Grounds Maintenance Worker

If you enjoy working with your hands, take pride in keeping outdoor spaces clean and attractive, and want a job where your work has a direct impact on the community, we want you on our team!

The City of New Carrollton is looking for an energetic and dependable Grounds Maintenance Worker to help keep our parks, public spaces, and City grounds looking their best. This is an opportunity to work outdoors, stay active, operate equipment, maintain beautiful community spaces, and make a visible difference in the City every day.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Operates and maintains landscaping and groundskeeping equipment, mows and trims grass, maintains trees, shrubs, and flower beds, removes litter and debris, and assists with seasonal maintenance and special projects. The position may also perform general labor and other duties as assigned to support the City's Public Works operations.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain playgrounds, parks, fields, and other City grounds.
• Operate equipment such as walk behinds, mowers, weed eaters, chainsaws, blowers, trimmers, chippers, post hole diggers, and other equipment on flat or uneven terrain.
• Participate in the mowing, seeding, sowing, fertilizing, spreading and grading turf.
• Cut bushes and weeds alongside highways and right of ways; remove debris and litter alongside the creek.
• Assist in the planting and pruning of flowers, trees, shrubs, bushes, and hedges.
• Participate in loading, unloading, and set-up of playground equipment, supplies, and/or materials.
• Perform minor construction and repairs on park equipment.
• Participate in seasonal leaf collection and snow removal.
• Substitute and rotate as Sanitation Collector when needed.
• Perform safe and efficient work safety standards; wear PPE: safety vests, gloves, glasses, etc.
• Performs other job duties as assigned.

**All candidates considered for the position will be required to successfully pass a background investigation.