About Our Job

With competitive pay, great benefits, and endless opportunities, working for the City and County of Denver means seeing yourself working with purpose — for you, and those who benefit from your passion, skills and expertise. Join our diverse, inclusive and talented workforce of more than 11,000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver, Denver.

What We Offer

This is an on-call position, which means it is a part-time, hourly role. This position will work no more than 39 hours per week. The starting pay for this position is $20.06/hour and is eligible to enroll in the City and County of Denver’s 457b retirement plan. This position is not eligible for other additional benefits. On‐call positions may have routine or variable work schedules.

Location

This position will report to the Morrison Headquarters at 300 Union Avenue, Morrison, CO., and will work a 9-8 flex schedule, 4/40 hours per week, 6:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Primary focus will be on maintaining the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave buildings, facilities and grounds as well as providing support to the Chief Hosa Campground.

What You’ll Do

Denver Parks and Recreation is seeking a seasonal worker for the Denver Mountain Parks Operations and Facility Management program. Established over a century ago in 1912, the Denver Mountain Parks consists of 14,000 acres of parks and open space across four counties outside of Denver’s municipal boundary. The Mountain Parks system boasts a wide array of parks, historic structures, bison herds, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Buffalo Bill’s grave and museum, water resources, wildlife habitat, trails, and a variety of recreational activities ranging from the alpine environment of Mount Evans to the plains ecosystem of Daniel’s Park.

Mountain Parks Utility Workers play an important role in maintaining Denver’s extensive system of mountain parks that are essential to the community’s well-being. These individuals learn and practice a wide variety of general maintenance and landscaping skills – providing them with a strong foundation to make upward moves within the Parks and Recreation Department.

Skills to be developed and utilized on the job include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Work outdoors in parks using and maintaining various hand-powered tools and motorized equipment in a safe and efficient manner

• Assist with general facility and campground maintenance

• Perform landscape maintenance duties such as mowing, pruning, brushing, rock work, and trail maintenance

• Perform infrastructure maintenance and repair such as fencing, asphalt, concrete, road work, and erosion control

• Assist with grading and maintaining parking lots and gravel roads

• Interact with and learn alongside more seasoned park maintenance generalists and/or specialists such as maintenance technicians, historic preservation specialists, bison handlers, foresters, park rangers, and other experts in parks management and skilled trades work

• May assist with spring bison round-up

• Perform snow removal operations such as plowing, shoveling, de-icing

• Various related duties assigned as needed such as trash collection, bathroom maintenance and cleaning, vandalism repair/graffiti removal

What You’ll Bring

We value diversity of ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, sexual identity, gender, religion, language, ability, and experience and exemplify this through the makeup of our team at all levels. You'll be right at home here if you cultivate strong relationships and push yourself, your work, the people around you and Denver to the next level.

We are looking for reliable and driven individuals looking to develop a well-rounded skill set in park maintenance. Our ideal candidates will enjoy working outside, be adept with safety considerations, and are eager to learn a variety of functions. Additionally, our ideal candidates will have:

• Previous parks maintenance experience

• Proficiency with various hand-powered tools and motorized equipment

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Education requirement: None

• Experience Requirement: None

• Licensure: Requires a valid Driver's License at the time of application. Licenses and certifications must be kept current as a condition of employment

Application Deadline

Applications for this position are accepted on a rolling basis. Please submit your application as soon as possible to ensure consideration.

About Everything Else

Job Profile

CJ2083 Utility Worker I

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Position Type

Oncall

Position Salary Range

$20.06 - $30.10

Target Pay

$20.06/hour

Agency

Parks and Recreation

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