Maintenance Technician I (Tanglewood)

Forsyth County's Parks and Recreation has an opening for Maintenance Technician I.  This is a full-time opportunity to work outdoors at beautiful Tanglewood Park.  

Great opportunity to work within the Parks & Recreation field in a pleasing outdoor County Park location working with a variety of tractor related tasks.  The main responsibility of this position would be for the proper operation and daily and weekly maintenance of a John Deere 1600 batwing mower. Duties include completing the mowing of all designated large-acreage areas, such as facility grounds, open fields and pastures. This task may be performed individually or as part of a team on a rotating schedule. This position would also be responsible for bush hogging operations, gravel road scraping, leaf & roadway blowing. This position would also be required to use several other smaller tractors in our fleet to complete tasks and perform preventive maintenance, light repairs, and general upkeep. This position may also perform unskilled to semi-skilled work in general grounds maintenance. Duties include but are not limited to shrub bed maintenance, line-trimming, push mowing, and leaf removal, sidewalk installation, tree removals, snow removal and light grading. Assist with any assigned Special Events including the Festival of Lights. Responsible for the safe operation and maintenance of a variety of 2-cycle equipment and some medium equipment (skid loader, lawnmowers, and tractors) after training. 

Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:00 am - 3:30 pm


A successful candidate should have the following knowledge, skills and abilities:
Ability to maintain effective working relationships with other employees.

Ability to follow written and oral instruction.

Ability to deal tactfully and courteously with the public.

Ability to independently adhere to a time schedule.

Ability to maintain order and ensure compliance with rules.

Ability to operate and care for power equipment and hand tools.

Ability to deal tactfully and courteously with the public.

Ability to independently adhere to a time schedule.

Ability to maintain order and ensure compliance with rules.

Ability to inspect and report needs for repairs.

Ability to regularly lift 50 pounds. Graduation from high school or GED and some experience in basic building or grounds maintenance work.

A valid driver's license is required.

An equivalent combination of education and work experience may be considered for minimum qualification requirements.