WATERSHED MAINTENANCE WORKER II - 4303

GRADE 14

PAY RANGE - $20.42 - $29.17/hr - plus a comprehensive benefits package

General Statement of Duties:

Maintains parks and related areas within the Water Works Watershed Division; performs related work as required; performs directly related work as required.

Examples of Essential Work:

• Functions as a lead worker on jobs, including providing technical advice to other maintenance personnel on the performance of duties, time lines and applicable safety procedures;
• Plants, waters, fertilizes, cultivates, mows and rakes grass, and cuts brush and trees;
• Trims fence lines and the banks of drainage ditches;
• Operates snow removal equipment plows, shovels, salting and sanding devices, etc.;
• Fence installations and repairs;
• Operates heavy equipment, including backhoe with bucket loader, tractors with attachments, dump trucks, and snowplowing and sanding equipment;
• Collects litter and debris;
• Empties park garbage cans and hauls the collected waste;
• Applies pesticides under close supervision;
• Uses hand tools, including picks, shovels and rakes;
• Operates power equipment, including chain saws, brush saws, wood chippers, edgers, weed eaters, push and riding mowers, and back hoes;
• Inventories watershed areas and informs supervisor of any needed repairs and/or maintenance;
• Cleans and weeds flower beds, mulches around flowers and waters as appropriate;
• Cleans flowers and prunes related shrubbery as necessary;
• Cleans and paints structures and related Water Works facilities;
• Repairs windows, doors, plumbing and other fixtures;
• Performs manual tasks in the installation of water lines, irrigation systems, fencing, flag poles, benches and picnic tables;
• Monitors and maintains equipment in a safe operating condition and reports all damages to supervisor;
• Checks and maintains air, oil, fuel, spark plugs, mower blades, tires etc.;
• Cleans equipment and work area;
• Maintains watershed recreation areas, installs and removes seasonal boat docks, and installs and repairs boat launches;
• Installs and repairs stone walls and drainage culverts;
• Provides needed information and demonstrations concerning how to perform certain work tasks to new employees in the same or similar class of positions; and more..

Acceptable Experience and Training:

• Graduation from High School or possession of a GED; and
• Considerable experience in watershed maintenance activities; or
• Any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to perform the work.

Required Special Qualifications:

• Valid New Hampshire CDL-B License with air brakes.