Maintenance Worker

Pay Range: $18.00 - $21.76/hr. | $37,440 - $45,253 annual compensation

Job Posting Closing on: Thursday, September 10, 2026 📅

Workdays & Hours: Varies. Ability to work a nontraditional schedule, including evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays, as required.  

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities. Find Out More!

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of over 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability. 🌆

A Maintenance Worker job is available with the City of Fort Worth Park & Recreation Department Athletics Maintenance Operations team. The Athletics Maintenance section is located at the James Avenue Service Center. The Park & Recreation Department provides a variety of recreational sport programs and facilities year-round for Fort Worth residents of all ages which help relieve stress, enhance physical conditioning and enhance quality of life. With over 60 high-level competition sports fields maintained serving over 20,000 participants yearly, the Athletics division has been perennially recognized as one of the best in the country for its programs and services.

 Minimum Qualifications:

• High School diploma/GED with no experience required
• Valid Driver’s License
• Must pass Drug Screen and Physical

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proper techniques and uses of a variety of hand and power tools and machinery are required
• One year of general maintenance, park maintenance, and /or construction experience preferred

The Maintenance Worker job responsibilities include:

• Perform a variety of activities in the completion of assigned duties and responsibilities related to athletic fields and grounds and park maintenance
• Operate a variety of mowers and turf equipment such as weed eaters, shovels, stick edgers, backpack blowers, chain saws, pole saws, shovels, rake, pick axes, jack hammers and rakes.
• Operate medium and light equipment such as driving brush trucks, tractors, riding mowers, front-end loaders and various other equipment in support of a variety of maintenance and construction operations
• Assist in pesticide applications where needed
• Remove and trim shrubbery; rake leaves and removing trash; mow grass, fertilize turf, clean debris from ditches, culverts and creek beds, gravel, or sand, maintain park turf, trees and landscape plants use proper mowing, edging, and pruning techniques; collect and haul trash and maintain hard surfaces and trails

Working Conditions and Physical Demand:

Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, walking, repetitive motions, climbing, balancing, pushing, pulling and lifting; depending on assignment. Incumbents may be exposed to moving mechanical parts, odors, dusts, poor ventilation, chemicals, oils, extreme temperatures, inadequate lighting, intense noises, gases, vibrations, chemicals, oils and workspace restrictions. 

Heavy Work – Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly having to move objects.

Apply Now! Come be part of something special in Fort Worth. 🌟