Responsibilities
- Basic Function
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To perform maintenance, cleaning, and building service duties in County and regional parks and recreational areas, golf courses, and ice arenas; and perform related duties as assigned.
Note: This is a temporary seasonal position.
If an internal candidate is selected, salary will be set in accordance with personnel rules (i.e. promotion, transfer, or voluntary reduction).
To view or print a copy of the complete Ramsey County job (class) description for this job, go to: Job Descriptions. Once at this page, you can browse the list or search for a job description. - Examples of Work Performed
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- Maintain indoor ice-skating arena to include inspecting ice for thickness and temperature, checking and adjusting refrigeration controls, flooding ice, operating ice resurfacing equipment, installing recreational equipment, and removing and installing scoreboards.
- Take readings of refrigeration equipment and make necessary compressor adjustments to maintain ice temperature.
- Clean and maintain buildings to include sweeping and mopping floors, picking up and removing trash, performing remedial painting of walls and fixtures, and washing walls, windows, tables, sinks, toilets and related items.
- Repair or replace electrical fixtures and outlets, pull wires, and hang lights or fixtures.
- Maintain and operate building security and fire systems.
- Repair building fixtures and equipment such as doors, windows, locks, sinks, toilets, chairs, tables and lockers.
- Repair dasher boards, concrete floors, condensers, electrical motors, and furnaces; may perform minor welding or metal fabrication work.
- Monitor facility air quality, utilizing air quality measuring device and follow prescribed MDH record keeping.
- Sell and schedule arena rentals, sell tickets, receive payments and maintain records of arena use and cash received, to include bank deposits and daily cash accounting.
- Provide friendly and courteous customer service to parks and arena patrons by sharpening skate, administering emergency first aid, responding to complaints, crowd control and enforcement of arena/park rules.
- Maintain parks, arenas and golf courses by mowing grass, planting and pruning trees, shrubs and bushes, cutting and removing dead trees and brush, watering grass, trees, and flower beds, applying fertilizer and pesticides, picking up and removing leaves, erecting fences, grooming golf greens, fairways, and tees, aerating turf, maintaining sand bunkers, and performing similar duties.
- Remove snow from sidewalks and driveways using shovels, snow blower, or truck with snow blade attachment.
- Operate cross-country snowmaking and grooming equipment and maintain cross-country skiing trails.
- Operate computer and County software programs to perform various work tasks.
- Install and remove playground and beach equipment, tables, chairs, grills, signs, barriers, and related equipment.
- Maintain vehicles and mechanical equipment by changing oil, lubricating parts, sharpening mower blades, changing filters, and changing tires.
- Clean, adjust, and maintain tools and equipment in good working order.
- Transport equipment to various sites by driving trucks with trailers; change tractor implements.
(The work assigned to a position in this classification may not include all possible tasks in this description and does not limit the assignment of any additional tasks in this classification. Regular attendance according to the position’s management approved work schedule is required.)
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18.
Qualifications
- Minimum Qualifications
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Education: Education sufficient to provide the knowledge required; and is likely to be obtained by attending high school.
Experience: One year of experience in parks, ice arenas, golf course maintenance, or general grounds maintenance; or recreation facility operation and maintenance; or a directly related field.
Substitution: An Associate degree may substitute for one year of experience.
Certification /Licensure: Must have a valid drivers license.
- Exam/Screening Process Information
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All applicants who meet the minimum qualifications and properly complete an application will be forwarded to the hiring department/manager for consideration for this temporary position. Temporary appointments work up to a maximum of six months. Candidates chosen for hire into a temporary assignment will not gain any rights or preferences for other permanent, Ramsey County positions.
Eligible List: The names of all applicants who filed a properly completed application and passed the examination/screening process shall be placed on the eligible list for an employment opportunity as a Highway Maintenance Summer Laborer. This list will be certified to the appointing authority which may use this list to conduct interviews to fill a vacancy. Candidates will remain on the list for three months or until hired, whichever occurs first. A notice will be sent to applicants at the time the eligible list is posted, informing them that the list has been posted and their rank on the list.
Covid 19
Effective Nov.1, 2021 all job offers are conditioned on the candidate being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with a vaccine authorized for emergency use or FDA-approved. Anyone hired after November 1, 2021 will be required to show proof of vaccination on or before their first day of employment and complete a form certifying that they are vaccinated. Religious and medical exemptions or reasonable accommodations will be considered upon request as required by applicable law.
Veteran's Preference: This is a classified position requiring an open, competitive selection process. Veteran's Preference points will be applied after a candidate passes the examination process. Applicants who are eligible for veteran's preference should update their veteran's DD214, and other supporting documents, and submit them as an attachment at the time of application.
Criminal Background Checks: All employment offers are conditioned upon the applicant passing a criminal background check. The Ramsey County Attorney's Office also requires a fingerprint-based records check in addition to the standard criminal background check.
Convictions are not an automatic bar to employment. Each case is considered on its individual merits and the type of work sought. However, making false statements or withholding information will cause you to be barred from employment, or removed from employment.
E-Verify Participation:
Ramsey County participates in the federal E-Verify program. This means that Ramsey County will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. If the Government cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, Ramsey County is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact DHS and/or the SSA before taking adverse action against you, including terminating your employment. Employers may not use E-Verify to pre-screen job applicants and may not limit or influence the choice of documents you present for use on the Form I-9.
Equal Opportunity Employer: Ramsey County provides equal access to employment, programs and services without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, sex (except when sex is a Bona Fide Occupational Qualification), disability, marital status, sexual orientation or gender identity, public assistance or national origin.
To print a paper application for this posting click Paper Application (Download PDF reader) You will need to print off this posting and also answer the supplemental questions associated with this exam and submit them if you complete a paper application.
For further information regarding this posting, please contact mirian.simpson@ramseycounty.us or by phone at (651) 266-2711.
Ramsey County
Suite 2100
Saint Paul, Ramsey, MN 55101
United States
