction or maintenance of public parks, public forests, or other natural landscapes, two years of which must have been at a supervisory level.
• Experience and training in conducting prescribed burns is preferred.

• Registration with the Florida Motor Carrier Safety Administration is required prior to appointment. 
• A valid Class B Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) is required prior to appointment and must be maintained during employment in this class. 
• Must qualify for prior to appointment, obtain, and maintain during employment in this class a City of Jacksonville Certification as a Public Driver.

• The probationary period for this class is six months. 
• Pursuant to the provisions of Article 39.4 of the Jacksonville Supervisors Association Collective Bargaining Agreement, this classification will be filled by the Rule of Three. 
• This classification performs safety-sensitive functions and is subject to pre-employment, random and other drug/alcohol testing programs as set forth in the City of Jacksonville’s Drug Free Workplace Policy (0401).

A FULLY COMPLETED ONLINE APPLICATION IS REQUIRED. Apply at www.jacksonville.gov. Work history is required for all employment/volunteer work in which qualifications are being based. When meeting/basing qualifications on education, a copy of your college transcript, with your social blacked out, is required with your application. Transcripts do not need to be official, but must state your name, the school’s name, classes taken, grades received, type of degree, and date degree was conferred.   

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Certain servicemembers and veterans, and the spouses and the family members of such service members and veterans, receive preference and priority, and certain servicemembers may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements, in employment and are encouraged to apply for positions being filled.

If claiming veteran's preference, you must attach a DD-214 (Member Form-4 copy) or military discharge papers, or equivalent certification from the Department of Veterans Affairs listing military status, dates of service and character of discharge. You must also attach the Veterans Preference Certification Form and if applicable, the additional forms as noted here: http://www.coj.net/departments/employee-services/veterans-preference.

If a candidate believes he or she was not afforded veteran’s preference, he or she may file a written complaint, within sixty (60) calendar days upon receipt of notification of the hiring decision, requesting an investigation to:

Florida Department of Veterans Affairs

Attention: Veterans’ Preference Coordinator

11351 Ulmerton Road, Suite 311-K  

Largo, FL 33778-1630 

Email: [email protected]