Job Description
Job DescriptionSalary: : Grade 2, $892.59 - $1,088.96 weekly
Town of Marblehead
Position Description
TITLE: Park Maintenance/Groundskeeper
DEPARTMENT: Recreation and Parks Department
DATE: March 10, 2025
SUMMARY:
Operates motorized riding equipment while maintaining public fields and grounds. Also uses hand tools in the general maintenance and repair of department property, facilities, and equipment.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Grades, sods, and seeds athletic fields; build and repair pitchers mounds, marks baselines and installs bases.
2. Mows and trims grass in parks and playgrounds; may direct assigned seasonal employees.
3. Picks up litter in parks; operates trash packer on assigned schedule.
4. Performs routine inspections and maintenance on assigned equipment to ensure readiness for daily operations.
5. Assists in other normal activities of the department, like preparing sailboats for seasonal use, flooding skating areas, and plowing snow from skating areas and walkways.
6. Uses hand, power and electrical tools in the routine maintenance and repair of department buildings, including painting, carpentry, concrete repairs, and cleaning tasks.
7. Operates trucks to reach assigned work areas, transport required tools; operate mowers and plows.
8. May direct the activities of assigned seasonal personnel while performing same duties.
9. Performs other assigned duties of a similar nature and complexity as directed.
PREFERRED BACKGROUND:
High School and a Massachusetts Drivers license required along with two to three years of related experience.
EOE/AA